#10 - Concept Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (E).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice.

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[PresidentLSAT]

Now this is a tough one to swallow lol. I understand Levi's view are within the context of social classification and or functional characterization. What am I missing here?

[Robert Carroll]

President,

As you said, Lévi-Strauss’s view is that names are primarily instruments of social classification. With that in mind:

Answer choice (A): Nothing here is about social classification at all.

Answer choice (B): This is nothing about social classification but instead about a description of the child's personality or appearance.

Answer choice (C): Honoring friends or famous people is arguably social...but nothing about this answer includes social classification.

Answer choice (D): This doesn't even seem to indicate what names are, but instead says something about what they aren't. No good.

Answer choice (E): Occupations have always correlated with social classification - the very idea of "class" often (maybe even usually) involves one's occupation. So occupation and social classification go easily with each other, which is why this is the correct answer.

Robert Carroll