LSAT 88, Reading Comprehension, Q13, LSATHacks

RC Question 13 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: This line follows Passage B’s author’s discussion about the “two memories” they have: one of them is the “actual event” and the other is a false memory. What the author means by “false memory” is that it’s significantly more emotionally charged than the actual memory, which makes it more vivid.

This, we can expect the correct answer choice to talk about accurate facts about an event versus one’s subjective experience of an event.

___________

1. Passage B doesn’t say that there’s no sense to being truthful in autobiography.
2. Passage B’s author talks about “actual events” and “false memories” so it’s clear that he knows when he’s representing facts accurately.
3. Gaps in memories aren’t mentioned but the passage.
4. This question isn’t brought up in the passage.
5. CORRECT. “Subjective experience” mentioned here correctly captures what the author means by “false memory”: a memory that’s more emotionally charged than the actual memory.

Hi, I'm Graeme Blake

Founder of LSAThacks; I scored a 177 on the LSAT.

I created the LSAT Mastery Seminars, which are part of the Ultimate LSAT Prep Bundle

If you like the explanations you're reading I'm 100% confident you'll enjoy the courses. Satisfaction guaranteed.

---------
Updates:

For updates, sign up for my email list. I update whenever I have new posts.