LSAT 109 – Section 1 – Question 09

LSAT 109 - Section 1 - Question 09

December 2000

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT109 S1 Q09
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
89%
167
B
3%
159
C
1%
156
D
5%
160
E
2%
157
137
146
155
 +Medium 148.877 +SubsectionMedium

The same task triggers different levels of awareness of one’s surroundings, called environmental awareness, in different individuals. Mathematical puzzles, for example, cause most people to increase such an awareness. Some people—those who formulate the answer visually, imagining the numbers in their mind’s eye—will, in an attempt to freeze the picture, experience a decrease in environmental awareness while solving the puzzle. Other people’s environmental awareness may rise during the exercise, because their brains are signaling a rest at the end of every stage of problem solving.

Summary
The same task causes different levels of environmental awareness in different individuals. For example, mathematical puzzles cause most individual’s environmental awareness to increase. Some people experience a decrease in awareness because they solve the puzzle visually in their mind’s eye. Other people may experience an increase of awareness because their brains signal a rest after every stage of problem solving.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
For at least some people, mathematical puzzles do not cause an increase in environmental awareness.

A
There are some people for whom mathematical puzzles do not cause an increase in their level of environmental awareness.
This answer is strongly supported. We know from the stimulus that some people, those who are visual problem solvers, mathematical puzzles can cause their awareness to decrease.
B
People who visually formulate answers differ from other problem solvers in that the former are aware of their surroundings.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know anything about other problem solvers from the stimulus to make this comparison.
C
People tend to be more aware of their surroundings when solving mathematical problems than when solving nonmathematical problems.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what effect non-mathematical puzzles may have on a person’s environmental awareness. The stimulus is limited to the example of mathematical puzzles.
D
Mathematical problem solvers who rely on visual techniques become aware of their surroundings only during periods of rest.
This answer is unsupported. To say that these problem solves “only” become aware during periods of rest is too strong. We know that this may be one period, but not the only period.
E
Mathematical problem solving requires frequent periods of rest in the form of increased awareness of the problem solver’s surroundings.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus what is required for a person to solve mathematical problems.

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