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Which of the following statements is part of a "social constructivist" position on epistemology? |
| | A) | Social reality is created through the historical and contemporary interactions of people |
| | B) | When social constructions are reified, they serve to constrain communication in social situations |
| | C) | Communicators have agency to change the social reality that has been created |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Axiology, ontology, and epistemology are parts of: |
| | A) | A theory of communication |
| | B) | Metatheory |
| | C) | The empirical observation process |
| | D) | A philosophy of meaning |
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The ontological position that there is an objective reality independent from human beings' cognition is known as: |
| | A) | The nominalist stance |
| | B) | The realist stance |
| | C) | The social constructionist stance |
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When taking the axiological position that we need to make our values an explicit part of the scholarly process, research is seen as a __________ act. |
| | A) | Political |
| | B) | Scientific |
| | C) | Value-free |
| | D) | Neutral |
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In providing an abstract understanding of observations, most theories include each of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | descriptions of phenomena in the social world |
| | B) | relationships among these phenomena |
| | C) | an underlying and abstract storyline that describes the mechanisms at work in these relationships |
| | D) | links between the storyline and imagined phenomena |
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Regardless of the precise form that theory takes, this consideration of what theory is emphasizes the clear distinction that should be made between the __________ world of theory and the __________ world of observation. |
| | A) | deductive, abstract |
| | B) | abstract, empirical |
| | C) | empirical, inductive |
| | D) | inductive, deductive |
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Laudan began with two types of problems: |
| | A) | empirical and factual |
| | B) | empirical and non-empirical |
| | C) | empirical and practical |
| | D) | empirical and conceptual |
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To empirical and conceptual problems, Cohen added the category of the __________ problem. |
| | A) | practical |
| | B) | abstract |
| | C) | redundant |
| | D) | synthetic |
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Epistemological foundations involve a theorist's ideas about what knowledge is and how __________ is created and represented in the social world. |
| | A) | communication |
| | B) | knowledge |
| | C) | theory |
| | D) | conceptualization |
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Theory arises within a context bounded by and influenced by the assumptions of |
| | A) | social researchers |
| | B) | theoretical researchers |
| | C) | empirical researchers |
| | D) | practical researchers |
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