Question

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) given below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequence of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.
1. Living things—animals and plants—typically exhibit correlational structure. 
2. Adaptive behavior depends on cognitive economy, treating objects as equivalent. 
3. The information we receive from our senses, from the world, typically has structure and order, and is not arbitrary.
4. To categorize an object means to consider it equivalent to other things in that category, and different—along some salient dimension—from things that are not.

• A. 2341
• B. 1342
• C. 2431
• D. 1324

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

The correct sequence of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph is 2431. Here is the structured breakdown of how these sentences logically connect to form a paragraph:

1. Sentence 2: "Adaptive behavior depends on cognitive economy, treating objects as equivalent." - This sentence introduces the concept of cognitive economy and the importance of categorizing objects for adaptive behavior.
2. Sentence 4: "To categorize an object means to consider it equivalent to other things in that category, and different—along some salient dimension—from things that are not." - This sentence elaborates on the concept introduced in the first sentence by explaining what categorizing entails.
3. Sentence 3: "The information we receive from our senses, from the world, typically has structure and order, and is not arbitrary." - This sentence provides more context by discussing the natural structure and order of information that aids categorization.
4. Sentence 1: "Living things—animals and plants—typically exhibit correlational structure." - Finally, this sentence gives a specific example of correlational structure in living things, connecting back to the structured information from the world as mentioned earlier.

This sequence creates a logical flow from the idea of categorization and cognitive economy, expanding to structure in information and concluding with a specific example of living things.