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FAML 400 - Week 2 Exam Questions andAnswers
Definition iiof iiTheory ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Abstract iiand iigeneral iiideas iithat iiare
iisubject iito iirules iiof iiorganization. iiA iitheory iiis iia iitool iiused iito iiunderstand iiand
iidescribe iithe iiworld. iiMore iispecifically, iia iitheory iiis iia iigeneral iiframework iiof iiideas
iiand iihow iithey iirelate iito iieach iiother. iiTheories iican iibe iiused iito iiask iiand iianswer
iiquestions iiabout iiparticular iiphenomena.
Assumptions ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Part iiof iia iitheory. iiBeliefs iithat iiare iitaken iifor
iigranted iior iibelieved iito iibe iitrue. iiThey iiform iithe iifoundation iiunder-lying iithe iitheory.
Concepts ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Concepts iiare iithe iiterms iiand iispecific iiideas iiused iiin
iibuilding iithe iitheory.
Propositions ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Propositions iiare iistatements iithat iidemonstrate iihow
iiconcepts iifit iitogether iiin iia iicontext. iiThey iiare iithe iirelationships iibetween iithe
iiconcepts, iithe ii"glue" iiholding iithe iitheory iitogether. iiMust iihave iiat iileast ii2
iipropositions, iiotherwise iiit iiis iia iihypothesis, iinot iia iitheory.
How iido iiassumptions, iiconcepts, iiand iipropositions iirelate iito iione iianother? ii- iiCorrect
iiAnswers ii-A iitheory iiis iibased iion iiassumptions iiand iishould iibe iicomposed iiof iiclearly
iidefined iiconcepts iithat iifit iitogether iiin iithe iiform iiof iipropositions. iiFor iithese
iipropositions iito iibe iiuseful, iithey iimust iibe iispecific iienough iito iihelp iidescribe, iiexplain,
iiand iipredict iiphenomena iiand iito iiask iiquestions iithat iiwould iiguide iitheir iiresearch iiin
iideductive iiways.
heuristic iivalue ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-A iitheory's iiability iito iihelp iius iigenerate iiquestions
iiis iiknown iias iiits iiheuristic iivalue.
What iipurposes iido iitheories iiserve iiin iiour iiunderstanding iiof iisocial iiphenomena? ii-
iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Theories iiprovide iia iigeneral iiframework iifor iiunderstanding iidata iiin
iian iiorganized iiway iiand iishow iius iihow iito iiintervene. iiThey iigive iius iidifferent iilenses,
iibecause iiin iithe iisocial iisciences, iithe iianswer iiis iioften ii"it iidepends" iion iipoint iiof iiview.
iiEach iitheory iiallows iius iito iilook iiat iidifferent iiaspects iiof iifamily iilife.
, How iidoes iiinductive iireasoning iifit iiinto iithe iiprocess iiof iitheory iidevelopment? ii-
iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-SPECIFIC iito iiGENERAL. iiTheories iigenerally iido iinot iiemerge iifully
iiformed. iiInstead, iithey iibuild iislowly iiover iitime, iias iischolars iigather iidata iithrough
iiobservation iiand iianalysis iiof iievidence, iirelating iiconcepts iitogether iiin iidifferent iiways.
iiThis iitype iiof iireasoning, iimoving iifrom iispecific iibits iiof iiinformation iitoward iia iigeneral
iiidea, iiis iiknown iias iiinductive iireasoning.
How iidoes iideductive iireasoning iifit iiinto iithe iiprocess iiof iitheory iidevelopment? ii-
iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-GENERAL iito iiSPECIFIC. iiOnce iia iitheory iiexists, iischolars iiuse iithe
iigeneral iiideas iiof iithe iitheory iito iigenerate iimore iispecific iiquestions, iioften iiin iithe iiform
iiof iiresearch iiquestions, iithereby iimoving iiin iithe iiopposite iidirection iiof iiinductive
iireasoning. iiTaking iia iigeneral iiidea iifrom iia iitheory iiand iitesting iiit iito iitease iiout iithe
iidetails iiis iiknown iias iideductive iireasoning.
paradigm iishifts ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Radical iichanges iior iishifts iiin iiscientific iiviews iiare
iiknown iias iiparadigm iishifts. iiThese iishifts iioccur iiafter iisignificant iidata iithat iido iinot iifit
iithe iicurrent iitheory iihave iibeen iigathered. iiThus, iia iinew iitheory iiis iineeded iito iiexplain
iithe iidata. iiIn iithe iisocial iisciences, iiparadigm iishifts iiare iinot iias iiobvious iias iiin iithe
iinatural iisciences, iibecause iiwe iido iinot iievaluate iiour iitheories iifrom iithe iistandpoint iiof
iitruth, iibut iirather iifrom iihow iiuseful iithey iiare.
5 iifunctions iiof iifamily iitheories ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-1. iidescriptive iifunction ii2.
iisensitizing iifunction ii3. iiintegrative iifunction ii4. iiexplanatory iifunction ii5. iivalue iifunction
Descriptive iifunction iiof iifamily iitheories ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Relative iito iiits iidescriptive
iifunction, iitheories iihelp iiname, iiclassify, iiand iiorganize iiphenomena iiin iisuch iia iiway
iithat iiwe iican iiunderstand iithem. iiBy iiarticulating iibasic iiconcepts iiand iithe iirelationship
iibetween iievents, iitheory iihelps iius iito iidescribe iiwhat iiwe iihope iito iistudy.
Sensitizing iifunction iiof iifamily iitheories ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-As iipart iiof iia iisensitizing
iifunction, iitheory iican iihelp iius iito iibe iiaware iiof iiprocesses, iievents, iiand iiphenomena
iithat iiwe iimay iinot iihave iiotherwise iinoticed. iiIt iisensitizes iius iito iimatters iithat iiwe iimight
iihave iimissed iiwithout iicalling iiour iiattention iito iithem.
Integrative iifunction iiof iifamily iitheories ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-The iiintegrative iifunction
iihelps iius iimake iiconnections iibetween iievents iior iiprocesses iithat iiappear iito iibe
iidistinct iiand iiunrelated. iiIt iiidentifies iithe iiinterrelatedness iiof iidisparate iiconcepts iiand
iipropositions, iitying iitogether iiideas iiin iia iinew iiway iito iimake iisense iiof iidata.
Explanatory iifunction iiof iifamily iitheories ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-The iiexplanatory iifunction
iiis iiprobably iithe iibest iiknown iirole iiof iitheory. iiIts iiunique iipurpose iiis iito iiexplain iidata. iiIt
iiattempts iito iianswer iithe iiquestions ii"how" iiand ii"why," iior iiwhy iido iithings iihappen iias
iithey iido? iiIt iialso iiattempts iito iimake iipredictions iiabout iiphenomena iithat iican iibe
iitested iiin iifuture iiresearch.
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