Ints 2301

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The social sciences and the humanities are two of the four________

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categories of traditional disciplines

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Scholarship on a particular subject produced by experts, known as ___________, are used by interdisciplinarians to research complex problems.

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disciplinary insights

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By incorporating 15 upper-level hours in a single discipline into their degree plan, an interdisciplinary student establishes __________ in that field

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disciplinary depth

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____________ juxtaposes different disciplines without integrating them together. It is more like a fruit salad than a smoothie

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multidisciplinary studies

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Specific fields of study or branches of learning are called __________.

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disciplines

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The ability to shift from one perspective to another, in order to examine the facets of a complex problem, is known as _______________.

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cognitive decentering

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The 17th-18th century movement that emphasized progress through reason was known as the ______________.

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The Enlightment

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Setting up opposing arguments in order to test for truth, like lawyers do in a trial, is an example of _____________.

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dialectical thinking

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One needs _________________ in order translate the terminology of specialists into commonly understood language.

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communicative competence

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________________ means understanding enough about a discipline to be able to utilize its insights in solving complex problems.

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disciplinary adequacy

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Social psychology and biochemistry are examples of __________________________

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interdisciplines

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______________________ is the category of disciplines that is most concerned with providing empirical knowledge of the universe.

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natural science

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________________ employs reason and observation to discover basic truths about the phenomenal world.

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rationalism

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The way that a discipline generally views the world is its __________________________.

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disciplinary perspective

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Anthropology, psychology, and sociology all research issues that are related to explaining and predicting the human world. These three disciplines fall into the general category of ________________________.

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social science

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__________________ believe(s) that it is possible to attain knowledge of causal relationship through direct observation.

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positivists

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__________________ explains how some aspect of the world works, supported by research.

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theory

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Statistical analysis, surveys, classification, and experiments are all examples of (a) ___________________ to knowledge.

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quantitative approach

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The way one conducts research, analyzes data, tests theories, and creates new knowledge is called __________________.

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method

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__________________ account(s) for the fact that our understanding of the world is filtered though our cultural web of values and language.

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interpretivist approaches

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In interdisciplinary studies, the concept of ________________________ suggests balance between depth, breadth, and integration.

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triangulation

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Interdisciplinary integration is not an activity, but rather a ___________________, making gradual changes toward a particular result.

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process

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You must engage in _____________________________in order to examine a complex issue from a number of different disciplinary viewpoints.

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perspective taking

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A synonym for integration is __________________.

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synthesis

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Balancing disciplinary perspectives, thinking inclusively, and maintaining intellectual flexibility are all characteristics of (the) _____________________________.

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integrative mindset

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curriculum

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a generally recognized core of knowledge that is subdivided into specific courses

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interdiscipline

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literally means between disciplines, between the bodies of knowledge defined by the theories and methods of the established disciplines, begins initially as an interdisciplinary field but over time becomes like a discipline, developing its own perspective, journals and professional associations

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sub-discipline

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a branch or subunit of an existing discipline

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assumption

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something taken for granted, a supposition, a principle that underlies the discipline as whole and its overall perspective on reality. this principle is accepted as the truth upon which the discipline's theories, concepts, methods, and curriculum are based.

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holistic thinking

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a skill characteristic of interdisciplinarians that involves thinking about the problem as part of a complete system

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reductionism

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an approach to understand the whole of something by examining its parts

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paradigm shift

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a profound and transformative change in the philosphical and theoretical framework that dominates a discipline or approach to knowledge formation

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epistemology

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the branch of philosphy that studies how one knows what is true and how one validates truth

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empiricism

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holds that all knowledge is derived from our perceptions (transmitted by the fives senses) experience and observations, observation is required to back up what we have perceived

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phenomena

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enduring aspects of human existence that are of interest to scholars and are susceptible to scholarly description and explanation

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studies programs

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recognize that many research problems cannot easily be addressed from the confines of individual disciplines because they require participation of many experts, each viewing the problem from thier distinctive disciplinary perspective

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abstract thinking

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a higher order cognitive ability that enables one to understand and express an interdisciplinary understanding or meaning of a problem symbolically in terms of a metaphor, or to compare a hard to understand and complex phenomenon to a symbol that is simple, familiar and easy to undestand

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metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase, a story or a picture is likened to the idea that one is atetmpting to communicate, an example to illustrate the product of interdisciplinary research process is the smoothie

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scientific revolution

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a seventeenth and eighteenth century intellectual movement that challenged the notion of the unity of knowledge and emphasized greater specializations and heightened reserach activity, initially in the sciences and then in all disciplines

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interdisciplinary integration

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activity of critically evaluating and creatively combining ideas and knowledge to form a new whole or cognitive advancement

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interdisciplinary studies

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two or more disciplines overlap to study, between fields of study

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phenomena

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events/occurences

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epistemology

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truth

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categories of disciplines

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science, social science, humanities, applied professions