LSAT 131 | Section 3 | Logical Reasoning: Q9

LR Question 9 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Manager: There is no good reason to suppose that promoting

QUESTION TYPE: Identify the Conclusion

CONCLUSION: There’s no reason to think that employee training programs ought to promote creativity.

REASONING: Three reasons:

Many jobs don’t need creativity.

In those jobs, creativity will likely be disruptive.

We have no evidence we can teach creativity.

ANALYSIS: There are a few conclusion indicators here:

“No good reason” and “is a proper goal” are signs the first sentence is the conclusion. The first is a definitive statement that needs support, and the second is a moral statement about what we should do.

The word “furthermore” indicates that the third sentence is a premise, and that the second sentence was also a premise. (It means the third sentence is adding evidence in addition to what came in the second.)

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1. This is evidence against teaching creativity: it can cause harm.
2. This is evidence that we shouldn’t expect training programs to teach creativity.
3. This is evidence that there’s no point to teaching creativity.
4. CORRECT. See the analysis above.
5. This is the same as B. It is evidence supporting the conclusion that we shouldn’t try to teach creativity in employee training programs.