Deck 11: Creating Common Ground Between Insights: Theories

Question 1

_____________ deal with how the object of study should behave.

A)Scientific theories
B)philosophical theories
C)Epistemological theories
D)Ontological theories

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Using the Broken Window Theory,disorder and crime would be examples of?

A)Concepts within the theory
B)Variables within the theory
C)Conflicts within the theory
D)Insights within the theory

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Using the Broken Window Theory,the murder rate would be an example of?

A)Conflict
B)Insight
C)Variable
D)Concept

Answer 3

C

Question 4

______________ explain(s)a behavior or phenomenon that falls within a disciplines traditional research domain and may have a specified range of applicability.

A)Insights
B)Conflicts
C)Common ground
D)Disciplinary theories

Question 5

______________ is something that can take on different values or assume different attributes.

A)A model
B)A concept
C)An insight
D)A variable

Question 6

______________ is a representation that serves to visualize and communicate a theory.

A)A model
B)A conflict
C)An insight
D)A concept

Question 7

Which of the following is not a step in creating common ground between theories?

A)Identify all the variable or causal factors.
B)Reduce the variables into the fewest number of categories.
C)Apply only a single prevailing theory.
D)Modify the theory by extending its range of applicability.

Question 8

Variables can be found in all of the following except?

A)The micro level
B)The macro level
C)Within theories
D)Within concepts

Question 9

Disciplinary theories can be placed in to which two categories?

A)Philosophical and Actual
B)Scientific and philosophical
C)Scientific and epistemological
D)Philosophical and epistemological

Question 10

____________ explain why or how the object of study behaves as it does.

A)Scientific theories
B)Philosophical theories
C)Epistemological theories
D)Ontological theories