I used a slightly different method to understand the stimulus (I found the lesson explanation to be a little too abstract and confusing) so here it is if it's helpful to anyone:

the conclusion is that explaining causes of cultural phenomena requires data about several societies. so let's say that I make the claim that the political structure in society X is brought about solely by factor A. how would someone disprove my claim? by showing that 1 - there is another society, society Y, with the same political structure as society X, but in society Y, factor A doesn't exist, so it can't be the sole cause of the structure. or, the person arguing against me could also show that there is another society, society Z, that is subject to factor A, but lacks the political structure of society X.

not sure if this is helpful to anyone but framing it as an argument between two parties helped me understand the stimulus really quickly.

I was really lost but the v1 video explaining the process was pretty helpful (watched it in 0.8x speed though). until there are videos for this lesson, would recommend watching the v1 video

Hi, I think it's typically recommended to finish the CC before starting to do practice tests. RRE is still pretty early in the syllabus so the score you're getting now is likely not reflective of what you would get at the end of the syllabus. but if you're really pressed for time, maybe try learning the weaker sections and then see if your score improves. also, try not to spend too much time taking practice tests this early in your studying since they take up a lot of time and are a bit of a waste of time if you don't know the basic LR question types

this question is really confusing, are we supposed to assume that these other countries that also export pesticide X are exporting it to countries whose products ship to the US? also, if the US stopped exporting these pesticides, it would make it less likely for the other countries to have access to them (decreased supply) so how is it reasonable to assume that it wouldn't make a difference in consumers' health? I had difficulty eliminating the other answer choices because I felt like they all required the same amount of unreasonable assumptions