June 2010 LSAT Section 5 Question 22

The passage states which one of the following?

ajpegues on July 13, 2022

Question 8

Hi, I am having trouble understanding why A is wrong. Option A states that "not all aggression is violent," but it seems to contradict what it says in the passage: "violence is an extreme form of aggression." If someone can please explain, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

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jakennedy on July 15, 2022

Hi @ajpegues,

The stimulus says that violence is an extreme form of aggression. If that is true, then any nonextreme forms of aggression do not qualify as violence. Therefore, we know for sure that not all aggression is violent.

On the LSAT, if we have:

Not all A is B

We can also write it as

Some A are not B.

In this case:

Not all aggression is violent

is the same as

Some aggression is not violent

ajpegues on July 16, 2022

Thank you, I understand now.