Read the Following: an Assumption Is Something Taken for Granted

question 3

Multiple Choice

Read the following: An assumption is something taken for granted, a supposition. These assumptions are accepted as the truths upon which the discipline is based. Stated another way, a discipline's defining elements-its theories, concepts, and methods-are simply the practical manifestations of its assumptions. Grasping the underlying assumptions of a discipline as a whole provides important clues to the assumptions underlying the writings of its experts on a particular problem […] . (Repko, 2008, p. 89) .
We might deduce from this that

• A) Assumptions shape the discipline's theories, concepts, and methods.
• B) Assumptions might prove helpful in creating common ground because disciplines may share the same assumptions.
• C) None of the statements above is correct.
• D) Both of the statements "a" and "b" are correct.

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