Geographical Quiz About Phenomenology
Phenomenology is the philosophical study of the structures of experience and consciousness. As a philosophical movement it was founded in the early years of the 20th century by Edmund Husserl and was later expanded upon by a circle of his followers at the universities of Göttingen and Munich in Germany. Know more about this topic in this quiz.
- 1.Phenomenology can be defined as an approach to research
- A.
It seeks to describe the essence of a phenomenon
- B.
It explores a phenomenon from perspective of who has experienced it
- C.
Only A
- D.
Both A and B
- 2.The goal of Phenomenology is to describe Meaning of Experience in terms of
- A.
What was Experienced
- B.
How it was Experienced
- C.
Only A
- D.
Both A and B
- 3.Phenomenology is rooted in
- A.
What and How of Human Experience or Phenomenon
- B.
Meanings of Human Experiences or Phenomenon
- C.
Making Sense of it or Theorizing about It
- D.
All of These
- 4.What kinds of questions does phenomenology ask?
- A.
What is this phenomenon?
- B.
How it resonates with our lived experience?
- C.
How do we describe it so its meaning becomes understandable?
- D.
All of These
- 5.Phenomenology is an approach to
- A.
Cognitive Sensibilities / Human Awareness
- B.
Qualitative Inquiry
- C.
Subjective Understanding
- D.
All of These
- 6.Phenomenology emphasizes on
- A.
Experience or Consciousness
- B.
Observation and Description / Lived Experience
- C.
Aspects of Phenomenon / Study of Phenomena
- D.
All of These
- 7.Phenomenology describe and interpret the meanings shaped by
- A.
Things in our Experience / Appearance of Things
- B.
Consciousness and thus the Meanings
- C.
Only A
- D.
Both A and B
- 8.Phenomenology is a -------
- A.
Qualitative Research Approach
- B.
Quantitative Research Approach
- C.
Only A
- D.
Both A and B
- 9.Well-Known Phenomenological Philosophers are:
- A.
Martin Heidegger
- B.
Jean-Paul Sartre
- C.
Alfred Schütz
- D.
All of These
- 10.Phenomenology is most closely associated with Edmund Husserl (German Philosopher)
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Phenomenology and Geography The Philosophical Movement of Phenomenology has traditional focus on
- A.
Social Geography
- B.
Cultural Geography
- C.
Economic Geography
- D.
Regional Geography
- 12.The Philosophical Movement of Phenomenology provided a possible alternative to the dominance of
- A.
Positivism
- B.
Structuralism
- C.
Functionalism
- D.
Idealism
- 13.The Philosophical Movement of Phenomenology is closely tied to, if not wholly synonymous with
- A.
Structuralism
- B.
Functionalism
- C.
Idealism
- D.
Existentialism / Humanistic Geography
- 14.Who among the fallowing is associated with Phenomenology and Geography?
- A.
Derek Gregory
- B.
D.M. Smith
- C.
Edward Relph
- D.
All of These
- 15.Attempts to apply the Spirit of Phenomenological Philosophy to Social Geography have been made by
- A.
Edward Relph
- B.
Anne Buttimer
- C.
David Ley
- D.
All of These
- 16.Phenomenology entered in to geography a reaction to ------ approach of spatial science
- A.
Excessive Positivism / Seeking Universality
- B.
Quantitative Inquiry
- C.
Reductive and Objective Inquiry
- D.
All of These
- 17.The Philosophy of Phenomenology in Geography has been adapted by
- A.
Anne Buttimer
- B.
James Duncan
- C.
David Ley
- D.
All of These
- 18.Who among the fallowing focused on the phenomenological experience of geographical space?
- A.
Edward Relph
- B.
Yi-Fu Tuan
- C.
Buttimer and Seamon
- D.
All of These
- 19.Who is author of ‘Geography, Phenomenology, and the Study of Human Nature’?
- A.
Yi‐Fu Tuan
- B.
Edward Relph
- C.
Anne Buttimer
- D.
David Ley
- 20.Who is author of ‘Dwelling, Place and Environment: Towards a Phenomenology of Person and World’?
- A.
David Seamon and Robert Mugerauer
- B.
Yi-fu Tuan and Edward Relph
- C.
Anne Buttimer and David Ley
- D.
Marvyn Samuels and Nicholas Entrikin
- E.
Option 5
- 21.Who is author of ‘Phenomenology, science and geography: Spatiality and the human sciences’?
- A.
John Pickles
- B.
Yi‐Fu Tuan
- C.
Edward Relph
- D.
Anne Buttimer
- 22.Phenomenology provides underpinnings for
- A.
Postmodern Analysis
- B.
Poststructuralist Analysis
- C.
Discourse Analysis
- D.
All of These
- 23.Phenomenology in Geography deals with such concepts as:
- A.
Group and Community
- B.
Identity and Territory
- C.
Living Space
- D.
All of These
- 24.Phenomenological Geography refers to geographical studies in which geographical phenomena are studied
- A.
Without any intermediaries, regardless of formal templates
- B.
Without reliance on pre-assumptions
- C.
Without any theories and prejudice in scientific studies
- D.
All of These
- 25.Phenomenological Geography has the following characters;
- A.
Intuitive and Interpretive Method
- B.
Descriptions instead of Explanation
- C.
Refusal of Pre-Assumptions and Theories
- D.
All of These
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