- Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:24 pm
#90874
Hello,
In terms of "automatic processing," as its name implies, this is not something you can "practice." While the habituation and automatization of any cognitive process occurs (remember we are LSAT tutors, not psychologists, professionally at least) through repeated exposure, the precise conditions will vary such that there will be no "formula" or "prescription" upon which one may rely. That being the case, I would recommend no more than one or two timed tests per week (indeed, in my own opinion two is probably more than sufficient), but I do think that daily exposure is essential. And I think that the daily exposure should consist of doing a variation of those questions that challenge your thought process, but that also enable to develop confidence therefrom. In other words, for example, you want to do a variety of LR questions, easy and hard, but ones in which you are confident that you can get right, or games you are confident you can get right. This will assist the "automatic processing" by assisting a key feature, being confident that you're able to figure out the answer by reasoning based upon the stimulus itself.
I know that you may be looking for a more specific answer, but I can assure you that there isn't a singular correct way to go about this process, and that worrying about it is perhaps the biggest deterrent from its development of all.
