PSAT Practice- Analysis in Social Science

 Is it likely that leaders of the movie theater industry would find the passage’s information encouraging?

• A. Yes, because the passage suggests that watching a film with others in a theater can be more enjoyable for viewers than watching the same film at home by themselves.

• B. Yes, because the passage suggests that people can deeply enjoy watching a film with others as long as the other people are family or close friends.

• C. No, because the passage suggests that people can get just as much pleasure from viewing a painting or listening to a song with others as they can from watching a film with others.

• D. No, because the passage suggests that the distractions of watching a film with others, such as talking or texting, decrease the pleasure viewers get from the experience.

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2. Based on the passage, what does Boothby think of the idea that “what matters in social life is being together with others” (line 6)?

• A. It is a controversial hypothesis that new research supports.

• B. It is a widely accepted belief that leaves out an important factor.

• C. It is an interesting possibility that scientists should begin to investigate.

• D. It is a comforting assumption that has proved to be completely false.

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3. Which choice is closest in meaning to how “silently” is used in line 15?

• A. In the total absence of sound

• B. Lacking clear evidence of having happened

• C. Without significant discussion or interaction

• D. Tolerated without any objection or protest

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4. Which part of the research described in the passage contributes most directly to the claim Boothby makes in the last paragraph?

• A. Participants being paired with strangers

• B. Participants being asked to rate their responses

• C. Participants being given 70% dark chocolate

• D. Participants being given 90% dark chocolate

5. The passage most strongly implies that the second experiment was valuable in part because in the first experiment, the researchers had

• A. relied on a very small group of participants.

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• B. misled participants by giving them incorrect information

• C. offered participants only an appealing kind of chocolate.

• D. failed to present activities to participants in a random order.

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6. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

 

• A. lines 16-17 (“In their . . . time”)

• B. lines 17-19 (“Unbeknownst . . . study”)

• C. lines 21-25 (“They were . . . booklet”)

• D. lines 35-38 (“To find . . . unpleasant”)

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7. As used in line 38, “absorbed” most nearly means

 

• A. assumed.

• B. blended.

• C. engaged.

• D. drained.

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8. According to the graph, which choice comes closest to representing the average “like” rating of participants in the second experiment who tasted the chocolate by themselves?

 

           

         

• A. 2 

• B. 3 

•   C. 5

•     D. 6

9. Which idea about the second experiment can be demonstrated by the graph?

 

• A. Whether participants, in general, preferred 70% or 90% dark chocolate

• B. How many participants gave a rating for “liking of chocolate”

• C. How participants, on average, felt about their “absorption in experience”

• D. What criteria participants used to gauge “being in tune with other participants

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