THINKING AND LANGUAGE PROCESSES- RIGOR

Question 1

8 Naturalistic Design Elements

Answer 1

1. Purpose of research
2. Context of research
3. Pluralistic perspective of reality
4. Concern with transferability
   a. More than one reality
5. Flexibility
6. Concern with language
7. Emic and etic perspectives
8. Interaction and analytical process

Question 2

What is the purpose of naturalistic design?

Answer 2

• develop descriptive knowledge
• evolve theories
• exploratory structure enables new insights

Question 3

What does naturalistic design aim to understand?

Answer 3

• daily life experience or structure within context in which the experience occurs

Question 4

Naturalistic research performed in either 2 contexts:

Answer 4

• travel to setting where human phenomena occur

- seek info from perspective of people who experience phenomena

Question 5

Describe the pluralistic perspective of reality

Answer 5

Different views can have common themes. Uses inductive reasoning to determine principles that emerge from seemingly unrelated information. Uses abduction to reanalyze info, which leads to greater credibility of the interpretation.