LSAT 109 – Section 4 – Question 18

LSAT 109 - Section 4 - Question 18

December 2000

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT109 S4 Q18	+LR +Exp	Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw Value Judgment +ValJudg Fact v. Belief v. Knowledge +FvBvK	A 4% 161 B 50% 168 C 28% 165 D 17% 162 E 1% 157	153 166 179	+Hardest	150.49 +SubsectionHarder

Coach: Our team has often been criticized for our enthusiasm in response to both our successes and our opponents’ failures. But this behavior is hardly unprofessional, as our critics have claimed. On the contrary, if one looks at the professionals in this sport, one will find that they are even more effusive. Our critics should leave the team alone and let the players enjoy the game.

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that the critics who accuse our team of being unprofessional due to the team’s enthusiasm on the field are wrong. This is based on the fact that the professionals in the sport act in a more enthuasiastic way.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author misinterprets the critics claim that the team is “unprofessional.” “Unprofessional” can mean rude, uncourteous. But the author mistakenly thinks that the critics were claiming the team was not behaving like professional players behave.

misleadingly equates enthusiasm with unethical play

The author does not equate enthusiasm with unethical play. Rather, he is responding to the critics’ belief that the enthusiastic repsonses of the team are “unprofessional.” The author believes the responses are not “unprofessional,” in the sense that professionals act similarly.

misinterprets the critics’ claim that the team is unprofessional

The author misinterprets the critics’ claim as accusing the team of not acting like professional players. But the critics actually just mean that the team is rude or uncourteous.

too quickly generalizes from the sport at one level to the sport at a different level

The author doesn’t try to conclude that something is true of nonprofessionals because it’s true of professionals. The author is trying to show that particular behavior is performed by professionals to rebut the claim that the team is “unprofessional.”

shifts the blame for the team’s behavior to professional players

The author does not try to cast blame on anyone. Rather, the author tries to rebut the claim that the team is “unprofessional.”

takes everyone on the team to have performed the actions of a few

The author does not assume that everyone on the team acted in a certain way because a few acted in that way. The premises don’t say anything about whether only a few individuals have acted enthusiastically.

LSAT 109 – Section 4 – Question 18

LSAT 109 - Section 4 - Question 18

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Section 1 - Logical Reasoning

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Section 3 - Logical Reasoning

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