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Random question, I was told by an LSAT tutor that you can use control F on the actual LSAT in reading comprehension to help find a phrase or word. Is that true?
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Thursday, Jul 22 2021
Discrepancy: most populous trees survive shorter than rare trees
RRE
A) hmm, but that would make those most common survive longer
B) this helps with nothing
C) so what?
D) again, so what? what does destruction have to do with anything
E) this would resolve the discrepancy. If there is more competition than there is less likelihood that they will survive.
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Thursday, Jul 22 2021
Conclusion: New technology and other alternative energy sources raise the hope that we can dispense altogether with nuclear power and that we can meet our energy needs in a way that better protects the environment from harm that we do at present.
Evaluate Except
A) this will be relevant in evaluating the degree of practicability of the hope because the hope is that we would be protecting the environment from harm
B) this doesn't matter, what is important is that the process helps meet energy needs and helps protect the environment
C) cost is a factor in determining whether or not something meets needs
D) this would be really relevant seeing as how we are try to do less harm to the environment
E) same as D
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Wednesday, Jul 21 2021
Hey!
1) It is a valid argument
2) It is not an argument based on correlation
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Wednesday, Jul 21 2021
Premise: 3 things did an action, those things are adjective
Conclusion: if a thing does and action, that thing will be an adejctive
Sounds like a correlation issue
Parallel Flaw
A) this has the false correlation similar to the stimulus
B) hmm, not sure what to do with the fact that one thing has a different outcome from the others so no this is not parallel
C) I think this may be a valid argument
D) this argument is flawed but not like the stimulus. The flaw in this argument is a mistaken reversal. A->C, C l conc: A (NO!)
E) this involves a most element that automatically takes it out of consideration
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Wednesday, Jul 21 2021
Premise: Proponents only offer empirical arguments against the view that life evolved on Earth
No one has provided positive support for the extraterrestrial-spore theory of the origin of terrestrial life.
Conclusion: There is good reason to regard their hypothesis (that life evolved extraterrestrially and drifted here in spores) is false
Flaw
A) Now that I have typed out the premises and conclusion I see that this is exactly the correct answer. The author says that no one has provided support for a hypothesis so it must be false.
B) The author does not say the argument is implausible
C) the author does not mention another hypothesis
D) the premises of the author's argument do not contradict the concusion
E) he says their claims are false and that the evidence is merely empirical
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Saturday, Jul 17 2021
I majored in Japanese, lived in Japan for 5 years and lived abroad for 6 years in total. I am not an admissions advisor but I really think it would be a good idea ESPECIALLY because of the easy A's. And to be honest, just because you minor in Japanese, it most likely doesn't mean you only have to take classes in Japanese language right? Like perhaps, Japanese or east asian political history classes will count towards the minor.
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Tuesday, Apr 13 2021
@christinejay30
Thank you for responding! Very interesting choice on the part of LSAC! Do you feel like it helped at all?
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Tuesday, Apr 13 2021
Excellent question! Totally get what you mean as I am experiencing the same. I also have a new job that is giving me a kinda good excuse to not study as much as I need to be. My plan is to simply ease myself back into studying. I think I will try to at least study an hour 5-6 nights a week.
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Thursday, Apr 01 2021
I hated this question because I had no idea what it was saying, definitely skipped once I realized I had no clue.
Premise: Only when we know a lot about the events that led to an action are we justified in praising or blaming a person for that action. We are sometimes justified in praising or blaming a person for that action.
Conclusion: Reject the claim (if we knew a lot about the events leading up to any action, we would cease to regard that action as freely performed)
Justified in praising or blaming -> know a lot about the events that led to an action
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reject (knew a lot about the events leading up to action -> cease to regard that action as freely performed)= knew a lot about the events leading up to action and /cease to regard that action as freely performed
SA
A) this does not connect the premise to the conclusion
B) responsibility? not sure we care about that
C) this seemed to provide more of a connection between the premise and conclusion
D) responsibilities and matters of degree seem irrelevant
E) nope does not work (/know a lot about the events that led to an action-> we will regard that action as freely performed...contra.../regard that action as freely performed-> know a lot about the events that led to an action)
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Thursday, Apr 01 2021
This question took me very long to do, I think it was just that I was trying to understand the parts of the argument. Initially I think I tried to just attack it quickly but I probably would have been able to arrive at the answer choice more quickly if I took a slower time in trying to understand what the argument was saying.
