Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
Consider the following statements: these are socially constructed; they reflect understanding; the understanding is contextual with reduced focus on universal aspects; and these are integrated activities. Which of the following terms is being referred to here?
APositivism
BHypothetico-deductivism
CInterpretivism ✓ Correct
DEmpiricism
Correct answer: (C) Interpretivism — Socially constructed, contextual understanding with little focus on universals is interpretivism, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Socially constructed, contextual understanding with little focus on universals is interpretivism, so that is the answer.
★Interpretivism holds that social reality is constructed by people and their shared meanings.
★So it reflects understanding that is tied to a particular context rather than to universal laws.
★Its knowledge is integrated and situated, seeking meaning rather than fixed general rules.
★Positivism, by contrast, seeks objective, universal laws, the opposite emphasis.
★Hypothetico-deductivism and empiricism are method-based views, so this context-bound, constructed understanding is interpretivism.
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