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10/ Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a notedanthropologist, visited the island of Tertia. Using an observation-centeredapproach to studying Tertian
culture, he concluded from his observationsthat children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than bytheir own biological parents. Recently another anthropologist, Dr. Karp,visited the group of islands that includes Tertia and used the interview-centeredmethod to study child-rearing practices. In the interviewsthat Dr. Karp conducted with children living in this group of islands,the children spent much more time talking about their biological parentsthan about other adults in the village. Dr. Karp decided that Dr. Field ’s conclusion about Tertian village culture must be invalid. Someanthropologists recommend that to obtain accurate information on Tertianchild-rearing practices, future research on the subject should be conducted via theinterview-centered method. Write a response in which you discuss whatquestions would need to be answered in order to decide whether therecommendation and the argument on which it is based arereasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help toevaluate the recommendation. 字数:404 时间不计。。。看着简单怎么自己写就这么别扭呢。。。捂脸泪奔。。。 In this argument,some anthropologistsrecommend that future study on Tertian child-rearing practices should beconducted through the interview-centered method.This is because Dr.Karp's recentinterview-centered study on this subject reversed the conclusion of Dr.Field'research via observation-centered approach made twenty years ago.However,thereasoning of this argument is tenuous and problematic.Therefore,some questionsshould be answered to assess this recommendation. The first problem is whether the child-rearingmode of Tertian remained unchangeable or not.For twenty years is a considerablelong period,it is possible that the rearers of children of Tertian turned fromentire village to their own biological parents.Decades ago,the productivity ofTertian island may be poor,and hence the rearing of children needed the wholeresidents to help.But the Tertian’s inhabitants today are richer than past.Soparents can afford their children’s rearing. Moreover,Dr.Karp's survey based on study notonly of Tertian island.Those islands' rearing mode as a whole may not representedthe reality of Tertian island.Consequently,the conclusion that tertian childrenreared by their parents either in the past or at present is unpersuasive. The reasoning is also deficient from aphenomenon that children interviewed spent much more time talking on theirparents to a conclusion that they were reared by their parents .There areseveral alternative explanations for this phenomenon.If these interviews weretaken among lots of children,one child's opinion may influenced others',whichbrought the result into unreliable.The researchers can led the topic tochildren's parents,as well.Additionally,spending much time talking aboutparents is not a sufficient cause of reared by them.Maybe the connectionbetween parents and children was closer than other adults brought the childrenup.Because of these reasons above,the author should exclude other alternativesto demonstrate his suggest. Even though Dr.Field's conclusion isincorrect,it does not mean his method is false and Dr.karp's method is moresuitable to this subject.Numerous factors can affect an study's result.Forinstance,the impact of the researcher's subjective thought is inevitable.Theresearcher's own academic ability is an element,too.Besides,the ways of a studyinclude not only observation-centered and interview-centered approach.Since thevalidity of Dr.Karp's conclusion has not been substantiated yet,therecommendation of using his method to research this subject is unconvincing andpremature. Choosing an appropriate method is clearly significantto the success of a research.But some anthropologists in this argument fail toconsider other possible explanations of the difference between two Dr's resultsand make decision cursorily.Therefore,the reasoning of this argument isdeficient and more considerations is needed to validate this recommendation. |
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