Bias against A and E?

JoshAllen4PrezJoshAllen4Prez Core Member
in Logical Reasoning 46 karma

I'm curious to see if anyone else has found themselves with an implicit bias against selecting answer choices A and E, particularly towards the back half of LR sections when the questions get tougher. I've found myself reading an attractive answer choice in both of those spots, and then thinking to myself "of course they'd place it there as a trap" ... sometimes it's actually worked really well, other times it obviously hasn't ...

Posting this to see if anyone else has become tripped up by the same mindset, and ultimately if anyone has any tips on how to spot those "traps" in I guess a more successful way?

Comments

  • dia27dia27 Core Member
    edited May 14 16 karma

    Best advice: these heuristics do not work, and when they did, it was probably coincidence. Eliminate answer choices for their substance, not their placement.

  • BenkoFromPetcoBenkoFromPetco Core Member
    57 karma

    Whenever I have thoughts like that, I immediately ignore them. I never find them helpful.

  • LSATmakesmeLSADLSATmakesmeLSAD Core Member
    71 karma

    I think the real A and E Bias is from how often we eliminate answer choice A and how often we select answer choice E. I feel like there have been times where I cross out A because it doesn't match my prephrase or theres a word i don't like in it and then after eliminating everything I just think "it's gotta be E right?" (panic mode). It's best to pick or eliminate an answer based on how wrong or not wrong it is from its content and not its placement.

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