Deck 3: Interdisciplinary Studies Defined

Question 1

The placing side by side of insights from two or more disciplines without attempting to integrate their insights is called

A) Multidisciplinarity.
B) Transdisciplinarity.
C) Disciplinarity.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The cooperation of academics, stakeholders, and practitioners to solve complex problems of common interest with the goal of resolving them by
Designing and implementing public policy is called

A) Multidisciplinarity.
B) Transdisciplinarity.
C) Interdisciplinarity.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The product of interdisciplinary studies is

A) Multidisciplinarity.
B) A more comprehensive understanding of a problem.
C) The right answer

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The noun and term describing the "intellectual essence" of the field of interdisciplinary studies is

A) Interdiscipline.
B) Interdisciplinarity.
C) Cross disciplinarity.

Question 5

"Capacity" [as used in this book] refers to your

A) "cognitive" or "intellectual" ability to think, perceive, analyze, create, and solve problems.
B) ability to think in a disciplinary way
C) critical interdisciplinarity.

Question 6

Scholarly contributions to the clear understanding of a complex problem, object, or text are called

A) Defining elements.
B) Theories.
C) Insights.

Question 7

The bowl of fruit metaphor illustrates

A) Interdisciplinary integration.
B) Disciplinary reductionism.
C) Multidisciplinary juxtaposition.

Question 8

Strengths of this metaphor are its depicting interdisciplinary studies as something that takes place between two (or more) disciplines and that it
Has an applied orientation.

A) Fruit bowl
B) Bridge building
C) Knife sharpening

Question 9

The underlying premise of instrumental interdisciplinary studies is that

A) The disciplines are an obstacle to the progress of knowledge.
B) The disciplines are themselves the necessary foundation of the interdisciplinary enterprise.
C) The disciplines should be replaced by multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches.

Question 10

When a problem is simple or multifaceted but not complex, this approach should suffice

A) Multidisciplinary.
B) Interdisciplinary.
C) Transdisciplinary.

Question 11

A cognitive process by which individuals or groups draw on disciplinary perspectives and integrate their insights and modes of thinking to
Advance their understanding of a complex problem with the goal of
Applying it to a real-world problem is the definition of

A) Multidisciplinary studies.
B) Interdisciplinary studies.
C) Transdisciplinary studies.

Question 12

In the "Fable of the Elephant House," this approach is evident in the conversation between the psychologist and sociologist about the possible
Number of elephants that might inhabit the house: Psychologists study individuals whereas sociologists study groups.

A) Disciplinary reductionism.
B) Disciplinary competition.
C) Transdisciplinary policy concerns.

Question 13

The form of interdisciplinarity that questions disciplinary assumptions and ideological underpinnings and, in some cases, aims to replace the
Existing structure of knowledge and the system of education based upon it
Is called

A) Transdisciplinarity.
B) Instrumental interdisciplinarity.
C) Critical interdisciplinarity.

Question 14

It is useful both to understand key concepts such as interdisciplinarity and to be able to explain them to others because

A) The definition of interdisciplinarity is the same as multidisciplinarity studies and this is all potential employers need to know.
B) As long as you know that interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity are the same, that's all anyone needs to know.
C) How you define a word is critical to any effort you make to understand it and therefore critical when trying to explain it to others.

Question 15

One of the primary objectives of Chapter 3 is to

A) Define interdisciplinary studies.
B) Present arguments supportive of critical interdisciplinarity.
C) Identify limitations of three commonly used similies.

Question 16

The "Fable of the Elephant House" illustrates a multidisciplinary approach to solving a complex problem because

A) The disciplinary experts completed the house for only 15% above the original estimate.
B) The disciplinary experts spoke with separate voices and their perspectives on the problem were presented in serial fashion.
C) The disciplinary experts formed a committee which was led by an one of their members.

Question 17

The form of interdisciplinarity that adopts an attitude of suspicion and calls into question not only research data, but also the researcher, the
Research design, and the interpretation of findings is called

A) Instrumental interdisciplinarity.
B) Metaphorical interdisciplinarity.
C) Critical interdisciplinarity.

Question 18

The purpose of interdisciplinary studies is to

A) develop your "capacity" to integrate knowledge.
B) develop your capacity to integrate modes of thinking
C) apply your education to the world beyond the university
D) all the above

Question 19

The underlying premise of interdisciplinary studies is that

A) the disciplines are themselves the necessary precondition for and foundation of the interdisciplinary enterprise
B) the disciplines are superfluous to our understanding of the world
C) the disciplines are the future of education

Question 20

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase, a story, or a picture is likened to the idea that you are trying to communicate is called

A) Intensifier
B) Critical analysis.
C) A metaphor.