Somehow blurs the line between ethnographer (Shostak) and subject (Nisa). Unclear what this means yet, but likely means Shostak does not play the traditional researcher's role of the impartial, objective observer.
Explain third narrative strand Β·"Nisa" blends voices of Nisa and Shostak
Shostak gives narrative shape to Nisa's experiences, and so plays a part in Nisa's story
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
10.
It can be inferred that βββββ βββ ββ βββ βββββββββ ββββ βββββββββββ βββ βββββββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ βββ βββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ ββββββββββ
Question Type
Application
The βreceived attitudesβ refer to our inclination to consider simple people happy.
a
The !Kung are ββββββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββββ
The received attitude concerns our inclination to consider people in simple societies happy.
b
Considering the !Kung βββββ βββββββ βββββββββ ββββββ
The received attitude concerns our inclination to consider people in simple societies happy. Although the author does suggest that considering the Kung as happy makes Western observers happy, the idea that considering the Kung makes Western observers happy isnβt the received attitude. The received attitude is βsimple societies are happy,β not βconsidering simple societies happy makes us happy.β
c
People who live βββββββββββ βββββ ββββ βββ βββββββ βββββββββ
This is the closest to the idea that we think people in simple societies are happy. Westerners are under the false impression that people in simple societies have idyllic circumstances.
d
A large percentage ββ βββββ ββββββββ βββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ
The received attitude concerns our inclination to consider people in simple societies happy. (D) is a fact that undermines this received attitude.
e
The experience of βββββββββββ βββββ ββ ββββ ββββ ββββ ββ βββββ ββββββ
The received attitude concerns our inclination to consider people in simple societies happy. The received attitude doesnβt involve the similarity of the lives of seminomadic women to the lives of other women.
Difficulty
60% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%139
157
75%174
Analysis
Application
Art
Single position
Spotlight
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
10%
164
b
26%
161
c
60%
165
d
1%
157
e
3%
152
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