LSAT 133 – Section 3 – Question 12

LSAT 133 - Section 3 - Question 12

June 2011

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT133 S3 Q12	+LR	Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE	A 95% 163 B 3% 158 C 0% 151 D 0% 152 E 1% 156	120 120 135	+Easiest	147.69 +SubsectionMedium

When adults toss balls to very young children they generally try to toss them as slowly as possible to compensate for the children’s developing coordination. But recent studies show that despite their developing coordination, children actually have an easier time catching balls that are thrown at a faster speed.

"Surprising" Phenomenon

Why do children find it easier to catch balls when they are thrown faster?

Objective

Any hypothesis explaining this phenomenon must state a difference between balls thrown slowly and balls thrown at high speeds. This difference must result in children more easily catching balls thrown at high speeds.

Balls thrown at a faster speed, unlike balls thrown at a slower speed, trigger regions in the brain that control the tracking of objects for self-defense.

This explains why children have an easier time catching faster balls. Because the high speed triggers different regions in the brain, they catch fast balls using a different mechanism than they use to catch slow balls.

Balls that are tossed more slowly tend to have a higher arc that makes it less likely that the ball will be obscured by the body of the adult tossing it.

This deepens the mystery. If balls tossed slowly are less likely to be obscured, children should catch them more easily.

Adults generally find it easier to catch balls that are thrown slowly than balls that are thrown at a faster speed.

This refers to adults, not children. It is not implied that the catching abilities of adults are aligned with or opposite those of children.

Children are able to toss balls back to the adults with more accuracy when they throw fast than when they throw the ball back more slowly.

This refers only to children’s ability to throw balls accurately, not to catch them. It does not explain why children find balls easier to catch when they are coming in faster.

There is a limit to how fast the balls can be tossed to the children before the children start to have more difficulty in catching them.

This limit does not explain why children more easily catch faster balls in general. It introduces a separate phenomenon at higher speeds, without explaining the phenomenon at hand.

LSAT 133 – Section 3 – Question 12

LSAT 133 - Section 3 - Question 12

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