LSAT 135 – Section 2 – Question 10

LSAT 135 - Section 2 - Question 10

December 2011

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT135 S2 Q10
+LR
+Exp
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
A
4%
157
B
5%
155
C
14%
156
D
1%
153
E
76%
165
143
152
160
 +Medium 146.729 +SubsectionMedium

Samuel: Because communication via computer is usually conducted privately and anonymously between people who would otherwise interact in person, it contributes to the dissolution, not the creation, of lasting communal bonds.

Tova: You assume that communication via computer replaces more intimate forms of communication and interaction, when more often it replaces asocial or even antisocial behavior.

Speaker 1 Summary
Communication via computer contributes to the dissolution of lasting communal bonds. Why? Because communication via computer is usually conducted privately and anonymously between people who would otherwise interact in person.

Speaker 2 Summary
Communication via computer more often replaces asocial or antisocial behavior. You cannot assume communication via computer replaces intimate forms of interaction.

Objective
We need a statement that Samuel and Tova disagree on. They disagree whether communication via computer dissolves social bonds. Samuel thinks that it does because communication via computer replaces in-person interactions. Tova thinks that it does not because communication via computer replaces asocial or antisocial interactions.

A
A general trend of modern life is to dissolve the social bonds that formerly connected people.
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. Neither speaker classifies computer communication as a general trend of modern life.
B
All purely private behavior contributes to the dissolution of social bonds.
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. Samuel only thinks that some private behavior contributes to this dissolution. “All” private behavior is too strong.
C
Face-to-face communication is more likely to contribute to the creation of social bonds than is anonymous communication.
Tova does not express an opinion on this statement. Tova only expresses that it’s not necessarily true that computer communication dissolves social bonds.
D
It is desirable that new social bonds be created to replace the ones that have dissolved.
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. We don’t know what either speaker would believe is a desirable outcome.
E
If people were not communicating via computer, they would most likely be engaged in activities that create stronger social bonds.
Samuel and Tova disagree on this statement. Samuel agrees and thinks that this is the reason computer communication can be said to contribute to the dissolution of social bonds. Tova disagrees and thinks that computer communication replaces asocial behavior.

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