HMPYC80 – Research methods Assignment 01
[2021]: Research in the human professions
Aim of assignment 1
The aim of the assignments is to ensure that you (a) study and (b)
demonstrate your understanding in relation to the chapters in the
textbook. Marks are awarded if you demonstrate that you correctly
understand the contents and ideas presented in each of the chapters.
Study the assignment questions and select the correct or "most correct"
answer.
This assignment covers Chapters 1-3
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1. The study of how knowledge, reality and our existence as human beings
evoke questions
about who we are, what we know and how we experience the world around us
is known as ...
1) ontology.
2) paradigm.
3) philosophy.
4) epistemology.
2. This underpins philosophies and denotes a certain way of doing something;
it is an example or pattern that establishes a “disciplinary matrix [or] the
practices that define a scientific discipline at a certain point in time”; it is a
construct that represents an archetype of how professions achieve what they
set out to do at a particular point in time; and prescribes what is acceptable
within a community of practice or profession.
1) Ontology.
2) Paradigm.
3) Epistemology.
4) Philosophy.
Additional Notes:
Question 10 – Roestenburg, Strydom & Fouché, 2021: pg 45
Definitions
Paradigm - A paradigm consists of the basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methods
of study that are commonly accepted by members of a discipline or group. It is a model,
pattern, or representative example, as of the functions and interrelationships of a process, a
behaviour under study, etc.
PREVIEW PAGE
[2021]: Research in the human professions
Aim of assignment 1
The aim of the assignments is to ensure that you (a) study and (b)
demonstrate your understanding in relation to the chapters in the
textbook. Marks are awarded if you demonstrate that you correctly
understand the contents and ideas presented in each of the chapters.
Study the assignment questions and select the correct or "most correct"
answer.
This assignment covers Chapters 1-3
, PREVIEW PAGE
1. The study of how knowledge, reality and our existence as human beings
evoke questions
about who we are, what we know and how we experience the world around us
is known as ...
1) ontology.
2) paradigm.
3) philosophy.
4) epistemology.
2. This underpins philosophies and denotes a certain way of doing something;
it is an example or pattern that establishes a “disciplinary matrix [or] the
practices that define a scientific discipline at a certain point in time”; it is a
construct that represents an archetype of how professions achieve what they
set out to do at a particular point in time; and prescribes what is acceptable
within a community of practice or profession.
1) Ontology.
2) Paradigm.
3) Epistemology.
4) Philosophy.
Additional Notes:
Question 10 – Roestenburg, Strydom & Fouché, 2021: pg 45
Definitions
Paradigm - A paradigm consists of the basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methods
of study that are commonly accepted by members of a discipline or group. It is a model,
pattern, or representative example, as of the functions and interrelationships of a process, a
behaviour under study, etc.
PREVIEW PAGE
