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Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
85%
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Question 2
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35%
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58% (00:46) correct 42%
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Question 3
D
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53% (00:45) correct 47%
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The intense preparation required for the law school admission test (LSAT) changes the structure of the brain, resulting in stronger connections between areas of the brain that play an important role in reasoning.
That’s the finding of University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists who used diffusion tensor imaging to analyze the brains of 24 college students or recent graduates before and after 100 hours of LSAT training over three months.
The findings suggest that training people in reasoning skills can reinforce brain circuits involved in thinking and reasoning and might even help increase a person’s IQ scores, the researchers said.
“The fact that performance on the LSAT can be improved with practice is not new. People know that they can do better on the LSAT, which is why preparation courses exist,” study leader Allyson Mackey, a graduate student in UC Berkeley’s Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, said in a university news release.
“What we were interested in is whether and how the brain changes as a result of LSAT preparation, which we think is, fundamentally, reasoning training. We wanted to show that the ability to reason is malleable in adults,” she explained.
The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funded the study, along with Blueprint Test Preparation, the release noted.
The study was published recently in the journal Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. “A lot of people still believe that you are either smart or you are not,
and sure, you can practice for a test, but you are not fundamentally changing your brain,” senior author Silvia Bunge, an associate professor in the UC Berkeley department of psychology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, said in the news release.
“Our research provides a more positive message. How you perform on one of these tests is not necessarily predictive of your future success, it merely reflects your prior history of cognitive engagement, and potentially how prepared you are at this time to enter a graduate program or a law school, as opposed to how prepared you could ever be,” Bunge noted.
Another expert, John Gabrieli, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, agreed.
“I think this is an exciting discovery,” Gabrieli, who was not involved in the study, said in the news release. “It shows, with rigorous analysis, that brain pathways important for thinking and reasoning remain plastic in adulthood, and that intensive, real-life educational experience that trains reasoning also alters the brain pathways that support reasoning ability,” he explained.
That’s the finding of University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists who used diffusion tensor imaging to analyze the brains of 24 college students or recent graduates before and after 100 hours of LSAT training over three months.
The findings suggest that training people in reasoning skills can reinforce brain circuits involved in thinking and reasoning and might even help increase a person’s IQ scores, the researchers said.
“The fact that performance on the LSAT can be improved with practice is not new. People know that they can do better on the LSAT, which is why preparation courses exist,” study leader Allyson Mackey, a graduate student in UC Berkeley’s Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, said in a university news release.
“What we were interested in is whether and how the brain changes as a result of LSAT preparation, which we think is, fundamentally, reasoning training. We wanted to show that the ability to reason is malleable in adults,” she explained.
The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funded the study, along with Blueprint Test Preparation, the release noted.
The study was published recently in the journal Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. “A lot of people still believe that you are either smart or you are not,
and sure, you can practice for a test, but you are not fundamentally changing your brain,” senior author Silvia Bunge, an associate professor in the UC Berkeley department of psychology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, said in the news release.
“Our research provides a more positive message. How you perform on one of these tests is not necessarily predictive of your future success, it merely reflects your prior history of cognitive engagement, and potentially how prepared you are at this time to enter a graduate program or a law school, as opposed to how prepared you could ever be,” Bunge noted.
Another expert, John Gabrieli, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, agreed.
“I think this is an exciting discovery,” Gabrieli, who was not involved in the study, said in the news release. “It shows, with rigorous analysis, that brain pathways important for thinking and reasoning remain plastic in adulthood, and that intensive, real-life educational experience that trains reasoning also alters the brain pathways that support reasoning ability,” he explained.
1. Which of the following best describes the tone of this passage?
a. passionate
b. despondent
c. articulate
d. opinionated
e. arrogant
a. passionate
b. despondent
c. articulate
d. opinionated
e. arrogant
2. All the following institutions were included in the study EXCEPT:
a. University of California at Berkeley
b. Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
c. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
d. The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
e. Blueprint Test Preparation
a. University of California at Berkeley
b. Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
c. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
d. The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
e. Blueprint Test Preparation
3. The purpose of paragraph 3 is best described by which of the following?
a. to present more cumulative data
b. to introduce an argument that defies a theory
c. to introduce the comparative study of two different theories
d. to paraphrase the hypothesis
e. none of the above
a. to present more cumulative data
b. to introduce an argument that defies a theory
c. to introduce the comparative study of two different theories
d. to paraphrase the hypothesis
e. none of the above
4. This passage suggests:
a. insight to how test takers will score in the future
b. humans have pliable minds capable of change despite how smart we are.
c. people are born with little or no ability to reason.
d. lawyers are more likely to have heightened reasoning skills.
e. 100 hours is enough time to affect a person’s ability to reason.
a. insight to how test takers will score in the future
b. humans have pliable minds capable of change despite how smart we are.
c. people are born with little or no ability to reason.
d. lawyers are more likely to have heightened reasoning skills.
e. 100 hours is enough time to affect a person’s ability to reason.
5. Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage?
a. An increase in IQ is possible through training that will strengthen brain circuits used for reasoning and thinking.
b. The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funded the study because of the inferred link between a brain in atrophy and stroke.
c. Merely practicing for a test can make your brain fundamentally change chemically.
d. Preparedness can predict your future success and reflect your prior cognitive engagement.
e. Preparing for law school will inadvertently shift an individual’s IQ upward.
a. An increase in IQ is possible through training that will strengthen brain circuits used for reasoning and thinking.
b. The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funded the study because of the inferred link between a brain in atrophy and stroke.
c. Merely practicing for a test can make your brain fundamentally change chemically.
d. Preparedness can predict your future success and reflect your prior cognitive engagement.
e. Preparing for law school will inadvertently shift an individual’s IQ upward.
6. According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT:
a. Possible improvement on the LSAT with training and preparation is old news.
b. Even after preparation, a score of a test is only predictive of your brain function at the time of taking the test and not of how you could score in the future.
c. Brain function specific to reasoning is malleable through adulthood.
d. Intensive, real-life educational experience that trains reasoning cannot alter the brain pathways that support reasoning ability.
e. The LSAT fundamentally amounts to reasoning training.
a. Possible improvement on the LSAT with training and preparation is old news.
b. Even after preparation, a score of a test is only predictive of your brain function at the time of taking the test and not of how you could score in the future.
c. Brain function specific to reasoning is malleable through adulthood.
d. Intensive, real-life educational experience that trains reasoning cannot alter the brain pathways that support reasoning ability.
e. The LSAT fundamentally amounts to reasoning training.
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(D) is incorrect because an opinionated tone typically reflects a strong personal bias or viewpoint, often expressed with little consideration for opposing perspectives or evidence. It involves presenting one's opinions as facts, without acknowledging other possible viewpoints. The tone can come across as forceful, dogmatic, and sometimes dismissive of differing opinions.
