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- Tue May 17, 2022 2:32 pm
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Hi flowskiferda!
While paragraph 2 certainly discusses studies that measure how much acquired skills vs innate abilities impact performance, this doesn't mean we can perfectly measure innate talent or that (A) is disproven. Answer choice (A) makes a fairly limited claim about how, in at least some (1 or more) fields, it would be difficult to distinguish a superior performer with exceptional training has superior talent; so, even if we can measure innate talent to some degree, that doesn't mean we can always measure innate talent.
With this in mind, we can indeed find support for (A) in lines 51-57, which discuss how extended training and competent talent can account for the difference between good and outstanding (superior). This indicates to us that once one achieves a superior level of performance with extensive training, we can't really tell if they have simply competent talent or innate talent -- they're too similar!
I hope this helps!
-Kate
While paragraph 2 certainly discusses studies that measure how much acquired skills vs innate abilities impact performance, this doesn't mean we can perfectly measure innate talent or that (A) is disproven. Answer choice (A) makes a fairly limited claim about how, in at least some (1 or more) fields, it would be difficult to distinguish a superior performer with exceptional training has superior talent; so, even if we can measure innate talent to some degree, that doesn't mean we can always measure innate talent.
With this in mind, we can indeed find support for (A) in lines 51-57, which discuss how extended training and competent talent can account for the difference between good and outstanding (superior). This indicates to us that once one achieves a superior level of performance with extensive training, we can't really tell if they have simply competent talent or innate talent -- they're too similar!
I hope this helps!
-Kate