Explanation for Question 12 From the Reading Section on the 2019 April Sat
Number 12 over the course of the passage, 2 the main focus shifts from. So let's go through the passage and 3 talk about what each little section is talking about. 4 So it starts off by introducing an idea. 5 So here it defines it. Psychological scientists have a name for this easy, 6 automatic, simplistic thinking, the illusion of explanatory depth. 7 And then it talks about what it means. 8 Following the rest of that. If we keep going down, 9 it says they ran a series of a lag of lab experiments to test 10 this idea. And then it starts describing the experiment. 11 They started by recruiting, recruiting a group of volunteers in their thirties, 12 blah, blah, blah. Talking about the experiment. 13 Then if we continue going through the passage, 14 it states the results, 15 the results were clear. Those would simply listed reasons for their positions. 16 Articulating their values were less shaken in their views. 17 Then after stating the results at the very end, 18 forcing the candidates to provide concrete and elaborate plans might be a start. 19 It gives citizens a starting place. So the very last sentence offers a solution 20 to what they found. Now, 21 if we look at our answer choices, 22 the best answer would then be B starts off with an introduction, 23 then starts talking about experiments and then a recommendation based 24 on the results of the experiments.