SAT Reading & Writing · Rhetorical Synthesis
A student has researched the choice blindness phenomenon and compiled the following notes: - In some experiments, participants fail to…
A student has researched the choice blindness phenomenon and compiled the following notes:
- In some experiments, participants fail to notice when the option they selected is secretly swapped for a different one.
- After the swap, participants often go on to explain reasons for choosing the option they did not actually choose.
- The effect has been demonstrated using face photographs, consumer product choices, and stated opinions.
- Detection rates by participants increase when the swapped options are very different from each other.
- Some of participants' explanations after a swap may be shaped by a desire to appear consistent, not solely by genuine reflection.
- The phenomenon suggests real limits on how much people can accurately introspect about the reasons behind their own choices.
The student wants to avoid the overstatement that people never know why they make any choice. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- In some experiments, participants fail to notice when the option they selected is secretly swapped for a different one.
- After the swap, participants often go on to explain reasons for choosing the option they did not actually choose.
- The effect has been demonstrated using face photographs, consumer product choices, and stated opinions.
- Detection rates by participants increase when the swapped options are very different from each other.
- Some of participants' explanations after a swap may be shaped by a desire to appear consistent, not solely by genuine reflection.
- The phenomenon suggests real limits on how much people can accurately introspect about the reasons behind their own choices.
The student wants to avoid the overstatement that people never know why they make any choice. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Answer and explanation
Answer: C: Because detection rates increase when the swapped options are very different from each other, the phenomenon reveals meaningful but bounded limits on introspective accuracy, not a complete absence…
The goal specifically requires avoiding an overstated, absolute claim, and C is the only choice that frames the limitation as bounded and detectable under certain conditions, instead of total and universal. A and B each describe the basic phenomenon without addressing the risk of overstatement. D names a contributing factor to the explanations given, without connecting to the broader question of degree or universality.
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