RC Drill Set 2, Question 13
Passage A Charles Darwin is a sterling example(493 more words not shown)
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Passage B(228 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(16 more words not shown)
- Acommitment to the(3 more words not shown)
- Bchange in the(6 more words not shown)
- Cwillingness to explore(4 more words not shown)
- Dconsideration of evidence(9 more words not shown)
- Etapping the collective(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The last paragraph of B shifts from Arp and Tifft's methods to the community's reaction. Its general attitude is that an event ruled out by the accepted framework cannot be happening. We need an idea from A that describes this attachment to the existing view.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Commitment to the scientific status quo captures the attitude behind rejecting a reported event solely because the accepted account rules it out (Passage B, paragraph 2). The accepted explanation is being used to dismiss the challenging observation.
- B
A change in the cognitive framework is precisely what the community is resisting, not what the paragraph says it has made.
- C
Willingness to explore new ideas is the alternative the criticism favors. It doesn't describe the prevailing attitude being criticized.
- D
The paragraph acknowledges some attempts to reproduce the results, but its focus is the general failure to consider the challenge openly. That limited testing doesn't make consideration of contrary evidence the best description of its subject.
- E
Tapping collective resources describes collaboration, illustrated earlier by the researchers' invitation to others. The last paragraph centers on the community's dismissive response.
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