Research for Social Work Midterm 1-7

Question 0

Inaccurate observation

Answer 0

Failing to observe things and observing things that did not occur

Question 1

Other ways of knowing things

Answer 1

Personal experience
Tradition
Authority
Common sense
Media

Question 2

Overgeneralization

Answer 2

A broad assumption based on a few similar events

Question 3

Selective observation

Answer 3

Ignoring events that don’t correspond with predetermined beliefs or hypothesis

Question 4

Ex post facto hypothesizing

Answer 4

Rationalization of data to support initial hypothesis

Question 5

Ego involvement in understanding

Answer 5

The engagement of illogical reasoning to protect one’s ego

Question 6

Straw person argument

Answer 6

Attacks position by distorting it to make it easier to attack

Question 7

Ad hominem attack

Answer 7

Discredits person rather than the position

Question 8

Premature closure of inquiry

Answer 8

Refusal to learn more on a topic that one believes they know everything about

Question 9

Paradigm

Answer 9

Fundamental model or frame of reference that shapes our observations and understandings

Question 10

Positivism

Answer 10

Paradigm that emphasizes pursuit of objectivity in observation

Question 11

Social constructivism

Answer 11

Paradigm that emphasizes multiple subjective realities and impossibility of objectivity

Question 12

CIAO

Answer 12

Client characteristics
Intervention
Alternatives
Outcome

Question 13

Evidence based practice

Answer 13

Practitioner’s experience

Best research evidence

Question 14

Top down search

Answer 14

Rely on the results of evidence based searches other have done

Question 15

Bottom up search

Answer 15

Form own practice question and critically read available research