Premise: Science does not have precise criteria for distinguishing one personality type from another:
sub conclusion/ major premise: scientific studies cannot be used to disprove a correlation between personality type and any other phenomenon.
Conclusion: The claim that there is no correlation between people's astrological signs and their personality types is unjustified
Argument Part
A) no, there is a claim that offers support for it, and it offers support for the conclusion (this is the -since science does not have precise criteria...)
B) yes, the support offered for it is "since...." and it supports the conclusion "The claim is unjustified"
C) no it is not the overall conclusion
D) no the argument is using it as support, not trying to discredit
E) No it is not specific
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Thursday, Apr 01 2021
Context: Parents rarely took into account the views of educational psychologists as to the shows' educational value when rating the educational cause of specific children's television shows.
Premise: Psychologists' views are sound
Conclusion: Parents have little reason to trust their own ratings of the educational value of children's television shows
So what, is there no cross over, are the parents' views completely unsound?
Flaw
A) this is not true, nothings suggests that the sample of parents is unrepresentative
B) enjoyment has nothing to do with it (I was at first really enamored with this answer choice, but then I realized that, the fact that the parents enjoy it is not the issue, it is that they rarely take into account the psychologists' views
C) no this is not it, the study is about a parent assessing educational value and not whether or not the show should be watched
D) if this were the case, if the parents' ratings of the show based on their enjoyment of the show coincides closely with the educational psychologists' views of the shows' educational values, then the conclusion is in questions, the idea that parents have little reason to trust their own ratings
E) the argument does not say this about the educational psychologists
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Thursday, Apr 01 2021
I was not completely sure about this question...
Premise: For each photograph, everyone identified the same emotion
Conclusion: People are genetically predisposed to associate certain facial expressions with certain basic emotions.
Necessary Assumption
A) This does not need to be true, the stimulus simply said that they all identified the same emotion. They did not have to necessarily identify the correct emotion.
B) Even if one's emotional disposition is influenced by one's culture that would not affect the argument. This does not relate to the experiment really.
C) whether they are culturally influenced or not does not matter. The argument does not depend on this.
D) If this were not the case we would not be able to reach the conclusion. The behavior in this instance would be the ability to identify an emotion. The fact that they were able to identify the same emotion, it probably meaning that they are genetically predisposed has to be true in order for the argument to follow.
E) This does not have to be true.
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Thursday, Apr 01 2021
- The particular proteins that are responsible for an allergic reaction is a person, varies from person to person .
- All cats shed skin and spread saliva, so all cats are capable of provoking an allergic reaction.
-A particular cat can cause a reaction in some not all people who are allergic to cats.
MSS
A) This isn't supported by the stimulus
B) this is not supported, we only know that all cats are capable of provoking an allergic reaction and one cat can cause a reaction in some but not all people
C) this is supported because 1)proteins are what cause the allergic reactions and 2) whether or not someone is allergic to a cat varies person to person
D)we don't know anything about intensity
E) we don't know about predictions
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Thursday, Apr 01 2021
Discrepancy: Like Earth, Venus must expel the excess heat the core generates. Earth does so through active volcanoes and fissures created when tectonic plates separate, but Venus does not have any active volcanos or fissures caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
How is the excess heat being expelled?
RRE
A) I initially chose this answer choice during my timed round but it didn't sit right. I thought it was right because if the rock on the surface of Venus remains solid at a much higher temp than that of earth then that is why there are no volcanoes or fissures. I later realized that this is not the answer choice that resolves. Just because the rock remains solid at much higher temps than does rock on earth, it doesn't really explain how the heat is being expelled. The volcanoes and fissures are being created on by the movement of tectonic plates not because of the hot molten core.
B) I initially glanced past this one, because A made much more sense. But this is the answer because it explains how the heat is being expelled on Venus.
C) This does not describe how the heat is being expelled.
D) Does not describe how the heat is being expelled.
