For all of these LSAT practice questions, my first answer is always wrong and then my second answer is almost always correct. How do I fix my gut instinct?
Seeing the breakdown of each answer helps me, especially when I get a question wrong. I think the answer breakdowns are a key learning tool, especially in the grammar section.
Got it right, but man, it took me forever to get there, 8 mins. Sure, I haven't actually sat down and studied in months (a bad habit I have, but I also work paving highways so I am exhausted most days), I also realized that I cannot be in a room with a TV blaring and studying these. I had to constantly stop and reread because Phineas and Ferb were screaming at me facepalm.
smacked E on the first read. something about it screamed out to me. i'm not sure if it was the one that made the most sense or the other ones didn't seem to make sense and that made it more correct to me..? 00:54. might need to read the analysis
While solving this question, I got overwhelmed thinking about do I have to know the premise/conclusion? What about the modifiers? What about the subject/predicate? Where are the referentials? The modifiers? But given the time limit on a real LSAT, I recognize that it may be not possible to analyze all of this. I know that it has to be intuition but when I stumbled upon this question I didn't quite know where to start. I read the paragraph and understood it but didn't know how to approach it.
What would be the best way to study for questions? How would I know by just looking at this question that it is a question focused on referentials? Should I start by analyzing all of the steps I mentioned above and take some time before it becomes automatic?
@kittenWhiskers I wouldn't say this question is focused on referentials, just that referentials can help you identify the correct answer. I think the best way to study questions is to really take your time to understand the stimulus and all the answer choices. Based on how overwhelmed you were by this question, I think it would be beneficial to break down the stimulus by identifying the subject (including the noun and modifiers), the predicate (including the verb, object, and any modifiers), and referentials. I think that if you're overwhelmed by this question, it's more important to take the time to train your brain to automatically identify all these components before worrying about timing. Answering questions quickly is not beneficial if you get them all wrong because you didn't understand what the stimulus was presenting or what the answer choices were offering. Take your time to really understand everything, then work on your timing when you feel more confident.
I figured it wasn't B bc the stimulus says "almost all" and "unlikely" so it is not saying all corporations do this by using this phrasing. Is that another way of looking at it?
Note: asking "what" or "why" and finding out what these ambigious words actually mean/refer to and highlighting both the words "intended purpose" and what that purpose was would make clearer the options
@GabrielLerma At this stage in the process I think that we're all a little bit slow because we're manually applying everything that we've just learned. Over time we'll be able to do it instinctively just by doing that manual application and your time will eventually go down, I think. I wouldn't worry about it too much right now.
@GabrielLerma You're gonna do great! Just try not to rush yourself on the Foundationals and the Practice. Whatever you build as instinctual muscle memory will be stronger if you take your time to really understand and build it. If you're at the drill/practice test section, why not try something like a timed and a not timed test and see what the difference is. You might know more than you think!
Does anyone else struggle with when to use the third factor analysis of a question? That the question suggests that "A" causes "B", when in reality it's "C"? I understand after watching the video that motivation was the key aspect of the passage and not productivity. However, I know this was only a 1 star question. So expect that for harder questions, it will be even harder to determine when to decide if an argument's reasoning is off because it does not consider something. If someone who's struggled with this can comment below to help me out that would be great.
I'm restarting 7 sage for the 3rd time after trying a private tutoring course. So I'm hoping this go around using a training schedule that is accomodating of my work-schedule, that I can improve my LR & RC abilities
I think the advice about breaking down the referentials is extremely helpful in dissecting the question stimulus. I will also say something that helped me understand this better was to refer back to the lesson about assumptions when filtering through each answer choice. The fewer and more reasonable assumptions each answer choice made the more logical it seems. Which made it pretty easy to eliminate down to answer choice E because it made the fewest assumptions and was worded in such a way that it only used language previously stated in the stimulus.
It's helpful to break down the question and prompt before looking at all the different choices. I got the question right but I didn't spend enough time analyzing the exact argument the author was making/all the referentials so I might have gotten it wrong if it was a harder question
The first sentence is not context. It's another premise. P1: the purpose of the posters is to increase motivation to work productively. P2: Workers are already motiviated. C: Therefore the posters are not achieving their intended purpose.
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got it right but took me WAY too long
got it right in 1:26! feeling a lot better and more confident in my answer choices
For all of these LSAT practice questions, my first answer is always wrong and then my second answer is almost always correct. How do I fix my gut instinct?
Seeing the breakdown of each answer helps me, especially when I get a question wrong. I think the answer breakdowns are a key learning tool, especially in the grammar section.
Got this one wrong twice. Still have much to learn.
