Q1 - In a recent study, a group of young

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What does the Question Stem tell us?
Principle (Inference) … "which Principle is best illustrated (supported) by the above info"

Break down the Stimulus:
Kids learned the word "stairs" while going up and down stairs. Later, they referred to a ladder as "stairs".

Any prephrase?
There's some connection between the kids learning "stairs" while going up and down stairs and later calling a ladder "stairs". The connection is presumably the common denominator: going up and down. Beware extreme language.

Correct answer:
D

Answer choice analysis:
A) This trigger doesn't apply to our kids. They DID see stairs when they were taught stairs.

B) "Best" is extreme. No way these two facts tell us the "BEST" way to learn words.

C) The more X, the more Y is extreme. We can't extrapolate that Earlier = Easier.

D) "Sometimes" is nice and safe. We only need one example to confirm. This fits our facts. "Similar use" is the connection we were looking for - going up and down.

E) "Best" is extreme. Same as (B). The rest of this also stinks, but why even bother reading it?

Takeaway/Pattern: When they ask us to extract a principle/proposition from some situation we've just been told about, it's almost always just ONE example of something happening. So the correct answer is almost always a safely worded principle that says "Something is Possible." It MAY happen. It's NOT ALWAYS the other way.

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