Exam 3: Social-Behavioral Theory and Its Roots

In a sense, which of the following is the child of order and regularity, for if nature is ordered, and we discover the details and rules of this order, then we can, theoretically, envision what will happen?

In his many writings, Foucault argued that which of the following-which refers to a broader category of various models of expression, including language, and how they are actually used-is the product of a historical period and its dominant social-economic institutions?

A key characteristic of the Enlightenment Period was a monopoly of knowledge and scholarship by the church.

A theory in which tradition is supposed to say something about the observable, tangible relationships between phenomena-relationships that are evidence based?

Although the ties between __________ and a specific public health theory are not always direct, it is clearly a general influence on the "philosophy" of public health, commonly expressed in definitions of public health or health promotion as the goal of improving the quality of life for the general public.

Some of the most important non-Western philosophies and systems of society, including Confucianism, Taoism, and Navajo cosmology, contain highly elaborate concepts of natural order.

According to Jean Piaget, which manner in which we process information involves fitting new information into existing categories of knowledge?

The epistemology underlying empiricism is encapsulated by the idea that what we know comes to us from our senses.

Ivan Pavlov designed an experiment using an approach that has come to be called __________, in which he rang a bell at the same time that he placed meat powder on a dog's tongue.

From theories, you can derive more specific applications such as hypotheses, principles, and constructs.