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1、GREAWAMODELESSAYSTopicsinthefollowinglistmayappearinyouractualtest.YoushouldbecomefamiliarwiththislistbeforeyoutaketheGRE-AWAtest.Rememberthatwhenyoutakethetestyouwillnothaveachoiceoftopics.Youmustwriteonlyonthetopicthatisassignedtoyou.1ThePoolofIssueTopicsPresentyourperspectiveontheissuebel
2、ow,usingrelevantreasonsand/orexamplestosupportyourviews.Issue1"Wecanusuallylearnmuchmorefrompeoplewhoseviewswesharethanfrompeoplewhoseviewscontradictourown.";disagreementcancausestressandinhibitlearning."Dowelearnmorefrompeoplewhoseideasweshareincommonthanfromthosewhoseideascontradictours?Th
3、espeakerdaimsso,forthereasonthatdisagreementcancausestressandinhibitlearning.Iconcedethatunduediscordcanimpedelearning.Otherwise,inmyviewwelearnfarmorefromdiscourseanddebatewiththosewhoseideasweopposethanfrompeoplewhoseideasareinaccordwithourown.Admittedly,undersomecircumstancesdisagreementw
4、ithotherscanbecounterproductivetolearning.Forsupportingexamplesoneneedlooknofurtherthanatelevisionset.Ontoday'stypicaltelevisionorradiotalkshow,disagreementusuallymanifestsitselfinmeaninglessrhetoricalboutsandshoutingmatches,duringwhichopponentsvietohavetheirownmessageheard,buthavelittleinte
5、resteitherinfindingcommongroundwithorinacknowledgingthemeritsoftheopponent'sviewpoint.Understandably,neitherthecombatantsnortheviewerslearnanythingmeaningful.Infact,thesebattlesonlyservetoreinforcethepredispositionsandbiasesofallconcerned.Theendresultisthatlearningisimpeded.Disagreementcanal
6、soinhibitlearningwhentwoopponentsdisagreeonfundamentalassumptionsneededformeaningfuldiscourseanddebate.Forexample,astudentofpaleontologylearnslittleabouttheevolutionofananimalspeciesundercurrentstudybydebatingwithanindividualwhosereligiousbeliefsystemprecludesthepossibilityofevolutiontobegin
7、with.And,economicsandfinancestudentslearnlittleaboutthedynamicsofalaissez-fairesystembydebatingwithasocialistwhoseviewisthatacentrv2izedpowershouldcontrolalleconomicactivity.Asidefromtheforegoingtwoprovisos,however,Ifundamentallydisagreewiththespea
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