I confused "probably" in the question with meaning "implied" and chose the answer that seemed the most IMPLIED by the author, as opposed to stated. Which is silly because "stated" is in the question.
I also remembered the sentence about jurors incorrectly. I thought I remembered that the author said the jurors wanted to solidify their position EARLY. She only said that they want to solidify their position. The word "early" was in reference to the lawyers framing.
I'm not sure I understand why "jurors are usually eager to SOLIDIFY their position" (in the text) is taken to mean "to arrive at a FIRM view." (in the answer choice D).
Given that the question stem asks 'which one of the following does the author mention', we're not dealing with a Most Strongly Supported (MSS) question or looking for the 'best' inference. We're looking for something explicitly stated. Assuming that to 'solidify' a position necessarily means to 'arrive at a firm view' seems unreasonable to me.
For example, suppose I'm only 10% confident in my view, and the stealing thunder strategy helps me reach 30%. I’ve strengthened—or solidified—my view, but that doesn't mean I’ve arrived at a firm conclusion. It just means my view has become more solid than it was before.
While I understand why D is considered correct compared to the other four answer choices, I’m not convinced that D is 100% correct on its own, and regarding what the question stem is asking us.
I feel like the key phrase in this question is "does the AUTHOR mention". Some of the answers were inticing but only one was actually stated by the author.
Yeah, I had the same feeling as you, Kevin. D seemed so vague, but I couldn't strictly eliminate it like I could with the others. This one was difficult only because the ideas presented in the questions seemed entirely unrelated or too nebulous.
I was wondering why B is wrong since doesn't assessing a jurors reaction to a message be reasonably inferred as whether negative information can or cannot be framed positively?
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I confused "probably" in the question with meaning "implied" and chose the answer that seemed the most IMPLIED by the author, as opposed to stated. Which is silly because "stated" is in the question.
I also remembered the sentence about jurors incorrectly. I thought I remembered that the author said the jurors wanted to solidify their position EARLY. She only said that they want to solidify their position. The word "early" was in reference to the lawyers framing.
yea lets choose the most insignificant sentence of the entire stimulus and ask a question on it
Oooooops
wow that might be the most insignificant sentence in this whole passage
BRUH this was so hard. I was in-between B&C even though I was confident about neither. I skipped passed D because I did not think it was significant.
BRUH
I'm not sure I understand why "jurors are usually eager to SOLIDIFY their position" (in the text) is taken to mean "to arrive at a FIRM view." (in the answer choice D).
Given that the question stem asks 'which one of the following does the author mention', we're not dealing with a Most Strongly Supported (MSS) question or looking for the 'best' inference. We're looking for something explicitly stated. Assuming that to 'solidify' a position necessarily means to 'arrive at a firm view' seems unreasonable to me.
For example, suppose I'm only 10% confident in my view, and the stealing thunder strategy helps me reach 30%. I’ve strengthened—or solidified—my view, but that doesn't mean I’ve arrived at a firm conclusion. It just means my view has become more solid than it was before.
While I understand why D is considered correct compared to the other four answer choices, I’m not convinced that D is 100% correct on its own, and regarding what the question stem is asking us.
Does anyone see a flaw in my reasoning?
0/2 lets GOOOOOOOOO
no more second guessing myself
placeholder because I solved my technical issue but can't delete this comment lol
You misread the question and thought it wanted something NOT in the text...
I feel like the key phrase in this question is "does the AUTHOR mention". Some of the answers were inticing but only one was actually stated by the author.
Yeah, I had the same feeling as you, Kevin. D seemed so vague, but I couldn't strictly eliminate it like I could with the others. This one was difficult only because the ideas presented in the questions seemed entirely unrelated or too nebulous.
Choose C on the assumption that the person testifying about their past mistake helped the author's 1st point about credibility.
how am i doing better on these versions than the actual drill version of RC someone explain 😭
I am feeling so great about RC so far! The lessons have been very helpful! #feedback
I was wondering why B is wrong since doesn't assessing a jurors reaction to a message be reasonably inferred as whether negative information can or cannot be framed positively?