LSAT 112 – Section 1 – Question 06
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| Main conclusion or main point +MC Causal Reasoning +CausR Fact v. Belief v. Knowledge +FvBvK | A
14%
155
B
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146
C
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149
D
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160
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+Easier | 147.196 +SubsectionMedium |
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The author thinks it’s likely that stress causes both acne and chocolate-eating, rather than chocolate consumption causing acne. To support this, they offer two pieces of evidence. First, stress hormones can cause acne. Second, chocolate enjoyers eat more chocolate when stressed.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is that “it is likely that common wisdom has mistaken an effect for a cause.” In other words, eating chocolate is probably an effect of stress (which also causes acne), rather than causing acne itself.
A
People are mistaken who insist that whenever they eat large amounts of chocolate they invariably suffer from an outbreak of acne.
The argument never mentions individuals who claim they experience acne outbreaks during high-chocolate periods, nor does the argument deny that chocolate consumption and acne can correlate. This simply isn’t a claim the author makes.
B
The more chocolate a person eats, the more likely that person is to experience the hormonal changes associated with stress.
The argument is not designed to prove that there is a correlation between stress and eating chocolate. Rather, this is used as a premise to support the conclusion that stress leads to both chocolate-eating and acne, rather than chocolate causing acne.
C
Eating large amounts of chocolate is more likely to cause stress than it is to cause outbreaks of acne.
This is not stated in the argument; the author isn’t saying that eating chocolate causes anything. Instead, the claim is that eating chocolate can be a result of stress.
D
It is less likely that eating large amounts of chocolate causes acne than that both the chocolate eating and the acne are caused by stress.
This accurately paraphrases the conclusion. The evidence given in the argument is meant to support the claim that stress causes both acne and chocolate-eating, as a rebuttal to the “common wisdom” of chocolate causing acne.
E
The more stress a person experiences, the more likely that person is to crave chocolate.
This isn’t quite what the argument says about stress and chocolate consumption, but even if it were, that relationship is used as support for the overall conclusion. It is not supported by anything else, so it is not the conclusion.
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Section 1 - Logical Reasoning
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