E) so what? Who cares about the atmosphere
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Wednesday, Mar 24 2021
testosterone protects brain cells from injury and reduces levels of the protein beta-amyloid (B-A)
B-A contributes to Alzheimer's
Brains susceptible to injury are probs more susceptible to Alzheimer's
So there is reason to think (so I thought the right answer choice had something to do with going back to/tying in the testosterone)
MSS- Fill
A) the stimulus says probably more susceptible so this is not supported by the stimulus
B) the stimulus does not support that developing Alzheimer's is entirely dependent on the level of B-A
C) nope this is the reverse and too strong of something we want
D) the stimulus does not support this
E) this is MSS because if one's testosterone levels decline then there is less protection of brain cells and the levels of B-A are not reduced
I was not confident in my answer during the first round because it seemed too easy and very easily lined up with what I thought it would be.
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Tuesday, Mar 23 2021
I don't why this one gave me so much trouble but here we go. I think I tried to make it much more complicated than it actually was.
Premise: Although fresh, locally grown apricots are very popular in this area, the same is true of peaches. Individual peach trees cost much less to purchase and plan than do apricot trees, and peach trees also begin bearing fruit at a much younger age.
Conclusion: Planting peach trees on their farm makes more sense for the Johnsons than planting apricot trees.
Weaken
A) If this is true then it casts doubt on the conclusion because this factor would make it more lucrative to plant apricot trees.
B) this would be another reason against having apricot trees, especially compared to peach trees
C) this makes them equal when it comes to the cost of watering and fertilizing each
D) this answer choice is trying to get test takers to think that since the market has grown for apricots due to the awareness of health benefits for fresh fruits, it is safe to assume that the market for peaches has not also grown.
E) im not sure this does anything for the argument
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Thursday, Mar 18 2021
Question 5: Application Hypothetical Situation
A) Super annoyed that this is answer choice because 1) I feel like it depends on who is doing the warehousing, why would publishers need to warehouse paper and binding materials, wouldn't that just be gotten from whoever manufactures paper and binding materials, but I guess this answer choice is just referring to warehousing in general when it comes to the books
B) we don't know about used books
C) not sure about this one, initially I thought this would be the answer because the stimulus says that there will be no need to ship books to wholesalers and retail stores. It seems like the idea is that while this could happen the passage does not necessarily suggest that it is likely to happen.
D) but the copies printed on the demand will be indistinguishable from traditional books so I don't think this would be the case
E) while there will still be a demand for book-grade paper, it will likely decrease because books will only be printed on demand hmmm but here, the demand could also increase should peoples' preferences change?
It seems here that if the opposite of the answer choice is also possible you cannot say that that answer choice is likely.
Question 6: Inference Author's Perspective
A) this is not really supported by the passage
B) no this does not even make sense -_-
C) yes, because with literary agents, if their demands aren't being met they would go to a more unfettered digital publisher and eventually this will create pressure for traditional publishers
D) we don't know anything about innovative marketing strategies
E) not new ways of storing information
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Wednesday, Mar 17 2021
Question 2: Meaning of Phrase in Context
A) no this is not it, those will not be eliminated but will be increased
B) maybe this is an incomplete answer choice because that expense will still be there with print on demand
C) nope those will not be eliminated
D) this is it, in the sentence after this phrase the stimulus talks about the costs of printing, selling and distributing physical books
E) no this phrase is speaking in the realm of how the book is bring made
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Wednesday, Mar 17 2021
Question 1: Main Point
A) This is only briefly mentioned at the end of the passage, hardly the main point of the passage
B) I chose this answer originally because I thought the rival bit was right and the social and economic factors bit were right but now that I read it I realize that the passage does not bring up any social factors that hinder its acceptance (also it brings up mostly economic factors that would help its acceptance so....)
C) I think, I did not like "result in a great deal of movement by authors among different publishing houses"that is not really suggested in the passage
D) Maybe but this does not capture the full main point
E) this is only really talked about in the third paragraph, I don't feel like this captures the whole passage (So the reason this is right is because the other paragraphs build up to this idea, thus it captures the main point)
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Wednesday, Mar 17 2021
P1
LR: Author's hypothesis
HR: The author believes that rather than people reading mainly on screens, it is more likely that people will actually be engaged in print on demand for books.
