Explanation for Question 13 From the Reading Section on the 2017 April Sat
Question number 13 asks based on the passage, 2 in which situation, when individuals stand the greatest chance of accurately 3 predicting how he or she is perceived. 4 So let's look at these different situations, 5 um, as well as the kind of overall findings of the passage, 6 um, recall that in general, 7 the passage finds that, 8 um, in this first, 9 this first column, people are pretty good 10 overall at guessing how a group of others would evaluate them on average. 11 Um, however, they are not quite as good at predicting, 12 um, how individual people, 13 um, actually view. Um, 14 and we can see that kind of here in this discussion of variation and 15 how maybe a group views you, but you aren't really able to discern 16 who thinks you're smarter, who thinks you're less smart. 17 Um, so those are kind of the overall findings. 18 Um, looking at our answer choices choice, 19 a says an intern protects the impression that her direct supervisor holds of her, 20 be a manager, protects the collective opinion of employees about her ability. 21 Um, see an instructor predicts the enthusiasm of his class after talking with two 22 students, D a biographer predicts the esteem, 23 and when she has held by the loving subject of his book. 24 So note that of these answer choices, three are kind of alike and one 25 is different. Um, in general, when you're taking the exam, 26 if you find that three answer choices are like, 27 and one is different, the one that's different is likely to be your...