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13 Oct 2021, 03:30
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Advice columnist: Several scientific studies have shown that, when participating in competitive sports, those people who have recently been experiencing major stress in their lives are several times more likely to suffer serious injuries than are other participants in competitive sports. Since risking serious injury is unwise, no sports activity should be used as a method for coping with stress.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in the advice columnist’s argument?
(A) If people recently under stress should avoid a subset of activities of a certain type, they should avoid all activities of that type.
(B) A method for coping with stress should be used only if it has been subjected to scientific study.
(C) People who have not been experiencing major stress in their lives should participate in competitive sports.
(D) When people have been under considerable stress, they should engage in competitive activities in order to relieve the stress.
(E) People with a history of sports injuries should not engage in sports activities if they have recently been under stress.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in the advice columnist’s argument?
(A) If people recently under stress should avoid a subset of activities of a certain type, they should avoid all activities of that type.
(B) A method for coping with stress should be used only if it has been subjected to scientific study.
(C) People who have not been experiencing major stress in their lives should participate in competitive sports.
(D) When people have been under considerable stress, they should engage in competitive activities in order to relieve the stress.
(E) People with a history of sports injuries should not engage in sports activities if they have recently been under stress.
16 Oct 2021, 03:30
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EXPLANATION FROM Fox LSAT
Whoa, wait, what? The conclusion here is way out of whack with the premises. People who are stressed suffer more serious injuries when playing "competitive" sports. Like a kid who is very stressed about his college apps busting his head open on the football field. And risking serious injury is unwise. OK, I’m with you so far. But from this, you conclude that no sports activity should be used as a method for coping with stress? Uh… what about golf? Fishing? Walking, for Chrissakes? The conclusion here is way way too strong.
The question then asks us to try to justify the reasoning. Because this is a strengthen question, I’m looking for a big, strong premise that will prove the conclusion, or as close to proving it as possible. The way to prove the conclusion is to connect the argument’s premises to its conclusion. This is going to require some heavy lifting, since the conclusion was so far out of proportion to the premises.
I can almost always predict the answer to questions like this, however. Here’s my crack at it: “All sports subject participants to risk of serious injury.” Of course that’s not true, but if it were true, then the argument would make a lot more sense.
A) This is tricky, but it’s the correct answer. The premises, again, are, “It is unwise to risk serious injury, and stressed people are more likely to incur serious injury when they play competitive sports.” So it’s not a stretch to infer, from those premises, that it is unwise to play competitive sports to relieve stress. If you did, you’d be risking injury, which is unwise. When you add answer A to that, you then shouldn’t play any sport. Which was the conclusion of the argument. Looking back, it’s not exactly like our prediction but it does have the same effect of making all sports out of bounds. Looks pretty good.
B) This does nothing to the argument.
C) This is irrelevant because it is about people who have not been experiencing stress. Furthermore, even if it were relevant, it would only weaken because it says people should, rather than should not, participate in competitive sports.
D) This is a weakener. It’s the exact opposite of the conclusion. No way.
E) This isn’t relevant and isn’t broad enough, because the argument wasn’t limited to only people who have had a history of sports injuries.
Our answer is A, because it’s the only one that helps the argument reach its conclusion.
01 Nov 2024, 01:25
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There is a huge logical gap in the argument.
Conclusion: no sports activity should be used as a method for coping with stress.
Fact: when participating in competitive sports, those people who have recently been experiencing major stress in their lives are several times more likely to suffer serious injuries than are other participants in competitive sports.
Reason: risking serious injury is unwise.
Can we say that we should avoid all activities of a certain type if there have been studies on a subset of such activities of that type?
Clearly, option A helps is in line with the above question.
Conclusion: no sports activity should be used as a method for coping with stress.
Fact: when participating in competitive sports, those people who have recently been experiencing major stress in their lives are several times more likely to suffer serious injuries than are other participants in competitive sports.
Reason: risking serious injury is unwise.
Can we say that we should avoid all activities of a certain type if there have been studies on a subset of such activities of that type?
Clearly, option A helps is in line with the above question.
