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Summary
There were two groups in a study. The first group was asked if they had ever awakened feeling paralyzed with the sense of a strange presence, with 40% answering yes. The other group was asked if they had ever woken up seemingly paralyzed, with only 13% answering yes.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
The way a question is asked/framed can impact the responses.
The broader a question is, the more people are likely to relate to it.
The broader a question is, the more people are likely to relate to it.
A
Experiencing a sense of a strange presence in a room in some way causes subjects to feel as though they are paralyzed.
There is no causal link between sensing a strange presence and feeling paralyzed. It is more likely that the mention of a strange presence broadened the relatability of the statement.
B
The number of subjects who had awakened with a sense of a strange presence in the room was greater in the first group than in the control group.
This is not supported. The second group was not asked about a strange presence.
C
If the reports of the first group of subjects were accurate, approximately 60 percent of them had never awakened with a sense of a strange presence in the room.
This is too strong to support. The way the question was asked to the first group implies that they could answer “yes” to feeling paralyzed OR sensing a strange presence. Thus, it is unclear what percentage has/has not *just* felt a strange presence.
D
At least some of the randomly selected subjects of the study gave inconsistent reports.
There is no indication that any subjects gave inconsistent reports. The inconsistency in the study is *between* the two groups, not within them.
E
The tendency of subjects to report a recollection of an event can sometimes be increased by suggesting circumstances that accompanied the event.
The difference between the two groups could be caused by the fact that the first group had a broader question. Thus, the tendency to report a recollection of an event (paralyzed) can be increased (14% vs 40%) by suggesting additional circumstances (sensing a strange presence).
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September 10, 2023Sign up to star your favorites LSAT 105 - Section 4 - Question 17
September 10, 2023
Summary
The stimulus can be diagrammed as follows:
Notable Valid Inferences
Everyone who is levelheaded is neither excessively generous nor bold.
A
Everyone who is excessively generous is not bold.
This could be false. All we know from the stimulus is that everyone who is excessively generous is not levelheaded—the information in the stimulus doesn’t tell us that they are also not bold.
B
Everyone who is not bold is excessively generous.
This could be false. Being not bold is not a sufficient condition for anything, given the information in the stimulus.
C
No one who is not bold lacks excessive generosity.
In clearer terms, (C) says everyone who is not bold is excessively generous. This could be false. Being not bold is not a sufficient condition for anything, given the information in the stimulus.
D
If someone is levelheaded, then that person is neither bold nor excessively generous.
This must be true. As shown below, when we take the contrapositive of the conditional claims in the stimulus, we can see that all levelheaded people are neither bold nor excessively generous.
E
If someone is not levelheaded, then that person is either bold or excessively generous.
This could be false. Being not levelheaded is not a sufficient condition for anything, given the information in the stimulus.
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September 10, 2023
Summary
The difference between manners and morals is that manners are necessarily social in natural whereas morals are not necessarily social in nature. Therefore, the rules of etiquette do not apply when someone is alone.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
If a situation involves etiquette, then that situation involves manners.
If a situation is social, then a person in that situation cannot be alone.
There are some situations involving morality that are not social in nature.
If a situation is social, then a person in that situation cannot be alone.
There are some situations involving morality that are not social in nature.
A
One could be immoral without ever having caused any other person any harm.
This answer is strongly supported. If morals do not necessarily require any social situation, then there are some situations of morality that are not social in nature. Therefore, someone could act immorally and not affect another person.
B
No immoral act could be a violation of the rules of etiquette.
This answer is unsupported. The stimulus never provided a connection between morality and manners. There could be some situations that involve both morality and manners.
C
The rules of morality apply only when one is alone.
This answer is unsupported. We know from the stimulus that morals are not necessarily social in nature. This does not mean that there are no situations involving morals that are social. It only means that social connections are not required for morals.
D
It is more important to be moral than to have good manners.
This answer is unsupported. The author never makes a value judgement about whether morals or manners are more important.
E
What is social in nature could not be a matter of morality.
This answer is unsupported. We know from the stimulus that morals are not necessarily social in nature. This does not mean that there are no social situations that involve morals. It only means that social connections are not required for morals.
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