argument23 求拍
argument 23：Dr.Karpconcludes that either the conclusion or the approach of DR.FIELD about thechildren in Tertia is invalid according to his interview to the children. The resultof this interview show that children who were interviewed talked more timeabout their biological parents than about other adults. He also points out thatthe interview-centered method that his team is currently using will establish amuch more accurate understanding of child- rearing traditions there and inother island culture. I can’t be convinced with DR.KARP’s argument for severalreasons.
Firstly:unless the author provides sufficient evidence to show that he interviewedlarge quantities of children and did the interview so randomly across theentire island, the interview result are not reliable to represent situation ofall children in the island. Perhaps children who would like to spend more timetalking about other adults in the village than their biological parents aremuch more than the children accepted interview.
Secondly:even if the result is reliable, assumption that the result suggests the childrenare reared by their biological parents is necessary before the claim that DR.F’sconclusion is invalid. But it is logically unsounded to claim that the one who achild prefers to talk more about is absolutely the one who rears the child. Perhaps,the child talked more about his biological parents since they are friendlier tothem than others.
Thirdly:even if the children are really reared by their biological parents, the author’sopposition to DR.F’s conclusion is still unconvinced. Since the conclusion wasmade 20 years ago, the author provides no assurances that present situationkeeps the same as 20 years ago. 20 years is sufficient for the people in theisland to realize that children can be better reared by their biologicalparents.
Finally:the author assume there to be a close correlation between the validity ofsearching result and the validity of method used in the search. Even if theconclusion of DR.F’s conclusion is invalid, other reasons for his failure couldbe possible. Perhaps DR.F’s observation lasted too short that mislead him. The author’sconfidence in interview-centered method can be doubted similarly. Even if theauthor’s conclusion is accurate, without comparison, such claim that interview-centeredmethod is more accurate than the observant-centered is reasonable.
Insum, DR.K’s conclusion for his interview is ill conceived and poor supported. Tolend credibility to this conclusion, he should provide evidence to show the representativeof the children he interviewed, and public the contention of his interview toprove that what the information he got from the interview can speculate fosterpeople of these children. Sufficient controlled trials of varied research arenecessary to show the invalid of observant-centered method and the advantage ofinterview-centered method. 附题目
Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia. Using an observation-centered approach to studying Tertian culture, he concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. Recently another anthropologist, Dr. Karp, visited the group of islands that includes Tertia and used the interview-centered method to study child-rearing practices. In the interviews that Dr. Karp conducted with children living in this group of islands, the children spent much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. Dr. Karp decided that Dr. Field's conclusion about Tertian village culture must be invalid. Some anthropologists recommend that to obtain accurate information on Tertian child-rearing practices, future research on the subject should be conducted via the interview-centered method.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
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