Abstract
The authors in the research present the approbation of the epistemological attitude model towards the sources of knowledge. The epistemological attitude model is a theory of evaluation of sources of knowledge and their content. Model content is based on epistemological approaches and strategies, philosophically psychological aspects of personality cognition, academic and personal contexts of scientific and non-scientific knowledge acquisition. The epistemological attitude is structure model consists of four dimensions. The dimensions of the epistemological attitude model are described as epistemological knowledge dimensions, namely, the epistemological approach and epistemology strategy, subjective dimension - personality activity principle in cognition, and contextual dimension - cognition context. The model envisages reflecting the construct of the source of knowledge and its importance. Three hundred undergraduate and graduate students have participated in the pilot study. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses are produced approbating the epistemological attitude model. As a result, the model of epistemological attitude is tested and verified, and outcomes are discussed in terms of psychometric properties and construct validity. In perspective, further research is focused on improving the model, increasing the degree of validity, with the possibility to develop a reliable and valid method, Epistemological Attitude Scale.
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Epistemological Attitude, Epistemological Attitude Model, Model Approbation, Construct Validity
