Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
- Having an appreciation for the workings of another person's mind is considered a prerequisite for natural language acquisition, strategic social interaction, reflexive thought, and moral judgment.
- It is a 'theory of mind' though some scholars prefer to call it 'mentalizing' or 'mindreading', which is important for the development of one's cognitive abilities.
- Though we must speculate about its evolutionary origin, we do have indications that the capacity evolved sometime in the last few million years.
- This capacity develops from early beginnings in the first year of life to the adult's fast and often effortless understanding of others' thoughts, feelings, and intentions.
- One of the most fascinating human capacities is the ability to perceive and interpret other people's behaviour in terms of their mental states.
Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
- Having an appreciation for the workings of another person's mind is considered a prerequisite for natural language acquisition, strategic social interaction, reflexive thought, and moral judgment.
- It is a 'theory of mind' though some scholars prefer to call it 'mentalizing' or 'mindreading', which is important for the development of one's cognitive abilities.
- Though we must speculate about its evolutionary origin, we do have indications that the capacity evolved sometime in the last few million years.
- This capacity develops from early beginnings in the first year of life to the adult's fast and often effortless understanding of others' thoughts, feelings, and intentions.
- One of the most fascinating human capacities is the ability to perceive and interpret other people's behaviour in terms of their mental states.
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Solution
Step 1: Find the main topic -> All sentences talk about understanding other people's minds
Step 2: Look for logical flow -> Which sentences connect smoothly?
Let us trace the connection:
- Sentence 5 introduces the topic: "fascinating human capacity to understand others"
- Sentence 1 explains why it matters: helps with language, social skills, etc.
- Sentence 4 shows how it grows: from babies to adults
- Sentence 3 talks about when it started: evolutionary history
From passage: "It is a 'theory of mind' though some scholars prefer to call it 'mentalizing' or 'mindreading'"
The problem: Sentence 2 starts with "It is..." but what is "it"? The reader gets confused because there's no clear thing being defined right before it.
Flow test: 5 -> 1 -> 4 -> 3 works perfectly!
But inserting 2 anywhere breaks the smooth connection.
Why sentence 2 is the odd one:
đź”´ Sentence 2 -> flow-breaker -> Just gives different names for the same thing instead of adding new information. It's like someone interrupting a story to say "Oh, some people call this by different names" which doesn't help the main explanation move forward.
The other four sentences build a complete story: what the capacity is (5) -> why it's important (1) -> how it develops (4) -> where it came from (3).
Sentence 2 only talks about terminology rather than advancing the actual discussion about this mental capacity.