Reading Comprehension · Application

PrepTest 113 · Section 1 · Question 22

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Application

The one idea it tests

New research explains bold moves to avoid losses; a bold move for a big gain with small risk still fits the old view.

The basic logic

Sort the case: is the actor trying to win back a loss, or reaching for a gain? Is the possible gain big and the risk small? Then match it to whichever view in the passage covers that kind of case.

Tiny words that decide it

“only when”
“sufficiently”
“loss”
“gain”

Playground logic

The old playground wisdom says take a risk only when the reward is big enough. If a class goes for a huge prize with a small, easy-to-survive risk, the old wisdom already explains it.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 22–26). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Priya's Sticker Study →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Suppose Room 3 tries a bold Field Day play for a brand-new prize worth many points, and if it fails, it loses only a few points it can easily spare. Priya would probably say that

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 113, Section 1, Question 22 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 22 in your official copy and answer it first.

First classify the hypothetical: gain-seeking or loss-recovering, large or small risk, large or small reward. Then decide which framework in the passage fits that profile. The right answer names the fitting framework. Be wary of choices that apply a framework to a case that lacks its key trigger.