P2
LR: traditional publishing vs. digital publishing
HR: The author lists out some areas in which digital publishing will eventually become more efficient than traditional publishing. The author concedes that it make take some time for an investment to be deemed appropriate for regional book printing machines.
P3
LR: authors get bigger piece of publishing pie (why and how)
HR: The literary agents to authors will be able to ask for more of a part of profits with digital publishing because of the lack of expenses, listed in the second paragraph. Traditional publishers will be reluctant to change but will eventually have to as digital publishers will be able to offer authors more. The adjustment is similar to whenever a new economic model is adopted.
Main Point: The advantages of digitally publishing books/ the effects of the emergence of digitally publishing books
Structure: 1) Author's hypothesis 2) The implications of the author's hypothesis on publishing 3) More implications of the author's hypotheses
After watching JY's video, A couple of problems 1) in the low res, I should have included the fact that there were OPP views presents, I should have listed the specific advantages 2) I read the last sentence as saying that what was being proposed to happen was similar to what happens when a new economic model is being introduced instead of realizing the the author is talking about "the" new economic model
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Tuesday, Mar 16 2021
Discrepancy: There is strong evidence that, apart from parents grooming their children, these humans spent virtually no time grooming one another, despite the fact that the neocortex in humans is bigger and thus groups sizers were bigger and typically in primates the bigger the group the more time spent grooming as a way to maintain social cohesion.
RRE
A) so what, we are looking at grooming between people (non-parent and child pairs)
B) I passed this answer choice up on the first run through because I did not consider the idea that perhaps the humans were just using another method to have social cohesion, but this one actually more resolves the discrepancy because of the reason I passed it up the first time, the discrepancy is explained because the humans are not using the same means as the primates for social cohesion yet and still they are participating in social cohesion practices
C) I almost chose this answer choice during my blind review but then realized it was incorrect because the humans not being as extensively covered in hair as the primates is not sufficient enough to explain the discrepancy, the stimulus does not establish that less hair means less need for social cohesion
D) so what, I guess this answer choice is trying to make think that "oh, humans were actually in small groups for hunting, so that is why some form of social cohesion was not necessary", but no, we have to take the information in the stimulus as true
E) this would not explain the discrepancy, perhaps make it even more strange
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Tuesday, Mar 16 2021
Was really not sure about this one, was a contender for blind review
MSS
A) we do not know about any one runway at the airport in poor weather, we just know the amount that are allowed to land in poor weather
B) we do not know that it is likely that planes are landing on two adjacent runways in good weather, we only know that runways are to close together to allow simultaneous use of runways when visibility is poor
C) this is not supported by the stimulus
D) this is most strongly supported because the stimulus states that airline schedules assume good weather
E) we cannot say this for sure because there may be some other reason other that cause delays
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Tuesday, Mar 16 2021
Daniel: An action is not morally good simply because it fulfills a moral obligation. No action can be morally good unless it is performed with the right motivations. (morally good -> performed with the right intentions)
Carrie: Motivations for our actions are not subject to our conscious control. The thing that can be required for an action to be morally good is that it fulfill a moral obligation.
(morally good → fulfills a moral obligation)
At first glance it seems like they disagree on what is required for something to be morally good, namely that performing something with the right intentions is required
Disagree
A) this is not a part of the discussion
B) I guess this would be it, Carrie would agree, maybe this is a reversal on what Daniel has said so it could exist in Daniel's world
C) not sure this even matters to the argument
D) daniel would agree, I guess in Carrie's world this could be the case because the only thing that is required is the duty fulfilling a moral obligation, and a moral obligation could be considered a wrong motivation to some
E) sense of duty (?).
Premise: Most of the volunteers said they preferred Sparkle Cola to the competing cola tasted.
Conclusion: Sparkle COla elicits a more favorable response from consumers than any of the competing colas tested
Weaken
The issue here is that each group only compared Sparkle Cola to one other competitor and did not compare Sparkle to all competitors. So we cannot come up with that conclusion because we do not know what the groups would have said then comparing Sparkle to other competitors.
A) I was trying to rush and initially chose this answer but honestly did not read it thoroughly until I did the blind review. I think I underestimated my ability to understand.
B) price was not considered in this argument
C) true but not the flaw
D) we don't care about these reasons, we only care about taste
E) why would we care about any other beverages in order to reach the conclusion?