The author would be most likely to agree with which one of the following statements?
AndrewArabieon July 22 at 12:01AM
answer choice B
I selected A over B but I didn't feel like there was much textual support for A. My reasoning for ruling out B is that rapport had more to do with the success of the recall strategy, however, that can reasonably be applied to eliciting information because thats what the recall strategy is designed to do.
Also B says "largely dependent." We just know the cognitive memory recall strategy involves developing a rapport, we don't know to what degree the strategy depends on rapport.
Does anyone have a stronger reason as to why B is wrong and how I can better evaluate answer choices of these question types moving forward.
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I think your rationale against B was spot on. While there could be a case for some relationship existing, the idea that it's a large factor simply goes beyond anything we can support in the passage.
For author agreement questions (and this applies to must be true/inferred questions as well) wrong answers are wrong more or less because they just aren't proved by the passage. While generally we should be skeptical of answer choices, this is especially true of rc. Since most of the questions boil down to asking us what we know or can infer based on the passage, 4/5 answer choices will be wrong simply because the passage didn't say that. I think you can come into RC with a pretty strong presumption of wrongness for each answer choice, and the burden is on the answer choice to show how the passage supports it.
Emil-Kunkinon July 25 at 12:24AM
Also, lime 25ish gives the best support for A, which I agree isn't particularly strong.
