Self-study
A study found that Support when rating the educational value of specific children's television shows parents tend to base their judgments primarily on how much they themselves enjoyed the shows, and rarely took into account the views of educational psychologists as to the shows' educational value. ████████████ ██ ███ ██████████████ █████ ███ ██████ ███████ ████ ██████ ██████ ██ █████ █████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ███████████ █████ ██ ██████████ ██████████ ██████
Summarize Argument
The author concludes that parents should not trust their own abilities to rate the educational value of children’s shows if educational psychologists rate them accurately. This is because, in a relevant study, parents largely ignored the views of such psychologists when rating the shows.
Identify and Describe Flaw
The problem with this argument is that it assumes that the parents’ ratings differ from those of the psychologists. If the parents’ ratings of the value of children’s shows are similar to the psychologists’, then the psychologists’ views being sound actually gives parents a reason to trust their own judgment.
Analysis by Kevin_Lin
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