LSAT 140 – Section 3 – Question 13

LSAT 140 - Section 3 - Question 13

December 2013

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT140 S3 Q13
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
2%
161
B
5%
156
C
1%
153
D
4%
158
E
88%
166
131
142
153
 +Medium 149.74 +SubsectionMedium

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Several three-year-olds who had learned to count to ten were trying to learn their telephone numbers. Although each child was familiar with the names of all the digits, no child could remember his or her phone number. Their teacher then taught each child a song whose lyrics contained his or her phone number. By the end of the day the children could remember their telephone numbers.

Summary
A group of 3-year-olds who new the numbers 1 through 10 were trying to learn their phone numbers. Initially no child could remember his or her number. But after a teacher taught each child a song that contained his or her phone number, the children could remember the phone number.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
The song the teacher taught probably helped each child remember his or her number.
A string of numbers might be easier to remember if they are part of a song.

A
There are some things that children cannot learn without the aid of songs.
Unsupported. Although the song likely helped the children remember their numbers, that doesn’t mean the song was required in order for them to remember. Maybe the children also could have remembered the numbers through a special game or special cartoon.
B
Familiarity with a concept is not always sufficient for knowing the words used to express it.
Unsupported. The children knew the numbers 1 through 10. There’s no evidence that they didn’t know the words to express these numbers. They had trouble remembering a specific string of numbers; not with the words that express those numbers.
C
Mnemonic devices such as songs are better than any other method for memorizing numbers.
Unsupported. The song likely helped them remember their phone numbers. But we don’t get a comparison to other memory methods. Maybe seeing the number in a special cartoon would have been more effective.
D
Children can learn to count without understanding the meaning of numbers.
Unsupported. Failing to remember a string of numbers does not imply inability to understand the meaning of numbers. We don’t have any evidence the children didn’t understand the meaning of “three.” They just had trouble remembering the order of several numbers put together.
E
Songs are useful in helping children remember the order in which familiar words occur.
Strongly supported. Children were familiar with individual numbers, but had trouble remembering a string of numbers. They were able to remember the string after learning a song containing that string of numbers. Doesn’t guarantee causation, but it is evidence the song helped.

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