Aamc 11 vr #74

[music2doc]

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The explanation for the solution to VR #74 is a bit... weak. Anyone get why they chose Ecology over the others? In reality, all of the options could be considered "part of the world of 'ideas and scholarship'" so I'd really have to go with "none of the above" but since that's not an option....

The question reads:

To fulfill the author's view of an exemplary professor, which of the following subject areas would be most useful for economics professors to know outside of their disciplines?

The author indicates his ideal professor's characteristics as:

- Lacking in prejudice against the local and provincial (P4)
- Includes local content in [his] courses
- No abstract theories (only concrete examples)
- Dual citizen of "the world of ideals and scholarship...[and] the very real world of watersheds, growing seasons, migratory pathways, food chains, and dependency webs"

I suppose the last criterion could be used to support ecology if we take it literally but it seems more an example or minor support in my reading of the passage.

 

[deleted393595]

The explanation for the solution to VR #74 is a bit... weak. Anyone get why they chose Ecology over the others? In reality, all of the options could be considered "part of the world of 'ideas and scholarship'" so I'd really have to go with "none of the above" but since that's not an option....

The question reads:




The author indicates his ideal professor's characteristics as:

- Lacking in prejudice against the local and provincial (P4)
- Includes local content in [his] courses
- No abstract theories (only concrete examples)
- Dual citizen of "the world of ideals and scholarship...[and] the very real world of watersheds, growing seasons, migratory pathways, food chains, and dependency webs"

I suppose the last criterion could be used to support ecology if we take it literally but it seems more an example or minor support in my reading of the passage.

You answered your own question.

The author's looking for a professor who's grounded with reality and in touch with what's around him. Ecology would be an offshoot of this.

 

[Lexicon0]

The explanation for the solution to VR #74 is a bit... weak. Anyone get why they chose Ecology over the others? In reality, all of the options could be considered "part of the world of 'ideas and scholarship'" so I'd really have to go with "none of the above" but since that's not an option....

The question reads:




The author indicates his ideal professor's characteristics as:

- Lacking in prejudice against the local and provincial (P4)
- Includes local content in [his] courses
- No abstract theories (only concrete examples)
- Dual citizen of "the world of ideals and scholarship...[and] the very real world of watersheds, growing seasons, migratory pathways, food chains, and dependency webs"

I suppose the last criterion could be used to support ecology if we take it literally but it seems more an example or minor support in my reading of the passage.

It's definitely subtle, but I think the mention of food chains, dependency webs, etc makes ecology the most logical choice.

 

[cycloethane]

I picked "sociology." I thought that "ecology" was one of the cases when you get trapped by literally taking what the author is saying when it is meant as a metaphor or other literary element. I thought that sociology would allow professors to understand that it is important to be grounded in a community. I've taken Ecology. It has a lot of abstractions and generalization. That is what the discipline is about. It does not have to necessarily include local content any more than the other three disciplines.

I guess that the first sentence of the last paragraph does make "Ecology" the best answer. But under time pressure, it can be hard to see this.

 

[salim271]

I picked ecology but i was torn between that and sociology. That question was bull, like so many before it... :/

 

[dancerdoc89]

I picked ecology but i was torn between that and sociology. That question was bull, like so many before it... :/

I picked Sociology...due to all the talk about learning about what's "outside the classroom" and not focusing so much on the books/academics (which lets us eliminate Mathematics and Political Science..then again, Political Science is a Social Science...)

Ahhh, nevermind. 😕

 

[muhali3]

I picked Ecology because it fit with the language he was using and fit with his support of teaching about the "real" outside world.