Explanation for Question 16 From the Reading Section on the 2019 March Sat
That's good. Okay. Question number 16. 2 This question is asking us the author most strongly suggests that people who 3 perform altruistic acts benefit, 4 partly because of what. So we are looking for the author's explanation of 5 why people who aren't performing these altruistic acts are actually benefiting. 6 So the answer to this comes towards the end of the author's argument in 7 that concluding paragraph. The author says on balance being generous, 8 boosts your mood and health, because it strengthens your sense that you're really doing 9 something significant. So this idea of doing something significant and that 10 belief that people who are performing these altruistic acts hold is going to 11 be the reason that they actually experienced these increases in well-being 12 it's because they believe they're doing something significant. 13 They believe they're doing something important. So when we look at our answer choices, 14 we can see that the choice that best reflects that idea is going to 15 be choice a, the beliefs they hold about the effect of such acts. 16 So they believe that their actions are making a strong influence. 17 And that is why they get this wellbeing boost from those altruistic acts. 18 Tracy says feedback they receive, 19 that's not something that we really see referenced. 20 Um, choice C talks about changes in brain chemistry. 21 That is definitely something that we see discussed towards the end of the passage. 22 However, choice C is talking about cha...