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Q8

by JoyC484 Sat May 05, 2018 4:15 am

Could anyone please kindly explain the differences between B and E?
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Re: Q8

by ohthatpatrick Thu May 10, 2018 2:05 am

Sure, sorry for the delayed response.

(E) incorrectly describes what the psychologists are arguing.
They aren't arguing that we infer our own thinking solely by observing our behavior.

(The single biggest thing we do to improve our accuracy on RC is probably pay attention to strong wording.)

In lines 43-47, the author says that psychologists come "perilously close" to arguing that, but "their arguments do not, in fact, commit them" to arguing that.

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(A) "Only" is too extreme. If you want to go deeper, the passage is not about Experts vs. Other People, it's about Direct/Infallible Access to our own thoughts vs. Inferential/Fallible Access to our own thoughts.

(C) "Inability" is the opposite of what it should be. Psychologists would say "the belief that you directly perceive your own thoughts is an illusion resulting from your ABILITY to make quick and reliable inferences"

(D) Hahahahah. Omigosh, thank you, I needed that laugh, LSAT. The passage was not focused on the failures of children.