Tacit Knowledge Is Best Defined As

question 32

Multiple Choice

Tacit knowledge is best defined as:

• A) Initial responses to observations, made when analyzing field notes
• B) Information that key informants deliberately withhold from intensive interviews
• C) Careful considerations of the role of the qualitative researcher in influencing the field site
• D) Hypotheses taken from field research that can be tested in future research
• E) Largely unarticulated, contextual understandings of social processes

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Definitions:

Just-World Phenomenon

The cognitive bias that a person's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences to that individual, to the end of all noble actions are rewarded and evil actions are punished.

Scapegoating

The practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame.

Other-Race Effect

The tendency to more easily recognize faces of one's own race, compared to faces of other races, often attributed to social and cognitive factors.

Aggression

Behavior aimed at causing harm or pain to another being, which can be physical or verbal.