Recognizing the Humanity of One's Informants Has Nothing to Do

Multiple Choice

Recognizing the humanity of one's informants has nothing to do with trying to come up with a subjective, imaginative impression of what it must be like to live their lives. This is because

A) Informants do not have inner lives.
B) Such imaginative effort is solitary, whereas fieldwork is a dialogue.
C) Objectivity requires anthropologists to avoid identifying with their informants.
D) Getting your informants' opinions about things contaminates the data.