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FAML 400 Study 1 Exam Questions WithActual Responses
Paradigms CORRECT ANSWERS Philosophies about what knowledge is, what
knowledge ought to be, and how we discover it
Positivism (includes Exchange, Family theory) CORRECT ANSWERS - Things that just
are
- Can help humans predict & control some
phenomena and processes
- Deterministic: Cause and Effect
Interpretive (Symbolic, Structural Systems, Family Systems) CORRECT ANSWERS -
Opposite of Positivism
- "It Depends"
- Example: Someone smiled at me. Possible
Interpretation: They like me, They want a date, or
They are just being polite
- It's the book we write. WE believe its OUR truth
Conflict (Conflict Theory, Feminist Theory) CORRECT ANSWERS - 2 groups: Haves
and Have-nots
- Life viewed as conflict between the 2 groups
- Haves do not want change
- Have-nots want change - can result in revolution,
systems changes, etc.
- Conflict allows for change, but conflict is not
solvable.
Wallace Wheel CORRECT ANSWERS - Can help clarify how theory is constructed
- help understand how theories relate to
observations and help form hypotheses and
research design
Wallace Wheel cont. CORRECT ANSWERS LEFT SIDE OF WHEEL
- INDUCTION REASONING
- Specifics to generalizations
- Observation
- Generalizations
- Theory Construction
- Theory
RIGHT SIDE OF WHEEL
- DEDUCTION REASONING
- Generalizations to specifics
, - Theory
- Hypothesis
- Design Research
- Observation
Induction CORRECT ANSWERS - Using specific observations or other data to create a
generalized rule (hypothesis or theory) that explains a particular phenomenon.
- Observation informs theory.
Observation CORRECT ANSWERS The data, the impact of the world on our senses,
will be colored to some extent by our expectations
Generalization CORRECT ANSWERS - A statement of relations between variables.
- A hypothesis is derived from theory, and its empirical
truth is open to question
Theory Construction CORRECT ANSWERS - Theory in light of the evidence.
- A procedure used to invent a theory, sometimes to
turn a set of findings into a smaller set of propositions.
- The researcher looks for common content and
indications of more general constructs in a set of
varied research findings.
Theory CORRECT ANSWERS A set of interrelated propositions plus assumptions and
definitions.
Deduction CORRECT ANSWERS - Using a general rule (hypothesis or theory) to
design a
test or research study in order to validate a particular
phenomenon. Theory informs observation.
Theory CORRECT ANSWERS A set of interrelated propositions plus assumptions and
definitions
Hypothesis CORRECT ANSWERS - A statement of relations between variables.
- A hypothesis is a prediction that a particular relation
will be found.
Design Research CORRECT ANSWERS - Decisions about the cases studied,
- the method of data collection,
- the method of measurement, and
- procedures for ruling out alternative explanations of
findings should they support the hypothesis.
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