Forgetting elements of the ustated assumption Forum

[ltowns1]

I'm starting to realize really taking your time to understand the stimulus is key to doin well, but when finding the unstated assumption, does anyone find it hard to keep the unstated assumption in ur head at one time while also analyzing the right answers? Are there any tips for this, or should I just be able to rem. the unstated assumption? . I'm starting to feel like it's better to analyze the the premise and conclusion in isolation to see if the answer choice matches what I'm looking for. I might be making it too hard but I find that I have to go back and make sure everything matches the core in terms of what we should see in the right answer anyway

[shump92]

Predicting the answer choice well from the stimulus helps. Then you can see if the answer you abbreviate in the test booklet is actually one of the answer choices. For most of these types of questions, you should be able to anticipate the gist of the answer. Then you look for whatever matches your prediction. Doesn't always work, but it does a lot of the time.

[MrBalloons]

Predicting the answer choice well from the stimulus helps. Then you can see if the answer you abbreviate in the test booklet is actually one of the answer choices. For most of these types of questions, you should be able to anticipate the gist of the answer. Then you look for whatever matches your prediction. Doesn't always work, but it does a lot of the time.

This is definitely the right way.

The conclusions of these questions almost always contain some element that isn't necessitated by the premises. You can anticipate these answers that way, just by imagining the argument as a chain and finding the hole.

[ltowns1]

If it's not too much trouble could one of you guys give an example..I'm familiar with pre-phrasing, and I do it a lot but I don't know if that's necessarily what you mean??

[MrBalloons]

I'll give you an example off the last test I took. PT 56 Section 3 question 9, if you've got it (but don't look at it just yet).

It reads:

There are far fewer independent bookstores than there were 20 years ago, largely because chain bookstores prospered and multiplied during that time. Thus, chain bookstores' success has been to the detriment of book consumers, for the shortage of independent bookstores has prevented the variety of readily available books from growing as much as it otherwise would have.

If you were to "diagram" this (in quotes because as you're taking the test, you're doing this in your head rather than on paper) the premises would be:

P1: There are far fewer independent bookstores than there were 20 years ago, largely because chain bookstores prospered and multiplied during that time.
P2: The shortage of independent bookstores has prevented the variety of readily available books from growing as much as it otherwise would have.
Conclusion (signaled by "thus"): Chain bookstores' success has been to the detriment of book consumers

Before even looking at the answer choices, notice how the conclusion talks about the "detriment of book consumers" when all the premises say is that there isn't a lot of variety in books available. This should signal to you that the correct answer says something like "having little variety is bad for book consumers." This connects the premises to the conclusion.

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

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