SAT Reading & Writing · Inferences
This pattern suggests that ______
A dog trainer noticed that puppies who were introduced to many different sounds, surfaces, and people during their first few months tended to appear calmer in new situations as adults compared to puppies who had more limited early experiences.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
This pattern suggests that ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
This pattern suggests that ______
Answer and explanation
Answer: A: early exposure to varied experiences may be associated with calmer behavior in unfamiliar situations later in life.
The passage directly links early varied exposure to calmer adult behavior in new situations, which is what A states. B introduces breed as the deciding factor, a variable the passage never raises, and contradicts the passage's own comparison based on early experience. C and D both overstate the finding into a near-universal outcome that the passage's comparison between two groups doesn't support; the passage describes a general tendency, not a near-certain result in either direction.
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