Interdisciplinary Studies Quiz # 6

Disciplines in the category of natural sciences include Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology.

True

False

An academic discipline is a course that is deemed to be of value in the humanities.

True

False

The purpose of a discipline is to interpret reality according to certain prescribed guidelines and provide its members with organizational support.

True

False

A discipline’s perspective is the primary means of distinguishing one discipline from another.

True

False

Epistemology is the study of the nature and basis of knowledge.

True

False

Which interdisciplinary theory states that interdisciplinary study is necessitated when the phenomenon is multifaceted and functions as a “system”?

Perspective-taking theory

Integration theory

Complexity theory

Common ground theory

Which theory is defined in social terms as the knowledge, beliefs, and suppositions that each person must establish with another person in order to interact with that person?

Perspective-taking theory

Integration theory

Complexity theory

Common ground theory

______ interdisciplinarians reject the notion that integration should be the defining feature of genuine interdisciplinarity.

Generalist

Integrationist

Cognitive

Instrumental

______ interdisciplinarians regard integration as the key distinguishing characteristic of interdisciplinarity and the goal of fully interdisciplinary work.

Generalist

Integrationist

Cognitive

Instrumental

Interdisciplinarity views homelessness as ______.

An economic problem

A complex problem

A political problem

A family problem

The core of the integrationist position is that integration is generally achievable.

True

False

The “DNA” of interdisciplinary studies refers to its many forms.

True

False

The disciplines are adequate to address complexity comprehensively.

True

False

Integrationist interdisciplinarians regard integration as the key distinguishing characteristic of interdisciplinarity and the goal of fully interdisciplinary work.

True

False

As applied to interdisciplinary studies, complexity involves analyzing the problem from the perspective of each interested discipline and identifying the differences and similarities between them.

True

False

To interrogate in an interdisciplinary sense means to ______.

Practice critical pluralism by asking critical and probing questions of each relevant discipline

Decide whether a disciplinary perspective is true or false

Choose which discipline is the most correct

Choose which discipline is the most relevant

When choosing disciplines to carry out interdisciplinary research on a particular problem, you should consider ______.

The disciplines that you know most about

The disciplines that are the most popular

The disciplines that are from the natural sciences

The disciplines that study phenomena connected with the chosen complex problem

If you wanted to study the homeless population in a particular community, you should ______.

Consider the phenomena studied by potentially relevant disciplines, then choose the best discipline

Identify which discipline studies the phenomena involved in this complex problem and study its insights

Make sure that the disciplines you choose cover all the aspects of the problem and how they interact with other aspects

Consult the literature to determine which discipline has the most developed theories of the problem and follow their methodological insights

Dualists believe that knowledge ______.

Is objective, certain, and absolute

Is relative

Depends on the situation

Cannot be fully produced

Because different disciplines will have relevant perspectives on complex problems and these perspectives will reflect the discipline’s perspective, ______.

It is important to consider the perspectives of the different disciplines to ensure you have considered how it illumines different parts of the problem

It is important to choose only disciplines that you know enough about to use the perspective effectively

It is important to choose disciplines whose perspectives you agree with

It is important to choose a discipline from the natural sciences as well as a discipline from the social sciences

Literature searches are not important in interdisciplinary work as they are discipline-specific.

True

False

Political science is relevant to the issues of human cloning because it examines the role of the federal government and particular agencies.

True

False

Multiplicity refers to when you experience several plausible yet contradictory explanations of the same phenomenon as opposed to one simple, clear-cut, unambiguous explanation.

True

False

The dualist and relativist positions are simplistic epistemic positions because they rest on the assumption you already “know what is true” about a given subject.

True

False

Dualists believe that knowledge is relative.

True

False

What is interdisciplinary critical thinking?

Interdisciplinary critical thinking includes critical thinking but also it requires awareness of the limitations of expertise, self-awareness, intellectual courage, and respect for different viewpoints.

Interdisciplinary critical thinking includes critical thinking but also it requires awareness of sources, disciplinary adequacy, and metacognition.

Interdisciplinary critical thinking is the same as critical thinking.

One advantage that an interdisciplinary reader has over a disciplinary colleague is that

The interdisciplinary reader can compare and contrast insights generated by different disciplines.

The interdisciplinary reader can use the insights of one discipline to critique the insights of another.

Both “a” and “b” are correct.

If after mapping the phenomenon associated with a complex problem to reveal its disciplinary parts you see that two of the disciplines disagree on an aspect of your complex problem, you should

Choose another problem.

Ask yourself whether the disciplines are actually studying different aspects of the phenomenon.

Attempt to reconcile the conflicting points of view.

A disciplinary insight is

A conclusion or conclusions in a work

An opinion.

Objective, certain, and absolute.

Cannot be fully produced.

Awareness of the limitations of expertise means that

You know that when something is published in a peer reviewed journal or book, the author must be completely all knowing and free from bias.

You know that just because something is published in a peer reviewed journal or book, the author is neither all knowing nor free from bias

You know that when something is published in a peer reviewed journal or book, the author must be interdisciplinary.

Quiz:	Interdisciplinary Studies Quiz # 6
Subject:	Academic Interdisciplinary Studies
Total Questions:	228 MCQs
Time:	228 Minutes