QUESTION TEXT: Members of the Amazonian Akabe people commonly take…
QUESTION TYPE: Weaken
CONCLUSION: The anthropologist thinks that the Akabe don’t drink much of their much loved drink at dawn because the caffeine would reduce their surefootedness.
REASONING: There is no reasoning given.
ANALYSIS: We don’t know much about this tea. There could be some reason apart from caffeine that causes the Akabe to avoid drinking too much in the morning.
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- This provides another reason the Akabe might want to drink the tea. But maybe this advantage is outweigh by the disadvantage caffeine brings.
- This fits with the anthropologists’ explanation. You don’t need to be surefooted once your work is done.
- CORRECT. The narcotic could decrease surefootedness. So it would be the narcotic and not the caffeine that prevents the Akabe from drinking too much tea.
- This face about children doesn’t have much to do with why adults don’t drink much tea in the morning.
- Celebrations are rare. This fact doesn’t tell us much about their regular morning drinking habits.
Recap: The question begins with “Members of the Amazonian Akabe people commonly take”. It is a Weaken question. Learn how to master LSAT Weaken questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.
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