Question 1 (1 point)
Roberta firmly believes that individual experiences are the source of all knowledge in the world.
As a scientist, she acknowledges her role as a participant in the experiments she performs and
does consider herself merely a disconnected observer of phenomenon. Roberta’s views are most
closely reflective of which school of scientific thought?
Question 1 options:
a) Natural Science
b) Human Science
c) Applied Science
d) Soft Science
Question 2 (1 point)
What is the ultimate goal of the scientific method?
Question 2 options:
Application of scientific results to a related body of knowledge in order to meet some
a)
type of human need.
Examination of the decisions made by a scientist to understand the ways in which
b)
subjectivity was introduced to the experiment.
c) Reproducible experimental results that do not take researcher individuality into account.
Improving the situation or process used in the experiment to yield more accurate results
d)
in repeat experiments.
Question 3 (1 point)
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, Which statement best describes the role that logical positivism plays in modern philosophical
thought about nursing science and science in general?
Question 3 options:
It remains at the forefront of the understanding of science and dictates the ways in
a)
which scientific research is performed.
It works in concert with humanistic philosophies of science, with the opposing
b)
ideologies functioning as a system of philosophical checks and balances.
It no longer holds sway over the sciences, but its influence is so deeply ingrained in the
c)
field that it continues to impact modern ideas about science.
It has been completely discredited by postmodern philosophers and is regarded as a
d) flawed relic of past scientific thinking.
Question 4 (1 point)
Which statement would an adherent of the perceived view most likely make?
Question 4 options:
a) “Observation is completely unbiased.”
b) “Descriptive law is the gold standard of science.”
c) “Individual phenomenon make up the whole that is the universe.”
d) “Theories are neither right nor wrong.”
Question 5 (1 point)
During the 1960s, why did nursing scholars heavily emphasize a focus on the theoretical
development of nursing as its own, independent discipline?
Question 5 options:
a) To support doctoral education for nurses that was discipline specific
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Roberta firmly believes that individual experiences are the source of all knowledge in the world.
As a scientist, she acknowledges her role as a participant in the experiments she performs and
does consider herself merely a disconnected observer of phenomenon. Roberta’s views are most
closely reflective of which school of scientific thought?
Question 1 options:
a) Natural Science
b) Human Science
c) Applied Science
d) Soft Science
Question 2 (1 point)
What is the ultimate goal of the scientific method?
Question 2 options:
Application of scientific results to a related body of knowledge in order to meet some
a)
type of human need.
Examination of the decisions made by a scientist to understand the ways in which
b)
subjectivity was introduced to the experiment.
c) Reproducible experimental results that do not take researcher individuality into account.
Improving the situation or process used in the experiment to yield more accurate results
d)
in repeat experiments.
Question 3 (1 point)
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, Which statement best describes the role that logical positivism plays in modern philosophical
thought about nursing science and science in general?
Question 3 options:
It remains at the forefront of the understanding of science and dictates the ways in
a)
which scientific research is performed.
It works in concert with humanistic philosophies of science, with the opposing
b)
ideologies functioning as a system of philosophical checks and balances.
It no longer holds sway over the sciences, but its influence is so deeply ingrained in the
c)
field that it continues to impact modern ideas about science.
It has been completely discredited by postmodern philosophers and is regarded as a
d) flawed relic of past scientific thinking.
Question 4 (1 point)
Which statement would an adherent of the perceived view most likely make?
Question 4 options:
a) “Observation is completely unbiased.”
b) “Descriptive law is the gold standard of science.”
c) “Individual phenomenon make up the whole that is the universe.”
d) “Theories are neither right nor wrong.”
Question 5 (1 point)
During the 1960s, why did nursing scholars heavily emphasize a focus on the theoretical
development of nursing as its own, independent discipline?
Question 5 options:
a) To support doctoral education for nurses that was discipline specific
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