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QUESTION 1 (1-11)
A person of high academic standing is given the task by the local
government to investigate the best ways of ensuring participation of people
living in a small town in an agricultural development project. Being of her
high status, she speaks with authority.
The research results obtained by this person must be:
1) Accepted unquestioningly because of the high academic standing of the
researcher
2) Rejected because authority is not a valid way to gain knowledge
3) Rejected because participation is a form of common sense knowledge
4) Accepted if it withstands critical scrutiny
The correct answer is (4)
But the problem with relying on authority is that we can overestimate the
expertise of persons in authority: in other words, experts can be wrong.
When we do not know how the experts arrived at their knowledge, we
should be careful in accepting their conclusions.
Therefore 1) is incorrect.
A person in a position of authority is likely to have earned that authority by
his or her experience and may therefore be able to offer us reliable
knowledge. In other words, that person has spent time and effort learning
something and others can benefit from this.
Therefore 2) and 3) is incorrect.
QUESTION 2 (1-11)
The different accounts of people having witnessed a car accident can be
ascribed to:
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© 2018 Together We Pass. All rights reserved.
Downloaded by Vincent master ()
, lOMoAR cPSD| 48433225
QUESTION 1 (1-11)
A person of high academic standing is given the task by the local
government to investigate the best ways of ensuring participation of people
living in a small town in an agricultural development project. Being of her
high status, she speaks with authority.
The research results obtained by this person must be:
1) Accepted unquestioningly because of the high academic standing of the
researcher
2) Rejected because authority is not a valid way to gain knowledge
3) Rejected because participation is a form of common sense knowledge
4) Accepted if it withstands critical scrutiny
The correct answer is (4)
But the problem with relying on authority is that we can overestimate the
expertise of persons in authority: in other words, experts can be wrong.
When we do not know how the experts arrived at their knowledge, we
should be careful in accepting their conclusions.
Therefore 1) is incorrect.
A person in a position of authority is likely to have earned that authority by
his or her experience and may therefore be able to offer us reliable
knowledge. In other words, that person has spent time and effort learning
something and others can benefit from this.
Therefore 2) and 3) is incorrect.
QUESTION 2 (1-11)
The different accounts of people having witnessed a car accident can be
ascribed to:
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