PrepTest 126
[lcid:3602] Prep Test 126 LSAT — Logical Reasoning — S3
Logical reasoning
Question prompt
Psychiatrist: Breaking any habit
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Why the credited answer is right
Credited answer: B
The notes below walk through why it fits the stem and how to eliminate the rest.
Argument or Facts
Argument
Valid or Flawed
Flawed
Question Type
Strengthen Questions
Stimulus Summary
People are more successful at breaking a habit when they focus on the short-term rather than long-term.
Therefore - People see more success quitting smoking when they focus on peer pressure against it (short-term) rather than health concerns…
Since __________.
Answer Anticipation
The stimulus establishes that breaking a habit is easier when focused on the short-term rather than the long term - a generalization. It then goes to apply it to a specific scenario - smoking. There, it says that people will have more success focusing on a short-term concern (social pressure against smoking) rather than health concerns.
To finish matching the specific scenario to the generalization, then, those health concerns must be long-term concerns.
Answer choices
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Aa habit that involves Remaining source text redacted.
Why choice A is not credited
The argument doesn’t relate health risks to addictiveness, so this comparison is out of scope. -
Bfor most people who Remaining source text redacted.
Why choice B matches the stem
While this doesn’t say that health concerns are long-term, it rules them out as being short-term, and so the social pressures which are short-term concerns are more likely to lead to success than concern for health. This answer completes the argument in a manner that supports the conclusion. -
Csome courses of action Remaining source text redacted.
Why choice C is not credited
This doesn’t establish health concerns as long-term concerns, instead relating the two types of concerns. It also doesn’t guarantee its applicability in this scenario since it’s about “some courses of action.” -
Dmost people who succeed Remaining source text redacted.
Why choice D is not credited
Number of attempts isn’t mentioned in the argument or related to the generalization, so this answer is out of scope. -
Eeveryone who succeeds in Remaining source text redacted.
Why choice E is not credited
This doesn’t establish that one of those two methods is better than the other, as the conclusion states, so it doesn’t support that conclusion.
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