Explanation for Question 17 From the Reading Section on the 2019 March Sat
Question number 17 is asking us for the best 2 evidence to the previous question number 16. 3 So number 16 is asking about why people who perform 4 altruistic acts benefit, 5 um, and so 17, we're going to need to look at that, 6 uh, discussion of the authors and figure out exactly why people who are performing 7 those altruistic acts are getting that boost and wellbeing benefit. 8 So let's take a look at our answer choices here for choice a, 9 we have lines three through eight, 10 so three through eight are just introducing, 11 um, these experiments. 12 They talk about how the patients are divided into two groups and had different 13 members call members of the other to provide emotional support. 14 So that's not going to be as relevant towards an explanation of the finding. 15 Really. That's just explaining the study in this setup that's used here. 16 So let's look at choices, 57 to 59, 17 choice B. 18 Uh, this is going to be here. 19 Um, the work suggests that altruistic acts may need to be frequent in order 20 to confer a lasting change in wellbeing. 21 Um, and this is actually a finding rather than an explanation, 22 which is why we can similarly rule out answer choice B choice C is 23 line 65 to 67 on balance though being generous, 24 boosts your mood and health, because it strengthens your sense that you're really doing 25 something significant. This is going to be our correct answer twice. 26 This aligns really well with that idea that people's beliefs about the effect...