LSAT 157 – Section 3 – Question 08

LSAT 157 - Section 3 - Question 08

June 2020

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
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PT157 S3 Q08
+LR
Argument part +AP
A
77%
159
B
3%
149
C
3%
146
D
15%
151
E
2%
145
129
141
153
 +Easier 145.111 +SubsectionEasier

Anthropologist: For early humans who moved from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to agriculture, the transition must have been traumatic. There would have been increased incidence of disease and injury and a more homogeneous diet lacking vital nutrients more easily obtainable from the richly varied diet of hunter-gatherers. Thus, groups that made the transition were likely motivated by certain benefits that accompany the settled life of the agriculturist, such as opportunities for the accumulation of wealth by those with specialized social roles.

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The Anthropologist concludes that groups of early humans were likely motivated by the benefits of an agriculturist lifestyle when transitioning from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Why? Because the transition to agriculture from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle must have been traumatic due to increased incidence of disease, injury, and lack of a nutritious diet.

Identify Argument Part
The statement in the first sentence is a premise offered in support of the Anthropologist’s conclusion. It is also further supported by the next sentence, which provides some examples of traumatic events.

A
It is a premise for which another premise is offered as support.
The statement is a premise used as support for the Anthropologist’s main conclusion and is also supported by the premise contained in the second sentence.
B
It is background information that plays no logical role in the argument.
The statement does play a logical role in the argument. It is a premise used to support the Anthropologist’s main conclusion.
C
It is a premise for which no support is offered.
The statement is supported by other information in the stimulus.
D
It is the conclusion of the argument as a whole.
The statement is not the Anthropologist’s main conclusion.
E
It is a claim that the rest of the argument seeks to rebut.
The statement is not a claim the Anthropologist is rebutting.

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