Got it right, but man, it took me forever to get there, 8 mins. Sure, I haven't actually sat down and studied in months (a bad habit I have, but I also work paving highways so I am exhausted most days), I also realized that I cannot be in a room with a TV blaring and studying these. I had to constantly stop and reread because Phineas and Ferb were screaming at me facepalm.
smacked E on the first read. something about it screamed out to me. i'm not sure if it was the one that made the most sense or the other ones didn't seem to make sense and that made it more correct to me..? 00:54. might need to read the analysis
While solving this question, I got overwhelmed thinking about do I have to know the premise/conclusion? What about the modifiers? What about the subject/predicate? Where are the referentials? The modifiers? But given the time limit on a real LSAT, I recognize that it may be not possible to analyze all of this. I know that it has to be intuition but when I stumbled upon this question I didn't quite know where to start. I read the paragraph and understood it but didn't know how to approach it.
What would be the best way to study for questions? How would I know by just looking at this question that it is a question focused on referentials? Should I start by analyzing all of the steps I mentioned above and take some time before it becomes automatic?
@kittenWhiskers I wouldn't say this question is focused on referentials, just that referentials can help you identify the correct answer. I think the best way to study questions is to really take your time to understand the stimulus and all the answer choices. Based on how overwhelmed you were by this question, I think it would be beneficial to break down the stimulus by identifying the subject (including the noun and modifiers), the predicate (including the verb, object, and any modifiers), and referentials. I think that if you're overwhelmed by this question, it's more important to take the time to train your brain to automatically identify all these components before worrying about timing. Answering questions quickly is not beneficial if you get them all wrong because you didn't understand what the stimulus was presenting or what the answer choices were offering. Take your time to really understand everything, then work on your timing when you feel more confident.
I figured it wasn't B bc the stimulus says "almost all" and "unlikely" so it is not saying all corporations do this by using this phrasing. Is that another way of looking at it?
was stuck between D, and E but for the blind review I got it right. note to self: READ SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY. Smh
That was the quickest question that I, Me, Mwah, the future attorney, just answered lol.
@Kawayllc I love the way you said this lol!
Note: asking "what" or "why" and finding out what these ambigious words actually mean/refer to and highlighting both the words "intended purpose" and what that purpose was would make clearer the options
Kinda surprised I got this right but I'm still glad I did. Occam's Razor is the best tool to use ngl
Am I the only one who thought they were talking about one corporation?
@RahwaA Completely understandable! The text mentions at the beginning "Many Corporations" so we are inclined to believe more than one.
Trying to assume on these questions will be my downfall. Only focus on what the question is asking and only. DONT ASSUME!!!!!
See I did really well here, but I clocked in +02:56 over the suggested time, which is 1:12. Any tips??
@GabrielLerma At this stage in the process I think that we're all a little bit slow because we're manually applying everything that we've just learned. Over time we'll be able to do it instinctively just by doing that manual application and your time will eventually go down, I think. I wouldn't worry about it too much right now.
@SavanahHoffstein You're the best. I'm just a little worried because I'm supposed to take this thing in June
@GabrielLerma You're gonna do great! Just try not to rush yourself on the Foundationals and the Practice. Whatever you build as instinctual muscle memory will be stronger if you take your time to really understand and build it. If you're at the drill/practice test section, why not try something like a timed and a not timed test and see what the difference is. You might know more than you think!
@SavanahHoffstein Good call. I like the way you think!!
@SavanahHoffstein I definitely noticed this. I was even trying to look for the referentials and all of that lol
i feel like i stuggle to understand what the actual question itself is asking us to look for in many lsat practice questions.
I got this one correct. It did take me sometime though. I was between (e) and (b).
@TaylarGottsegen I chose B and now I feel silly about it after seeing the explanation and the fact that this is an 'easy' difficulty question.
Context, Premise, conclusion highlighted. Then its barbeque chicken from there.
@besrawi Tyler Kolek, the hero of New York!
Does anyone else struggle with when to use the third factor analysis of a question? That the question suggests that "A" causes "B", when in reality it's "C"? I understand after watching the video that motivation was the key aspect of the passage and not productivity. However, I know this was only a 1 star question. So expect that for harder questions, it will be even harder to determine when to decide if an argument's reasoning is off because it does not consider something. If someone who's struggled with this can comment below to help me out that would be great.
I'm restarting 7 sage for the 3rd time after trying a private tutoring course. So I'm hoping this go around using a training schedule that is accomodating of my work-schedule, that I can improve my LR & RC abilities
Got it right! Used logical reasoning from arguments lesson :D
@MRod Likewise, put simply the other choices were too convoluted to make any sense.
I think the advice about breaking down the referentials is extremely helpful in dissecting the question stimulus. I will also say something that helped me understand this better was to refer back to the lesson about assumptions when filtering through each answer choice. The fewer and more reasonable assumptions each answer choice made the more logical it seems. Which made it pretty easy to eliminate down to answer choice E because it made the fewest assumptions and was worded in such a way that it only used language previously stated in the stimulus.
It's helpful to break down the question and prompt before looking at all the different choices. I got the question right but I didn't spend enough time analyzing the exact argument the author was making/all the referentials so I might have gotten it wrong if it was a harder question
The first sentence is not context. It's another premise. P1: the purpose of the posters is to increase motivation to work productively. P2: Workers are already motiviated. C: Therefore the posters are not achieving their intended purpose.
I got it right! Yay!