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by arora007 » Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:27 am
In landmark psychological studies of the 1920's, Jean piaget observes the behavioral repertoires of his own children to further his understanding of the development of knowledge.

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B) observed the behavioral repertoires of his own children
C) observed the behavioral repertoires performed by his own children
D) observed behaviors by his own children
E) observes the performances of his own children's behavior
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by abhi332 » Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:42 am
I think its B
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by Emeraldweapon » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:14 am
IMO B...
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by eccentric » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:24 am
why isn't A a correct choice, here jean piaget is singular subject agreeing with verb observes B,C & D is out on this account while E changes contextual meaning of sentence
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by hardik.jadeja » Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:03 am
I pick B as well. Since we are talking about the study that took place in the past, we need to use past tense in the remaining part of the sentence. Between B, C and D, I pick B because C is wordy and D changes the meaning.
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by brick2009 » Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:31 am
A is wrong.. because of "Observes"...
its a past event.. hence has to be Observed.....
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by kvcpk » Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:36 am
IMO B
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by viju9162 » Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:48 pm
I will go with B.

Rule out A and E - "observes" doesn't make sense

C - performed by his own children ( wordy)

D - observed behaviors - Did only behaviors helped him for his studies?

B - the behavioral reprtories helped him for his studies. Sounds the right answer.

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by SmarpanGamt » Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:20 pm
viju9162 wrote:I will go with B.

Rule out A and E - "observes" doesn't make sense

C - performed by his own children ( wordy)

D - observed behaviors - Did only behaviors helped him for his studies?

B - the behavioral reprtories helped him for his studies. Sounds the right answer.

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The meaning of the sentence suggestes that studies may be 1920's but observation can be in present tense. IMO A

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by arora007 » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:37 am
I hope the answer is B, not sure... i caught this questions as a part of a video of kaplan posted on BTG a couple of days ago!
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by diebeatsthegmat » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:05 am
arora007 wrote:In landmark psychological studies of the 1920's, Jean piaget observes the behavioral repertoires of his own children to further his understanding of the development of knowledge.

A)
B) observed the behavioral repertoires of his own children
C) observed the behavioral repertoires performed by his own children
D) observed behaviors by his own children
E) observes the performances of his own children's behavior
i chose D
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