Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
The following statements describe a research approach: the nature of reality is external to the human mind; the focus is on a critical view of reality; the purpose is to find universals; the accepted method is essentially the scientific method; and it is nearer to the inductive approach. Which approach is this?
APositivism
BPost-positivism ✓ Correct
CDeductive approach
DExperimental approach
Correct answer: (B) Post-positivism — The described approach is post-positivism, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The described approach is post-positivism, so that is the answer.
★Post-positivism keeps the scientific search for an external reality but views it critically.
★It accepts that reality exists outside the mind yet holds that we can know it only imperfectly.
★It leans towards the inductive approach and still seeks broad universals through scientific method.
★Strict positivism, by contrast, claims reality can be known exactly and objectively without such critical caution.
★The deductive and experimental approaches are methods, not this whole critical view of reality, so it is post-positivism.
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