LSAT 157 – Section 2 – Question 06

LSAT 157 - Section 2 - Question 06

June 2020

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT157 S2 Q06
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
A
6%
146
B
2%
144
C
2%
142
D
1%
146
E
89%
159
127
135
144
 +Easier 143.482 +SubsectionEasier

Democratic societies in which there is widespread discontent more often blame their politicians than they do other powerful figures who are at least as responsible for those societies’ woes. This is not primarily because politicians are more familiar to people than are other powerful figures; rather it is because people in democratic societies feel that they have more power over politicians than they have over other powerful figures.

Summary
People in democratic societies more often blame politicians than they do other powerful figures who are at least as responsible for society’s problems. This is because people in democratic societies believe they have more power over politicians than powerful figures, not necessarily because politicians are more familiar.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
People are more likely to blame a person if they feel they have power over that person.

A
Often the people who have the most power in a society are not the people who are generally perceived by the public as having the most power.
We don’t know whether the public inaccurately perceives the level of power possessed by a group. We only know that the public is likely to blame politicians for society’s problems because the public believes they possess power over politicians.
B
People tend to ascribe more power to a person with whom they are familiar than to one with whom they are unfamiliar.
We don’t know whether people assign more power to a person that is familiar. We only know that the public is likely to blame politicians for society’s problems because the public believes they possess power over politicians.
C
To the extent that a person is well known to the public, that person is more likely to be blamed for the woes of society.
The argument concludes that politicians are more likely to be blamed by the public because of the public’s belief of possessing power over the politicians, not necessarily because the politicians are publicly known.
D
Publicly known people are usually not held sufficiently responsible for the problems they cause.
We don’t know whether publicly known people are usually not sufficiently held responsible for problems. We only know key factors for the likelihood of the public to assign blame.
E
People are more inclined to blame a publicly known person if that person is someone over whom they feel they have power.
The primary reason for the public to assign blame to a person is whether that person is someone the public feels they have power over.

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