Struggles with PSAr

mari_onette

Sighh... Guys I'm really struggling with PSAr question types. I understand the idea of "rule and application", and I know the 4 groups for necessary and sufficient indicators, however I am not quite sure I grasp how I am supposed to approach PSAr question types. I frequently end up with two answer choices left where at least one would be correct, but I always pick the wrong one. Ik we should be looking for a rule where the premises in the stimulus triggers the rule, but I keep getting it wrong. Maybe I'm not approaching these properly? Idk, I'm soo confused and frustrated, please SOMEBODY lmk if I'm missing something, or a way to approach these questions🥲.

natemanwell1

I think isolating question types as "PSAr" might be the issue. I'm guessing that you mean "pseudo sufficient assumption," as if the LSAT were asking you for a an assumption that was not quite sufficient, but pseudo means "false," and I have never seen an LSAT question that asks one to provide a false assumption. I'm thinking you might be referencing principle questions, where you have to either provide a principle that explains a situation, or provide a situation that is in line with the principle. These questions are pretty cut and dry: you just want to write out what is explicitly stated in the principle and in each answer choice, and compare them. If the principle says "It is only correct that one can pet rhinoceroses," then you are looking for an answer choice that describes petting an animal that is not a rhinoceros, you are not looking for an answer choice that says "petting rhinoceroses is always ok." If you are approaching the questions as strengthen/weaken without the full techniques for those questions locked down, that could also be an issue.