Deck 3: Beginning the Research Process

Question 1

Stating the problem using words and phrases that connect it to a particular discipline refers to:

A)Disciplinary jargon
B)Personal bias
C)Feedback loop
D)Disciplinary bias

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Becoming self-conscious or self-aware of our disciplinary or personal biases that may influence our inquiry and possibly skew our evaluation of insights and thus bias the end product refers to:

A)Being iterative
B)Using feedback loop
C)Being reflexive
D)Using cognizance

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A decision-making process that is heuristic,iterative,and reflexive is referred to as:

A)Interdisciplinary research process
B)Interdisciplinary research
C)Systems thinking
D)Complex problem

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Scope refers to the parameters of what you intend to include and exclude from consideration.

Question 5

The value of an interdisciplinary approach over a single disciplinary approach is that it:

A)Can address complex problems in a more complex way.
B)Can address complex problems in a more simplistic way.
C)Can address complex problems in a more rational way.
D)Can address complex problems in a more comprehensive way.

Question 6

Systems thinking is a method of visualizing interrelationships within a complex problem or system by doing all the following except:

A)Breaking it down into its constituent parts
B)Recognizing that a system of linkages is much more than the sum of its parts
C)Evaluating the relative importance of different causal linkages
D)Identifying which parts similar disciplines address

Question 7

The IRP is heuristic in that it places you,the student,in the role of:

A)The scholar
B)The determinist
C)The discoverer of knowledge.
D)The operator

Question 8

Interdisciplinarity is irrelevant for the study of complexity.