LSAT 157 – Section 2 – Question 05

LSAT 157 - Section 2 - Question 05

June 2020

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT157 S2 Q05
+LR
Main conclusion or main point +MC
A
1%
148
B
2%
149
C
2%
144
D
79%
159
E
16%
151
120
136
151
 +Easier 143.482 +SubsectionEasier

Columnist: Many people with access to the Internet express a longing for emotional connection to a global human community. This longing often leads them to use the Internet to learn about other cultures. However, learning about other cultures probably will not satisfy their longing, for the Internet is utilized primarily for acquiring information rather than developing feelings of interconnectedness.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that using the Internet to learn about other cultures won’t satisfy a longing for emotional connection to a global human community. This is because the Internet is usually used for acquiring information rather than creating feelings of interconnectedness.

Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the author’s comment on whether learning about other cultures using the Internet will satisfy a longing for emotional connection: “learning about other cultures probably will not satisfy their longing.”

A
It is common for people who have access to the Internet to express a longing for emotional connection to an international human community.
This is context describing how many people feel. The author’s conclusion is a comment about whether these people can satisfy their longing by learning about other cultures through the Internet.
B
The longing for emotional connection to a global human community frequently leads people to use the Internet in order to acquire information about other cultures.
This is context describing what many people often do. The author’s conclusion is about whether people can satisfy their longing for emotional connection by learning about other cultures through the Internet.
C
People who have access to the Internet tend to use it primarily for acquiring information and only secondarily for developing feelings of interconnectedness.
This is a twisted version of the premise. The premise is that the Internet is primarily used for acquiring information. But it doesn’t state that the secondary reason people use the Internet is to develop feelings of interconnectedness.
D
For people desiring connection to a global human community, learning about other cultures through the Internet probably will not provide emotional connection to those cultures.
This is a paraphrase of the conclusion that fills in the referential language. Learning about other cultures probably will not satisfy the longing of people for emotional connection to a global human community.
E
When people long for connection to a global human community, they tend to engage in behavior that results in the acquisition of knowledge about other cultures but rarely produces genuine emotional connection to those cultures.
The author’s not trying to prove what people who want emotional connection tend to do. He’s trying to prove that what they often do will probably not achieve their goal of creating an emotional connection.

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