Major Paradigms and Approaches in Psychology Quiz

What is the ontology of Positivism?

• Subjectivist

• Critical Realist

• Relativist

• Realist

Which methodology is associated with Post-Positivism?

• Hermeneutic

• Modified Experimental/Manipulative

• Dialogic

• Experimental/Manipulative

What does Critical Theory emphasize?

• Objective inquiry

• Ideologically Oriented Inquiry

• Quantitative methods

• Natural laws

In Constructivism, what is the epistemology?

• Dualist/Objectivist

• Modified Objectivist

• Subjectivist

• Critical Realist

What is the primary focus of Participative Research?

• Individual findings

• Collaborative action enquiry

• Experimental control

• Quantitative data

Which approach is characterized by the idea that realities exist in multiple mental constructions?

• Critical Theory

• Positivism

• Constructivism

• Post-Positivism

What is the axiology of Positivism?

• Social emancipation

• Critical subjectivity

• Propositional knowing about the world

• Practical knowing

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Behaviourism?

• Focus on laws of learning

• Assumption of animal findings to human psychology

• Emphasis on internal computations

• Objective natural science

What is the ontology of Critical Theory?

• Critical Realist

• Relativist

• Participative Reality

• Realist

Which methodology is associated with Constructivism?

• Experimental

• Hermeneutic, Dialectic

• Modified Experimental

• Quantitative