LSAT 132 – Section 2 – Question 01

LSAT 132 - Section 2 - Question 01

December 2010

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PT132 S2 Q01
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
1%
154
B
1%
153
C
0%
154
D
97%
163
E
0%
149
120
127
137
 +Easiest 148.345 +SubsectionMedium

In a recent study, a group of young children were taught the word “stairs” while walking up and down a flight of stairs. Later that day, when the children were shown a video of a person climbing a ladder, they all called the ladder stairs.

Summary
A study examined a group of children who were taught the word “stairs” while walking up and down stairs. The children were later shown a video of someone climbing a ladder. All the children referred to the ladder as stairs.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Children who learned to associate a word with an activity may erroneously associate the same word with a similar-looking activity.

A
When young children repeatedly hear a word without seeing the object denoted by the word, they sometimes apply the word to objects not denoted by the word.
This is unsupported because the children in the study saw the object denoted by the word as they were walking up and down stairs.
B
Young children best learn words when they are shown how the object denoted by the word is used.
This is unsupported because we don’t know if there isn’t a better way of teaching children words. The stimulus only discussed one method without comparing it to any other method.
C
The earlier in life a child encounters and uses an object, the easier it is for that child to learn how not to misuse the word denoting that object.
This is unsupported because we aren’t told if children who were younger at the time of the experiment were more or less likely to misapply the word to the ladder.
D
Young children who learn a word by observing how the object denoted by that word is used sometimes apply that word to a different object that is similarly used.
This is strongly supported because the children who learned the word “stairs” by observing walking up and down stairs applied that word to the ladder when a similar activity was being performed.
E
Young children best learn the names of objects when the objects are present at the time the children learn the words and when no other objects are simultaneously present.
This is unsupported because we don’t know if the method used in the study was best. The author never compared that method to any other method of teaching children words.

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