Answer Choices
assert that the majority of people learn more effectively in a group than they do alone.
a: preset the contradictory results of two studies about learning that have each been considered groundbreaking.
a: show how various experiments helped establish and refine the understanding of an audience's effect on performance.
a: chronicle the historical development of competing theories of social interaction.
Explanation for Question 11 From the Reading Section on the 2018 March Sat
Hey guys. So as is common, our first question, 2 question 11 here is going to be dealing with the main purpose of the 3 passage. Generally, the first question you get for most sections, 4 I'm going to ask about the passage overall. So you need to have obviously 5 read the passage. I mean, to use that, to identify which of these items 6 talks about the main purpose. So just jumping through the passage real quick, 7 you know, quick summary, um, it seems to be dealing with, 8 um, talking about the histories of these experiments regarding how people are 9 affected by an audience, watching them while they do something. 10 So people's performance in regards to collecting fishing rods, 11 tying them back up quickly, or bikers going fast are change 12 and adapt. And some people counter, um, 13 these experiments by saying alternative experiments, 14 saying people sometimes do things slower. When the view of audiences, 15 some people will say sometimes they do things faster. 16 These competing views are examined here within this passage. 17 And our answer choices here say option a says a certain, 18 the majority of people learn more effectively in a group than they do alone. 19 That isn't what the main purpose of the passages. 20 It's more to highlight different possibilities for how people act in a group versus 21 not. And it's not just about learning if I cause normally in most of 22 it, isn't about learning option B says present the contradictory results 23 of two studies about lear...