Deck 4: Identifying Relevant Disciplines

Question 1

To identify the most relevant disciplines,three questions should be asked.Which of the following is not one.

A)Does the discipline have a well-defined perspective on the problem?
B)Has the discipline produced a body of research on the problem of such significance that it cannot be ignored?
C)Has the discipline found one or more phenomena directly related to the problem?
D)Has the discipline generated one or more theories to explain the problem?

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Systems maps have two key elements which are:

A)The relative theory and arrows that indicate visually how these influence each other.
B)The disciplines related to a complex problem and the complex problem itself.
C)The phenomena relevant to a complex problem and the arrows that indicate visually how these influence each other.
D)The research relevant to a complex problem and the phenomena found.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

When should a student use the concept or principle map?

A)Once a better understanding wasn't accomplished by the systems map.
B)When trying to gather a better understanding of one discipline at a time.
C)When quantitative research is being used to better understand a problem
D)When working with more complex or larger-scale problems

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Systems thinking,as well as system mapping,fosters _____________ thinking by looking for ____________ relationships among the phenomena or actors in a system.

A)Nonlinear,nonlinear
B)Nonlinear,linear
C)Linear,nonlinear
D)Linear,Linear

Question 5

When mapping the problem it may reveal a gap in your understanding of the problem or establish that you are placing too much emphasis on a few disciplinary components at the expense of other equally important components.

Question 6

If the complex problem falls within a discipline's perspective and research domain,the discipline's scholarly community has written about the topic.

Question 7

There are four practical benefits from using systems thinking and drawing a system map,which of these should not be included.

A)Researchers may discover that relationships at first thought to be of secondary importance are of primary importance.
B)Drawing a system map and locating the disciplines on it that one believes are relevant enables the researcher to more easily identify other relevant disciplines that may have been overlooked earlier.
C)A system map can reveal the existence of a system that did not initially seem to be a system.
D)Drawing a system map helps the researcher understand how the system operates the way it does,not why the system behaves the way it does.

Question 8

What is a potentially relevant discipline?

A)A discipline whose author has written research about a complex problem.
B)A discipline whose research domain includes at least one phenomenon involved in the complex problem for research.
C)A discipline whose author has produced advanced theories or assumptions about a problem.
D)A discipline whose research domain includes zero phenomenon involved in the complex problem for research.

Question 9

Which of the following is not a key component of a research map?

A)It states the purpose of the research.
B)It identifies disciplinary sources or interpretations.
C)It states the perspective of each discipline on the problem.
D)It identifies what disciplines are potentially relevant.