LSAT 140 – Section 1 – Question 04

LSAT 140 - Section 1 - Question 04

December 2013

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PT140 S1 Q04
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Fill in the blank +Fill
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
1%
150
B
1%
151
C
0%
142
D
96%
165
E
2%
150
132
139
146
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Consultant: Children taught using innovative new educational methods learn to think more creatively than children taught using rote methods such as drills, but they are less adept at memorizing large amounts of information. Most jobs at Grodex Corporation require the ability to think creatively but do not require a strong ability to memorize. So Grodex should probably conduct its employee-training seminars using the innovative methods, because _______.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that Grodex should probably conduct employee-training seminars using innovative educational methods. This is because children taught using innovative methods learn to think more creatively than children taught using other methods. In addition, most jobs at Grodex require the ability to think creatively, but don’t require a strong ability to memorize.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that the effects of innovative methods on children are similar to the effects such methods would have on employees at Grodex.

A
most of the employees at Grodex began in high school to learn the creative thinking skills that they later used on the job
This doesn’t help connect the effects on children to effects on employees at Grodex.
B
corporations that conduct training seminars for employees using innovative educational methods are generally more successful than are corporations that do not conduct training seminars
This compares seminars using the innovative methods vs. no seminars at all. But we’re interested in a comparison between seminars using the innovative methods vs. seminars that use other methods.
C
less than half of the employees at Grodex regularly attend the company’s training seminars
The proportion of employees who attend seminars doesn’t help connect the effects on children with the effects on employees at Grodex.
D
the effects of teaching methods in the education of adults are generally very similar to the effects of those methods in the education of children
This strengthens by affirming the author’s assumption that the effects on children are similar to the effects innovative methods would have on employees at Grodex. If this assumption were not true, the argument wouldn’t be able to rely on the premise concerning children.
E
knowing how to think creatively helps people to compensate for deficiencies in memorization skills
This doesn’t help connect the effects on children to effects on employees at Grodex.

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