Deck 1: Introducing Interdisciplinary Studies

Question 1

Epistemology

A)Is how each discipline develops new knowledge.
B)Is the understanding that authorities establish truth.
C)Is the use of intuition to draw conclusions.
D)Is a skeptical approach to learning.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Common ground is all of the following except:

A)Shared basis
B)Exists between disciplinary insights
C)Makes integration possible
D)Goes beyond campus and community life

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following best describes Interdisciplinary studies?

A)Seeks to integrate disciplinary insights across campus and community life
B)Brings together the insights from two or more disciplines
C)It seeks to integrate insights both from within and outside of academic research
D)It seeks to integrate disciplinary insights with the goal of developing a more comprehensive understanding.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

One assumption of interdisciplinary is that the disciplines alone are inadequate to address complex problems.Their lens of a problem is unique,and they use a reductionist strategy in research.This is called?

A)Disciplinary inadequacy
B)Complex reality
C)Disciplinary foundations
D)Disciplinary integration

Question 5

The primary focus of an interdisciplinary study is?

A)The disciplines
B)Research
C)The problem or issue
D)The insights of the scholars

Question 6

The "inter" part of interdisciplinary studies refers to:

A)Contested space (problems that are the focus of several disciplines)
B)Action taken on insights (integrative process)
C)Results of integration (cognitive advancement)
D)Space between campus and community

Question 7

All of the following describe one of the four assumptions of interdisciplinary except:

A)Disciplinary inadequacy to address a complex problem
B)The side by side placement of insights from more than one discipline
C)Foundational disciplinarity
D)Complex reality

Question 8

Which of the following is a way to describe disciplines that share an interest in a broad issue?

A)Groups
B)Studies
C)Concepts
D)Theories

Question 9

___________ is a prefix that identifies the space between disciplines where several might focus their research.

A)Intra
B)Multi
C)Studies
D)Inter

Question 10

"Both/and" is a position that is seen in the interdisciplinary field of health sciences.

Question 11

A(n)___________ is a scholarly contribution to the clear understanding of a problem based on research.

A)Theory
B)Concept
C)Method
D)Insight