Which one of the following scenarios best demonstrates the concept of hermeneutics?
a. A parole officer obtains urine specimens from several parolees and has them analyzed for evidence of substance abuse.
b. Guards in a prisoner-of-war camp analyze the out-going mail of prisoners to determine if an escape attempt is being plotted.
c. A supervisor of graduate student teachers administers a questionnaire to students to determine the effectiveness of student-teachers.
d. The director of a day care center observes and records the interactions among the children to identify potentially aggressive ones.
Question 2
The hermeneutic approach
a. seeks reasons, not causes
b. seeks causes, not reasons
c. avoids interpretation
d. Both b and c are true
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