Q5 - Parent: I had tried without

[eagerlawstudent]

I really didn't know what to look for in answering this question type..please help.

[noah]

Happy to help.

Here you're looking to find the principle that is embedded in the stimulus. In other words, you could interpret the question as "The stimulus is a good example of which of the following?"

So, when you're reading the stimulus, boil it down. Here, that might look like this:

Kid wouldn't start brushing teeth because of imitation or reason, but would from repetition.

(B) states just this, though it uses the vague term "other means."

You also want to watch for detail creeps in the answer choices.

(A) is too strong - who's to say that it's the most effective system?

(C) offers an explanation for why reasoning didn't work, but there's no evidence that the explanation is correct. Perhaps kids accept reasoning, but not about teeth brushing.

(D) is tempting, but the stimulus says that imitation did not work. It was repetition that worked.

(E) is out of scope - there's no discussion of attention-grabbing.

[ss_8185]

For (B) "more readily" turned me off to this choice initially that type of language seemed a little too strong given the vague nature of answer choice saying than "through other means"

Other means could certainly include methods outsides the ones mentioned in the stimulus.

Why are we able to forgive the unwarranted strength (in my opinion) of this answer choice?

[josh.glenn44]

Hi,

First off, I just want to thank you guys for the awesome job you do running this website! It's been huge for me. I started off with other study guides, but found you guys to be the best help online in answering my questions.

I've ordered your LR Guide at the bookstore and it hasn't gotten in yet, so I apologize if this question is something covered in your book, but....

How should this type of Principle question be approached?

'most closely conforms to which one of the following generalizations/principles...'


Is it:
most strongly supported- principle
strengthener- principle

??

On one hand you can only infer from the argument what the principle can be and on the other the AC often works as a strengthener.

On this particular question, the AC goes farther than what can be inferred (more readily....than through other means)


Another question I have for these principle questions is, does the question stem itself always let you know exactly what kind of principle question you have in front of you, or do they leave it open to several possibilities?

[noah]

Hi,

First off, I just want to thank you guys for the awesome job you do running this website! It's been huge for me. I started off with other study guides, but found you guys to be the best help online in answering my questions.

I've ordered your LR Guide at the bookstore and it hasn't gotten in yet, so I apologize if this question is something covered in your book, but....

How should this type of Principle question be approached?

'most closely conforms to which one of the following generalizations/principles...'


Is it:
most strongly supported- principle
strengthener- principle

??

On one hand you can only infer from the argument what the principle can be and on the other the AC often works as a strengthener.

On this particular question, the AC goes farther than what can be inferred (more readily....than through other means)


Another question I have for these principle questions is, does the question stem itself always let you know exactly what kind of principle question you have in front of you, or do they leave it open to several possibilities?

Josh, I'm glad our forums are helpful. I think you'll find the LR guide even more so.

There is quite a discussion of the difference between principle support (part of the assumption family) and principle example questions. The question stem will always tell you which you're dealing with.

This here question is a principle example, in which you're finding the principle that would match the stimulus. Often, you're matching, but in the other direction (principle given in the stimulus). Since we're looking for a "generalization", it makes sense that the answer would be broad.

I hope that helps.