By 1950, the results of attempts to relate brain processes to mental experience appeared rather discouraging. Such variations in size, shape, chemistry, conduction speed, excitation threshold, and the like as had been demonstrated in nerve cells appeared rather discouragingwith the manifold dimensions of mental experience.
The author suggests that, by 1950, attempts to correlate mental experience with brain processes would probably have been viewed with
So I often feel the inference seems to be direct for example, is it really an inference , because to me it just seems a detail question where below lines from the passage is paraphrased to get to the answer which is C here.
“appeared rather discouraging”
“appeared rather discouraging”
It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is true of appendicularians?
(A) They are exclusively carnivorous.
(B) They have more than one method of obtaining food.
(C) They can tolerate frigid water.
CORRECT: “Found in all the oceans of the world, including the Arctic Ocean, appendicularians tend to remain near the water’s surface”
so how these are inference, to me they seem quire direct simply rephrased for example
Found(can stay) in arctic ocean (cold weather)
i mean how is it even inference
(D) They can disguise themselves by secreting mucus.
(E) They are more sensitive to light than are other zooplankton.
@gregmat@Leaderboard@HoldMyBeer anyone of you , I am quite confused as easy inference question to me seems paraphrasing , so not exactly inference.
I dont get the questions wrong but just trying to find pattern of inference questions , and i see these are not even inference so why question uses inference language
@gregmat I am supplicating , please help me on this, I still feel all inference questions as if stated in passage except those hypothetical ones. for example above. please correct my reasoning where I am wrong
All above from one of your class actually on reading skills in 2 month program,
I am trying to crack some pattern , thinking are there any logical deductions or next steps involved in Inference, which is not in Detail questions, However I am unable to discern that.
To me, a lot of of the inference question except block of 4, seems just paraphrased answers of passage statements.
Ragwort was accidentally introduced to New Zealand in the late nineteenth century and, like so many invading foreign species, quickly became a pest. By the 1920s, the weed was rampant. What made matters worse was that its proliferation coincided with sweeping changes in agriculture and a massive shif from sheep farming to dairying. Ragwort contains a battery of toxic and resilient alkaloids: even honey made from its flowers contains the poison in dilute form. Livestock generally avoid grazing where ragwort is growing, but they will do so once it displaces grass and clover in their pasture. Tough sheep can eat it for months before showing any signs of illness, if cattle eat it they sicken quickly, and fatality can even result.
The passage suggests that the proliferation of ragwort was particularly illtimed because it
A. coincided with and exacerbated a decline in agriculture
B. took place in conditions that enabled the ragwort to spread faster than it otherwise would have done
C. led to an increase in the amount of toxic compounds contained in the plants
D. prevented people from producing honey that could be eaten safely
E. had consequences for livestock that were more dramatic than they otherwise would have been
here also E seems paraphrasing so , to me even if this was detail question, I would not have been surprised as this is just paraphrase of these two lines
1.
’ What made matters worse was that its proliferation coincided with sweeping changes in agriculture and a massive shif from sheep farming to dairying. ’
2.
Tough sheep can eat it for months before showing any signs of illness, if cattle eat it they sicken quickly, and fatality can even result.
So How exactly is process difference in Inference , (other than block of 4 ). because I do not see them inference. because INFERENCE to me is drawing conclusion of given info in passage but this here just the premise rephrased.
@gregmat Please edify me on this because I seriously need help on this, as I tried finding INFERENCE VS DETAILS Videos but could not find one
or this question is actually a detail question in disguise of Inference one , as author already suggests “spread of ragwort was bad timing” so this is the Inference and Author drawn this why so obviously asking Premise which will be directly stated in passaged , as it is in Last line.
Correct my understanding.
I am lost in INFERENCE VS DETAIL. Although I do not really get such questions wrong, but wanted to be well versed on this
You’re right that inference and detail questions share more in common with each other than they don’t. In both cases, you need hard evidence. In the inference case, you just have to “slightly beyond” the passage. Note NOT significantly beyond – just slightly. Have you seen our classes that focus specifically on inference questions?
