Question
4. Part B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
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3 points
"teenagers nowadays are both more connected to the world at large than ever, and more cut off from the social encounters that have historically prepared young people for the move into adulthood."P4
"As Prog. Robert Kraut, a Carnegie Mellon researcher, told me recently, such people allowed low quality relationships developed in virtual reality to replace higher-quality relationships in the real world" P8
"Marcus did not feel the least bit guilty, and wasn't deterred, when real-world lawyers discovered his secret and accused him of being a fraud." P10
"Marcus is a child of the Net, where everyone has a pseudonym, telling a story makes it true, and adolescents create older, cooler, more socially powerful selves any time they wish." P11
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3 points
"teenagers nowadays are both more connected to the world at large than ever, and more cut off from the social encounters that have historically prepared young people for the move into adulthood."P4
"As Prog. Robert Kraut, a Carnegie Mellon researcher, told me recently, such people allowed low quality relationships developed in virtual reality to replace higher-quality relationships in the real world" P8
"Marcus did not feel the least bit guilty, and wasn't deterred, when real-world lawyers discovered his secret and accused him of being a fraud." P10
"Marcus is a child of the Net, where everyone has a pseudonym, telling a story makes it true, and adolescents create older, cooler, more socially powerful selves any time they wish." P11
Answers
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The detail that best supports the answer to Part A is:
"As Prog. Robert Kraut, a Carnegie Mellon researcher, told me recently, such people allowed low quality relationships developed in virtual reality to replace higher-quality relationships in the real world" (P8).
This statement highlights the shift in social dynamics among teenagers, emphasizing how their online interactions are often of lower quality compared to traditional in-person relationships, thereby supporting the argument about the disconnect from real-world social encounters that prepare them for adulthood.
"As Prog. Robert Kraut, a Carnegie Mellon researcher, told me recently, such people allowed low quality relationships developed in virtual reality to replace higher-quality relationships in the real world" (P8).
This statement highlights the shift in social dynamics among teenagers, emphasizing how their online interactions are often of lower quality compared to traditional in-person relationships, thereby supporting the argument about the disconnect from real-world social encounters that prepare them for adulthood.