Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
A grand theory
AOnly explains interrelationships among a few concepts
BIs narrow and easily testable
CIs a broad explanation of a phenomenon in a discipline ✓ Correct
DIs limited to a single observation
Correct answer: (C) Is a broad explanation of a phenomenon in a discipline — A grand theory is a broad explanation of a phenomenon in a discipline, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★A grand theory is a broad explanation of a phenomenon in a discipline, so that is the answer.
★A grand theory is highly abstract and sweeping, covering a whole field rather than one narrow point.
★So it offers a broad, overarching explanation of the phenomena a discipline studies.
★Explaining only a few concepts is the work of a narrower, middle-range theory.
★Being narrow and easily testable is the opposite of a grand theory's wide abstraction.
★Being limited to a single observation is far below the scope of a grand theory.
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