Explanation for Question 17 From the Reading Section on the 2017 April Sat
Okay. Question number 17 asks us the author quoted in lines 58 2 to 60 expresses, which view of the studies results. 3 So let's look back at lines 58 to 60 and see what this author 4 is expressing. Um, this other says, 5 people seem to have just a tiny glimmer of insight into how they are 6 uniquely viewed by particular other people. 7 Um, and recall that this is coming in the context of this really low 8 correlation between predicted and actual evaluations. 9 Um, in the case of, um, 10 this, this individual setting, where, where you're asked about how particular individuals 11 view you. Um, so it's, it's saying you appear to have no clue about 12 which coworkers in particular find you smart and which do not. 13 So the author's use of a tiny glimmer of insight kind of expresses that 14 idea about, um, slightly better than a guess, 15 but not by much. 16 Um, so looking at our answer choices, 17 I says they indicate there's a small, but promising chance of correctly predicting how 18 one is perceived. Um, 19 choice B individuals generally know very little about how they are regarded by groups 20 of people. See one individual hardly knows what another individual thinks of him 21 or w***e her or D they confirm that one's predictions are no better than 22 random guesses. So let's look at these answer choices. 23 One by one, um, choice a says a small, 24 but promising chance of correctly predicting how one is perceived. 25 Um, this, this use of the word promising here suggests that...