Thinking About Disciplinary Perspectives MCQs
Thinking About Disciplinary Perspectives MCQs
Welcome to MCQss.com, your platform for exploring disciplinary perspectives through our thought-provoking multiple-choice questions (MCQs). This page is designed to stimulate critical thinking by presenting you with diverse approaches from various academic disciplines.
Our MCQs cover a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and arts. Each question presents a scenario or concept from a specific disciplinary perspective, challenging you to think critically and analyze the situation from that particular viewpoint.
As you navigate through the MCQs, you will encounter different lenses through which scholars approach complex issues. These questions encourage you to consider alternative viewpoints, evaluate the strengths and limitations of different perspectives, and develop a well-rounded understanding of interdisciplinary approaches.
Our interactive format allows you to select the option you believe is most appropriate for each question. Once you submit your answer, our platform will provide immediate feedback, indicating whether your response is correct or incorrect. This feedback serves as a valuable learning tool, enabling you to reflect on your reasoning and refine your understanding of disciplinary perspectives.
Whether you are a student, researcher, educator, or lifelong learner, our Disciplinary Perspectives MCQs offer a valuable opportunity to expand your intellectual horizons. They can be utilized for self-assessment, exam preparation, or simply to foster curiosity and deepen your understanding of academic disciplines.
1: According to critical pluralism knowledge is
A. Objective
B. Certain
C. Absolute
D. All of the above
2: Dualism is a belief that knowledge is
A. Objective
B. Certain
C. Absolute
D. All of the above
3: Epistemic position is understanding
A. Nature of knowledge
B. How you determine truth
C. Both
D. None
4: Basic knowledge about each potentially relevant discipline is known as interdisciplinary breadth
A. True
B. False
5: Asking critical and probing questions of each relevant discipline is to
A. Interrogate in a disciplinary sense
B. Interrogate in an interdisciplinary sense
C. Interdisciplinary breadth
D. None of the above
6: Multiplicity is the ability to work effectively with several _______ yet contradictory explanations of the same phenomenon as opposed to one simple, clear-cut, unambiguous explanation.
A. Ambiguous
B. Plausible
C. Single
D. None
7: Perceptual apparatus is a discipline’s denying elements
A. True
B. False
8: Relativism is belief that there is no such thing as objective knowledge
A. True
B. False
9: Simplistic epistemic positions rest on the assumption the one already “knows what is true” about a given subject.
A. True
B. False
10: Simplistic epistemic positions include
A. Dualism
B. Relativism
C. Both
D. None
11: Sophisticated epistemic position sees multiple and conflicting perspectives as ___________ of the subject under study.
A. Reference
B. Understanding
C. Partial understanding
D. None of the above
12: To interrogate in an interdisciplinary sense means to ______.
A. Practice critical pluralism by asking critical and probing questions of each relevant discipline
B. Decide whether a disciplinary perspective is true or false
C. Choose which discipline is the most correct
D. Choose which discipline is the most relevant
13: When choosing disciplines to carry out interdisciplinary research on a particular problem, you should consider ______.
A. The disciplines that you know most about
B. The disciplines that are the most popular
C. The disciplines that are from the natural sciences
D. The disciplines that study phenomena connected with the chosen complex problem
14: If you wanted to study the homeless population in a particular community, you should ______.
A. Consider the phenomena studied by potentially relevant disciplines, then choose the best discipline
B. Identify which discipline studies the phenomena involved in this complex problem and study its insights
C. Make sure that the disciplines you choose cover all the aspects of the problem and how they interact with other aspects
D. Consult the literature to determine which discipline has the most developed theories of the problem and follow their methodological insights
15: Dualists believe that knowledge ______.
A. Is objective, certain, and absolute
B. Is relative
C. Depends on the situation
D. Cannot be fully produced
16: Because different disciplines will have relevant perspectives on complex problems and these perspectives will reflect the discipline’s perspective, ______.
A. It is important to consider the perspectives of the different disciplines to ensure you have considered how it illumines different parts of the problem
B. It is important to choose only disciplines that you know enough about to use the perspective effectively
C. It is important to choose disciplines whose perspectives you agree with
D. It is important to choose a discipline from the natural sciences as well as a discipline from the social sciences
17: Literature searches are not important in interdisciplinary work as they are discipline-specific.
A. True
B. False
18: Political science is relevant to the issues of human cloning because it examines the role of the federal government and particular agencies.
A. True
B. False
19: Multiplicity refers to when you experience several plausible yet contradictory explanations of the same phenomenon as opposed to one simple, clear-cut, unambiguous explanation.
A. True
B. False
20: 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.
A. True
B. False
21: Dualists believe that knowledge is relative.
A. True
B. False
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