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For detail questions ("the passage mentions"), the simple explanation is that the correct answer is directly mentioned as a factor, and the others are not. We are told in paragraph 2 that "investigators rarely spent enough time with the tribes they were observing, and inevitably derived results too tinged by the investigator’s own emotional tone to be reliable." This means that time spent with the tribe could influence the accuracy of reporting. I wouldn't try to actively disprove all the other answers; it's very hard to prove that 4 things WEREN'T mentioned when we have several paragraphs to go through and not much time per question. However, if one of these SEEMED to be mentioned as a factor, let us know your reasoning and we can look at how to eliminate.
For detail questions ("the passage mentions"), the simple explanation is that the correct answer is directly mentioned as a factor, and the others are not. We are told in paragraph 2 that "investigators rarely spent enough time with the tribes they were observing, and inevitably derived results too tinged by the investigator’s own emotional tone to be reliable." This means that time spent with the tribe could influence the accuracy of reporting. I wouldn't try to actively disprove all the other answers; it's very hard to prove that 4 things WEREN'T mentioned when we have several paragraphs to go through and not much time per question. However, if one of these SEEMED to be mentioned as a factor, let us know your reasoning and we can look at how to eliminate.
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Most of the passage focuses on why other people do/not find life stories useful, but in the final paragraph, the author presents their own opinion: "such personal reminiscences . . . are likely to throw more light on the working of the mind and emotions." In other words, collecting life stories is valuable because we can see how people think.
(A) is a fair match for that prediction. We can see how people view the world.
(C) and (E) place limits on how useful life stories are. These might represent some of the other opinions presented, but not the opinion of the author, who finds life stories useful.
(B) and (D) talk about what is most useful, but don't focus on what the author has said is valuable about life stories. We'd need to see the author specifically say that one aspect of life stories was more useful than anything else before we could pick one of these.
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Most of the passage focuses on why other people do/not find life stories useful, but in the final paragraph, the author presents their own opinion: "such personal reminiscences . . . are likely to throw more light on the working of the mind and emotions." In other words, collecting life stories is valuable because we can see how people think.
(A) is a fair match for that prediction. We can see how people view the world.
(C) and (E) place limits on how useful life stories are. These might represent some of the other opinions presented, but not the opinion of the author, who finds life stories useful.
(B) and (D) talk about what is most useful, but don't focus on what the author has said is valuable about life stories. We'd need to see the author specifically say that one aspect of life stories was more useful than anything else before we could pick one of these.
