WorksheetsPost-Positivist Perspectives to Theory Development
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Classical Positivist perspective was developed by
August Comte
Isaac Newton
Karl Popper
Ian Hacking
According to Classical Positivist Perspective, development of human knowledge should also involves superstitious beliefs
True
False
Classical Positivist perspective was criticized for the following, except
rejecting various sources of understanding (experience, reasoning, etc.)
attempt to form general statements that disregards settings
understanding of classical perspectives knowledge is trivial and contingent
denies reflexivity among researcher since it removes subjectivity
use of non-observable source of knowledge
Logical Positivism is also known as
Logical Empiricism
Social Constructionism
Logical Realism
NeoPositivism
Logical Positivists believe that a statement is only deemed true if it is analytic or empirically verifiable.
True
False
Karl Popper argues that the aim of knowledge development should be for __________ instead of verification (logical positivism)
finding causal relationship
falsification
disproving pre-existing theories
Post-Positivists rejects notions by Classical Positivists totally.
True
False
Post-Positivists believe that humen inference is based on warrants or theories that is true and unchangeable
True
False
Post-Positivist methods incorporate data from various sources in order to identify and correct bias in their research
True
False
