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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14088)
The correct answer choice is (B)
Here, our prephrase is that Marcuse believed that advertisers appropriate consumers’ real needs in order to create psychological connections between those needs and products, resulting in increased profits and disproportionate power held by corporations. (Lines 10-21).
Answer choice (A): Although this is very likely the case, the author did not tell us that Marcuse believes that advertisers base their strategies on psychological research findings.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice because it properly describes Marcuse’s view of the advertisers’ general strategy.
Answer choice (C): The author mentioned the regulations put in place to control misleading advertising, but did not ascribe to Marcuse the view that these restrictions are effective.
Answer choice (D): To the contrary, Marcuse is said to believe that advertisers are successful precisely because consumers are incapable of independent decision-making.
Answer choice (E): The passage does not indicate what Marcuse believes regarding how the advertisers would respond to the claim that the needs they create are less real than other needs.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14088)
The correct answer choice is (B)
Here, our prephrase is that Marcuse believed that advertisers appropriate consumers’ real needs in order to create psychological connections between those needs and products, resulting in increased profits and disproportionate power held by corporations. (Lines 10-21).
Answer choice (A): Although this is very likely the case, the author did not tell us that Marcuse believes that advertisers base their strategies on psychological research findings.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice because it properly describes Marcuse’s view of the advertisers’ general strategy.
Answer choice (C): The author mentioned the regulations put in place to control misleading advertising, but did not ascribe to Marcuse the view that these restrictions are effective.
Answer choice (D): To the contrary, Marcuse is said to believe that advertisers are successful precisely because consumers are incapable of independent decision-making.
Answer choice (E): The passage does not indicate what Marcuse believes regarding how the advertisers would respond to the claim that the needs they create are less real than other needs.