Bernard McGrane Suggests That We Should Practice Using a Beginner's

question 60

Multiple Choice

Bernard McGrane suggests that we should practice using a beginner's mind, the opposite of an expert's mind. Usually it's good to be an expert. Why should we try to think like beginners instead?

• A) An expert's mind is so full of facts and assumptions that it has difficulty learning anything new.
• B) To better understand the world, we need to defamiliarize ourselves with it.
• C) We need to unlearn what we already know in order to become better sociologists.
• D) A beginner's mind allows us to approach the world without knowing in advance what we will find.
• E) The approach of a beginner's mind is more readily accepted by whoever is being studied.

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