Deck 9: Identifying Conflicts Between Insights and Their Sources

Question 1

When two disciplines talk about the same ideas but use different words to describe it,it is a(n):

A)Conflict within disciplinary insights
B)Conflict between disciplinary insights
C)Conflict between theories
D)Ontological conflict

Answer 1

B

Question 2

It is necessary to identify conflicts between insights:

A)Because those conflicts inhibit finding common ground
B)So that you can choose which literature to take out of your paper
C)Because they are inconvenient when they pop up
D)Because they require recognition with citations of diversity

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which term is best defined by the following statement? "It is how we know what we know."

A)Ontology
B)Value-laden assumption
C)Epistemology
D)Graffito

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Conflicts may occur within as well as between disciplines

Question 5

Theories from different disciplines generally:

A)Have common ground
B)Have conflicts of assumptions
C)Never describe the same phenomena
D)Never arrive at the same conclusion

Question 6

Theoretical conflicts between different disciplines are more common because:

A)They are more likely to have different underlying assumptions
B)Modernist and post-modernist will always assert "they" are right
C)Fundamentally all people are motivated by national self-interest and most hard scientists just do not believe that.
D)Their disciplinary values will always represent different commitments to diversity

Question 7

Theories can do all except:

A)Be an insight
B)Bring together concepts and make claims about their relationships
C)Exemplify underlying disciplinary assumptions
D)Be the definitive answer to the problem

Question 8

Theories from the same discipline are less likely to have?

A)The underlying assumption of the originating discipline
B)A claim about the relationship between concepts
C)Conflicts
D)Common ground

Question 9

Which of the following is the best definition of the word "theory" when talking about research?

A)A formulation of knowledge regarding how variables will interact with each other
B)An assurance that certain variables will respond in a predetermined manner when examined
C)A way to bring together concepts and make some claims about their relationships
D)Your best idea of how to solve a particular situation

Question 10

Authors using similar concepts to describe different phenomenon would be an example of?

A)Conflict of contextual meaning
B)Conflict of contextual assumptions
C)Conflict of disciplinary theories
D)No conflict at all

Question 11

Mapping each author's insight is helpful for all of the following reasons except:

A)To be sure they are actually talking about the same thing
B)To guide your understanding of what the author is saying
C)To better identify if there is conflict
D)To overlook the nuances of their differences

Question 12

Conflicts of assumptions include all of the following except:

A)Ontological
B)Epistemological
C)Value laden
D)Ornithological

Question 13

Theories bring together concepts and make a claim about their relationships.Which of the following statements is NOT true:

A)Theories from the same discipline are likely to have less conflict because they tend to share basic assumptions.
B)Even though theories from the same discipline may have basic assumptions when focused on a specific problem the assumptions related to that problem can differ.
C)Theories will look at the same problem the same way thus conflict between insights will not be apparent when they are applied to a particular problem
D)To be interdisciplinary,identified theories may need to be modified in order to integrate conflicting interpretations.

Question 14

Identifying conflict is necessary because:

A)It stands in the way of achieving integration.
B)It helps determine which disciplinary perspective is correct.
C)It helps discredit disciplinary scholars.
D)It is not necessary.

Question 15

When undergraduates summarize STEP 7: Identifying conflicts,a ___________ is often sufficient.

A)Section
B)Page
C)Sentence
D)Paragraph

Question 16

Epistemology is the study of?

A)How we know what we know
B)Our understanding of reality
C)Our understanding of consciousness
D)The value of ideas'

Question 17

Different concepts used to describe the same phenomenon are said to be the basis of?

A)Creating insight
B)Creating common ground
C)Creating conflict
D)Creating theory

Question 18

An effective way to identify assumptions is to ask?

A)Which part of the problem does the author address?
B)What are the author's credentials?
C)How does the author see the problem?
D)Where did the author publish their literature?

Question 19

The need for integration arises out of conflicts,controversies,and differences.Without them __________ would not be necessary.

A)Recognition
B)Citation
C)Diversity
D)Integration