Consider the premise. Does the hypothesis directly oppose it? Premise: Witness the following conclusion by a researcher who compared American with Japanese infant rearing   An American mother-infant relationship consists of two individuals . . . a Japanese mother-infant relationship consists of only one individual, i.e., mother and infant are not divided.  Hypothesis: Witness the following conclusion by a researcher who compared Japanese teens with American adults.
Witness the following conclusion by a researcher who compared American with Japanese infant rearing   An American mother-infant relationship consists of two individuals . . . a Japanese mother-infant relationship consists of only one individual, i.e., mother and infant are not divided. ###Witness the following conclusion by a researcher who compared Japanese teens with American adults.