Human beings tend not to be very good at reasoning logically. It doesn't come
naturally to us. We make mistakes. Perhaps, though, you think that you're the
exception, a veritable cross between Garry Kasparov and Mr Spock (and not in the
sense of being a Russian chess player with big ears)? If so, let's see how you
get on with this most simple of logic tests. If you can't get this right,
then... well maybe you're more a right rather than left brain hemisphere kind of
person...*
Here's quite a lot about Mary
Mary Redgrave is 36 years old, not married, outspoken, opinionated and
intelligent. She was raised in Boston, Massachusetss, and completed a degree in
sociology and communications at a liberal arts college. Mary was active in
student politics whilst an undergraduate, being particularly concerned with
issues to do with racism and gender discrimination. She also took part in
pro-choice, anti-nuclear, anti-poverty and animal rights initiatives. In the
present day, she remains concerned about these things, but has extended her
interests to include environmental issues such as renewable energy and climate
change.
There are four statements about Mary below. On the basis of what you know about
Mary, judge how likely each statement is to be true in relation to the other
statements (so, for example, if you think it is more likely that Mary is an
executive for a housing charity than a bank clerk, you'd rate this as being more
probable on the scale).
It is worth pointing out that there is no trickery going on here. The description
of Mary's life above is not in any way misleading. Everything is at it appears!
Once you've made your selections below, just click the Submit button.
Good luck!
*The brain hemisphere thing is a joke: that's not actually how the
lateralization of brain function works!