Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET December 2023 (08.12.2023) Shift-II
The purpose of theory is to generate hypotheses that can be tested and that will thereby allow explanations of laws to be assessed. The above statement refers to the principle of:
AObjectivism
BConstructionism
CInductivism
DDeductivism ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Deductivism — Generating testable hypotheses from theory is deductivism, so the answer is deductivism.
Explanation
★Generating testable hypotheses from theory is deductivism, so the answer is deductivism.
★Deductivism reasons from general theory down to particular expectations.
★The theory is used to deduce hypotheses that can be tested.
★Testing these hypotheses lets the explanations of laws be assessed.
★This top-down move from theory to test is the mark of deductivism.
★Inductivism works the opposite way, building theory up from gathered facts.
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