Types of Definitions Quiz

What type of definition that begins by explaining what the concept or thing does?

• Extensional

• Functional

• Partitive

• Theoretical

Which of the following is a type of definition that is used when you make up a term for the first time which means that you have researched already but you cannot find that term anywhere.

• Encyclopedic

• Lexical

• Partitive

• Stipulative

What type of definition that explains the concept as being a part of a greater whole?

• Extensional

• Lexical

• Partitive

• Theoretical

What type of definition that specifies the necessary and sufficient set of features or properties that are shared by everything to which it applies?

• Extensional

• Intentional

• Lexical

• Partitive

Which type of definition continues with the theory of why this concept or thing fits into the category or why the differentiators are important?

• Encyclopedic

• Lexical

• Partitive

• Theoretical

Which type of definition that begins with the setting, how the term is used in the document(s) it is drawn from, or the audience it is aimed at?

• Extensional

• Intentional

• Partitive

• Lexical

Which of the following statements should be considered when writing an expanded definition?

• Use the first-person point of view.

• Use several approaches in defining the concept.

• Start with the operational definition of the term.

• Make sure that the readers are very much familiar with the concept.

Which of the following words is the entire paragraph devoted to defining?

• acquaintance

• concern

• friends

• friendship

The paragraph discusses how friendship works. What type of definition is used?

• Extended definition

• Operational definition

• Parenthetical definition

• Sentence definition

The beginning sentence of the paragraph defines friendship. What type of definition is it?

• Operational definition

• Sentence definition

• Parenthetical definition

• Technical definition