Explanation for Question 17 From the Reading Section on the 2018 May Sat
Okay. Question number 17 asks according to the passage, 2 the brain stores information about famous real people. 3 In what way? So the passage goes a little bit more in depth on 4 how information is stored pertaining to real characters here in this 5 paragraph. Um, we see that when you encounter 6 real characters, they integrate into a wide comprehensive and intricately 7 connected structure and the conceptual storage of your mind. 8 So essentially they tie into this larger network of information, 9 um, because you're familiar with their basic behavioral features as human beings, 10 we have a general sense of them and they tie into this larger interconnected 11 network of memory and, 12 um, predictions about their behavior. 13 So looking at our answer choices, um, 14 the brainstorms information about real famous people, 15 a in order to allow efficient retrieval later, 16 doesn't really speak to the main findings of the passage. 17 Um, B exactly as it stores information about close friends or family members, 18 that's not really correct because it wouldn't have those close memories. 19 Rather with these famous people, 20 it's tying into a larger network of interconnected memories. 21 Um, so B as out choice C says in different areas, 22 depending on the type of contact one has with them, 23 this isn't really something that's discussed based on the type of contact. 24 Um, rather all associations with real famous people are kind of grouped together. 25 So we can eliminate C DSS and a network of memories broader in scope 26 than memories about fictional people. This key here broader in scope is exactly 27 what we see in the passage and the lines that I just underlined integrating 28 into a wide comprehensive and intricately connected structure in the conceptual storage 29 of your mind. So that's pretty much exactly what we see in the passage 30 making choice D our correct answer to number 17.