Exam 6: The Dna of Interdisciplinary Studies

The core of the integrationist position is that integration

Interdisciplinarity, particularly in its instrumental form,

Over time, says Welch, "the interdisciplinary idea has evolved from a mere critique of the disci?plines to the more sophisticated and pragmatic mission of negotiating within and beyond the episte?mological frameworks they project". The beginnings of instrumental interdisciplinarity emerged from the idea that truth is not established by authorities but is worked out through the exchange of ideas. This idea led to another idea:

These interdisciplinarians reject the notion that integration should be the defining feature of genuine interdisciplinarity:

Of the five assumptions of interdisciplinary studies, identify four:

The "DNA" of interdisciplinary studies refers to

"No one can predict the issues that science and society will consider most pressing in the decades to come. But if we look at some high priority issues of today-world hunger, biomedical ethics, sustainable resources, homeland security, and child development and learning - and pressing research questions, such as the evolution of virulence in patho?gens and the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystems functions, we can predict that those of the future will be so complex as to require the insights from multiple disci?plines" (National Academies (2005, p. 26). The point that the National Academies is making is that:

The cognitive process of critically evaluating disciplinary insights and creating common ground among them to construct a more comprehensive understanding is called

Which of the following statements accurately expresses this book's position on interdisciplinarity, particularly in its instrumental form?

These interdisciplinarians regard integration as the key distinguishing characteristic of interdisciplinarity and the goal of fully interdisciplinary Work:

Complexity has become the cornerstone of interdisciplinarity because it

As developed by cognitive psychologists, perspective-taking theory makes four important claims that are critical to your ability to become interdisciplinary and function successfully in the contem?porary world. Identify three of these. 1. ______________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________

Interdisciplinarity views homelessness as

"Over the last century there have been many lessons learned in the health field. A key lesson is that health is a complex phenomenon and the underlying causal pathways for disease and illness are more than just biological. . . . Health is a phenomenon deeply rooted within a social system, and health outcomes result from a dynamic interplay between actors across the lifetime, originating from the cellular level, to the sociopoliti?cal level. . . . As such, efforts to improve health must consider the multifactorial nature of the problem and integrate appropriate knowledge across disciplines and levels of analysis. . . . Health research has implicated a myriad of factors involved in HIV preven?tion. . . Unfortunately, incidence rates continue to rise because the knowledge is not being applied in the unified manner necessary to address the complexity of the problem" (Terpstra et al., pp. 508-509). The authors are discussing

If you wanted to study the subject of fresh water scarcity as a complex whole, you should

This interdisciplinary theory states that interdisciplinary study is necessitated when the phenomenon is multifaceted and functions as a "system:"

Seeing a homeless person pushing a cart filled with plastic bags of what most of us would consider junk is, tragically, a familiar sight in most cities. Disciplinary approaches to the problem of homeless?ness typically view it through narrow disciplinary lenses. Disciplinary experts set forth theoretical explanations of homelessness that tend to reflect their discipline's narrow perspective on reality. For example, political science typically views homelessness as a public policy issue, and psychology views it primarily as a mental health issue. But interdisciplinarity would view homelessness

That which is created between conflicting disciplinary insights assumptions, concepts, or theories and makes integration possible is called

Interdisciplinarity assumes that