c sounds like circular reasoning to me. the question stem asks "according to the author, an empirical study of the effect of external cultural influences on the lives of people in a society must begin by identifying" then insert answer c "the role of the external cultural influences in the daily life of people in a society". This answer choice doesn't explain anything, it's just restating what we are trying to find out.
Does anyone else get easy questions wrong and sometimes hard questions right quickly? 😭 I just looked back and searched and noticed the answer matches first... "Model"...
I am really loving the ctrl f function when doing many of these stated questions - are there any perils to this or could this be a fine strategy if I practice it?
@tonyliv714 I think it works really well for implied/stated questions but I find sometimes I overrely on it for other types of questions that a low-res summary could answer better without getting so into the weeds, so I would recommend limiting use to those specific question types unless absolutely needed as otherwise rereading might eat into your time!
I think I can pick the right answer in 40 seconds I just won't feel confident unless I have 2 mins to look over it an compare it with other answer choices
Part of improving at RC is getting used to moving on even when you're not as confident as you'd like to be. You have to learn to trust yourself -- and if after reviewing the results of a PT you realize you were too reckless because you were moving too quickly on the questions, then you can slow down a bit.
I don't really understand how the difficulty works. The last question where you had to infer from context is a 3 star question. This one where the answer literally lies in the passage is 4 star. SMH. Or should I just pay less and less attention to question difficulty.
I originally had B selected but ended up choosing A due to the phrasing and my assumptions. The sentence, "given the evidence that the primary relationship of imported productions to cultures is not of dominance", led me to believe that in order to get to this step (modeling) we have to establish if there is a dominance or not (done through identifying viewing habits as posed in A). In my eyes to create an accurate model (B) you have to see if there needs to be one (A).
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I saw the word model in the stimulus and the ACs so I picked it!
c sounds like circular reasoning to me. the question stem asks "according to the author, an empirical study of the effect of external cultural influences on the lives of people in a society must begin by identifying" then insert answer c "the role of the external cultural influences in the daily life of people in a society". This answer choice doesn't explain anything, it's just restating what we are trying to find out.
Does anyone else get easy questions wrong and sometimes hard questions right quickly? 😭 I just looked back and searched and noticed the answer matches first... "Model"...
the only reason I picked d was because it stated in both passage and in the answer "cultural productions"
I am really loving the ctrl f function when doing many of these stated questions - are there any perils to this or could this be a fine strategy if I practice it?
The exam also has this option, so feel free to use it.
sometimes the Ctrl F function won't work when taking the test, talking from experience
@katherinemargarita16347 going to start using it now
@tonyliv714 I think it works really well for implied/stated questions but I find sometimes I overrely on it for other types of questions that a low-res summary could answer better without getting so into the weeds, so I would recommend limiting use to those specific question types unless absolutely needed as otherwise rereading might eat into your time!
@michelle.rodriguez5320 we have a search function within the 7sage program are you telling me the LSAT disables this !? 😭
I think I can pick the right answer in 40 seconds I just won't feel confident unless I have 2 mins to look over it an compare it with other answer choices
Part of improving at RC is getting used to moving on even when you're not as confident as you'd like to be. You have to learn to trust yourself -- and if after reviewing the results of a PT you realize you were too reckless because you were moving too quickly on the questions, then you can slow down a bit.
I don't really understand how the difficulty works. The last question where you had to infer from context is a 3 star question. This one where the answer literally lies in the passage is 4 star. SMH. Or should I just pay less and less attention to question difficulty.
I have learned that most of the time, the difficultly of a question is mostly shown by how attractive they make the other answer choices.
thought the same thing lol
And this one really turned up the difficulty with the Acs, they certainly got me!
I originally had B selected but ended up choosing A due to the phrasing and my assumptions. The sentence, "given the evidence that the primary relationship of imported productions to cultures is not of dominance", led me to believe that in order to get to this step (modeling) we have to establish if there is a dominance or not (done through identifying viewing habits as posed in A). In my eyes to create an accurate model (B) you have to see if there needs to be one (A).
I thought E would definitely be the answer, then realized I completely missed the question "What MODEL" smh. You aren't alone.