LSAT 118 | Section 3 | Logical Reasoning: Q4

LR Question 4 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Psychiatrist: Take any visceral emotion you care to…

QUESTION TYPE: Sufficient Assumption

CONCLUSION: There are always situations in which it is healthy to express anger.

REASONING: There are always situations in which it is healthy to express visceral emotions.

ANALYSIS: We don’t have any link between visceral emotions and anger. The right answer gives us one.

Here’s that in the form of a diagram. There’s a missing link.

Anger                     Visceral Emotions ➞ Healthy

And here’s the connection made by the right answer:

Anger ➞ Visceral Emotions ➞ Healthy

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1. This doesn’t tell us if it is healthy to express that anger.
2. CORRECT. All visceral emotions (now including anger) can be expressed healthily. 
3. This doesn’t help us conclude that anger is healthy to express.
4. This doesn’t tell us if anger is visceral. If anger isn’t visceral then we can’t prove our conclusion.
5. This doesn’t involve anger in any way. We need to show that anger is visceral.