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I was thrown off by 'art dealers' and thought they were trying to distract me from the correct answer choice, since art dealers are not mentioned in the stimulus, but art historians are. I nearly chose that AC!!!
I thought I was being tricked on this one because it mentioned patterns in addition to UV lights, which is why I was tricked by D. I nearly picked E but didn't think it was strong enough, but I see how I was wrong.
This is a way better explanation of the question than JYs explanation. This actually addresses the problem, which is that the concepts are mismatched.
Honestly at this point the BR is just making me second guess my reasoning and pick the wrong answer lmfao.
Agreed with the above. Don't bring your knowledge of the outside world into the test. Focus exactly on what the author is saying in the stimulus. The author is saying "a person could consent to the procedure if it were explained." Babies can not consent nor comprehend the procedure, just like animals; neither can communicate this consent nor assess the risk of pain.
This question was doozy. I wanted to share with others my notes on how I got the correct answer during Blind Review. During the timed test, I would most likely skip this one and save it for later. It took some time for me to translate the stimuli into a format that made sense to me.
At first, I also thought that the sentence in question was the conclusion of the argument. I had to ask myself what the author was really trying to convince me of; that it is not necessary to be at home to be in your house? No. The author was trying to convince me "You can be in your backyard and not at home, that is, not in your house."
So, my notes to decipher it and arrive at the correct answer looked like this:
Difficult argument structure. I think it is C because if we rewrote the stimuli into easier language to read and understand it would look like:
Conclusion: You can be at home if you are in your backyard but not in your house.
Premise: For example, you can also be in your house but not at home if you rent your house to others. (If you're the landlord you could be in the house to do repair work, but you are not 'at home' because you don't live there)
Premise 2/Subconclusion: Therefore it is not sufficient to be in your house to be at home.
Translation of answer choice C: Claim is compatible with the truth or falsity of the conclusion = This is a premise/sub conclusion
This LSAT will be my second. I actually started off with a totally different study book/materials, and then added in 7sages BR method on top of that when I was plateauing. (And now I'm here, adding more tools to my arsenal!) I finished my other curriculum about a 6 weeks before my LSAT, too.
In 6 weeks I made an improvement on my score by just drilling the test and individual sections. You have to practice to time so you can get a feel for what 35 minutes a section feels like. Make yourself a study schedule and stick to it. For example, mine was a graduated study schedule.
6 Weeks to LSAT: Review weak material; a minimum of 2 timed LR, LG, and RC sections this week
5 Weeks to LSAT: Review; a minimum 2 timed LR, LG, and RC sections, 1 preptest
4 Weeks to LSAT: Review; Assess timing issues and focus on specific section with the most timing issues; 2 preptests
By week three I was taking a minimum 2 preptests per week. The week of the test you should cut yourself slack. Try not to study too intensely and psych yourself out.
The graduated schedule helped me so much with timing. Timing is what messed me up 90% of the time, the other 10% are the more difficult questions I’m attempting to master.
Really make sure to be in tune with your strengths and weaknesses on the test. Be honest with yourself. And NEVER skip blind review; force yourself to engage with your own reasoning!
I'm still watching the video, so I'm sure it's addressed, but the LSAT confused me on picking the correct answer simply because I thought they were shifting the scope of the discussion. Actions and means I did not understand as synonyms, but as shift in scope, so I thought I was being tricked by the answer choices with the words 'action' in them!
Honestly have to agree with JY that newer LSATs would NOT be making the jump between viable and feasible, it's the entire reason I didn't pick AC B, because I thought it was mismatched concept.