Week 3 Topic Material

Question 1

Finish this sentence subjectivity when working from a social constructionist position refers to

Answer 1

The live experiences of people including experiences of self which are informed and mediated by all the relational social, cultural, historical linguistic context a person has experienced.

Question 2

Finish the sentence reflexivity is the performance of reflections on

Answer 2

One’s own subjectivity, the act of thinking about subjectivity.

Question 3

Cultures differ in terms of which is most salient a relational self or an individual self; a relational self views identity as?

Answer 3

Inexorably integrated with others in terms of mutual duties and obligations and authority.

Question 4

Cultures differ in terms of which is most salient - a relational self or an individual self. An individual self views people as?

Answer 4

Autonomous self-contained and self-reliant with their own concerns, motives, aspirations and desires.

Question 5

The biologically determine self. The natural self sees people as?

Answer 5

Products of human nature born with innate and qualities encoded genetically that determine their basic character and personality.

Question 6

Finish this sentence . Eysenck’s theory of personality argues that people have innate …

Answer 6

Tendencies to be either extroverted or introverted stable or neurotic based on a specific tuning of the nervous system.

Question 7

Finish this sentence, social learning theory claims that people acquire their personal capabilities and failings through

Answer 7

The child-rearing regime to which they are exposed

Question 8

Finish this sentence. The theory of learned helplessness proposes that children expose to chaotic forms of child rearing, where they were rewarded and punished indiscriminately become as adults..

Answer 8

External victims lacking the capacity to help themselves.

Question 9

Finish this sentence. The theory of locus of control suggests that chaotic childrearing regimes produce adults who locate control of their lives.

Answer 9

In the external world - chance luck and fate.

Question 10

Finish this sentence. The theory of locus of control suggest that childrearing regimes were good behaviour is rewarded and bad behaviour punished produce adults who locate control over the lives in ..

Answer 10

Their own actions and are more likely to be self motivated and self disciplined

Question 11

Finish this sentence. Social identity theory proposes that people gain their sense of identity through their affiliation with social groups. When their ingroup does well…

Answer 11

They can bask in its reflected glory.

Question 12

In terms of subjectivity when we talk about the first second and third person what does the first person refer to?

Answer 12

First is about me as a researcher, my experiences and what I bring to the research

Question 13

Provide some examples of the first person when we talk about subjectivity

Answer 13

Feelings and emotions, subjectivity of the research at an individual personal level, for example, I felt nervous, I was a novice interviewer, I’m a therapist.

Question 14

According to Parker, the purpose of the first person is?

Answer 14

Exploring what affect the research and might have had on the research

Question 15

Thinking about the assessment when considering first person subjectivity, what are some questions we might ask ourselves?

Answer 15

How do I feel about things like bushfires?
How do I feel about artistic expression?
How do I feel about young teenagers?

Question 16

Again thinking about the assessment in terms of first person subjectivity you might want to think about the actual questions that we ask. Provide some examples.

Answer 16

Why did I ask? Why did I want to ask this question?
Why am I asking in this way and not a different way?

Question 17

In terms of subjectivity, second person refers to?

Answer 17

The second person is about the social selves of the researcher, so essentially thinking about the social groups that they belong to, even if they don’t necessarily identify with those groups themselves, i.e. the kind of groups that participants might see them as belonging to.

Question 18

In terms of subjectivity and the second person what is some social groups that need to be considered?

Answer 18

Gender positioning, age, ethnicity etc.
The positioning as more privileged

Question 19

In terms of subjectivity, the purpose of the second person exploration is?

Answer 19

Exploring the impact that they may have on the interview interactions: intersubjectivity.

Question 20

In terms of subjectivity, the third person is referring to?

Answer 20

What sort of subject positions are we invited to inhabit as researchers, which exist despite the researcher.

Question 21

Use the white coat effect to explain subjects positions the researcher is invited to inhabit

Answer 21

It doesn’t really matter who’s wearing the white coat, the fact that they are wearing a white coat suggests some level of expertise, of credibility, of authority to be doing the research.

Question 22

Third person subjectivity includes subject positions but also?

Answer 22

The context in which the whole research is positioned.

Question 23

When considering third person subjectivity we talk about the context in which the whole research is positioned. What are we talking about here?

Answer 23

If you would do research about something really sensitive like trauma, positioning yourself alongside them as opposed to above them with brief contact will provide different results.

Question 24

Another aspect of third person subjectivity includes the subject position of the researcher and the ideological…

Answer 24

assumptions of research which mediated the research itself.

Question 25

In terms of third person subjectivity, another aspect to be considered is the subject positions in context and ideological assumptions of context which mediate the research itself. An example of this is.?

Answer 25

Education

Question 26

Finish this sentence, subjectivity relates to an individuals, feelings, opinions or preferences which are influenced by..?

Answer 26

Linguistic, social, cultural, symbolic, historical, bodily contexts.

Question 27

How a research subjectivity is considered in research varies depending on the different epistemology and approach taken. The way it is considered should compliment the approach. In positivist research for example.

Answer 27

It should be presented more as bias or first person subjectivity.

Question 28

How a research subjectivity is considered in research varies depending on the different epistemology and approach taken. The way it is considered should compliment the approach. In Social constructionist research for example.

Answer 28

It should be presented more as second and third person positions.