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hawthorne experiment
Hawthorne Experiment.
Advantages:
During the experiment the performance of the group has increased (Not because of improving conditions, but because of the communication and collaboration)

Disadvantages: there were personnel changes, that is the workers hostile watching the situation changed for those who would like to work in such conditions (that is attended only those workers who are more willing, not all workers)

Conclusion: This experiment showed that workers are willing to actively work in such conditions, when they are paying attention to when they are being watched. That is, When a person sees that his actions followed, he tries to work better.
Source: http://psyfactor.org/lib/hotornskiy_experiment.htm
The scientific concept of paradigm is a typical example or pattern of something, in other words describes distinct concepts or thought patterns. The historian of science Thomas Kuhn gave it its contemporary meaning when he adopted the word to refer to the set of practices that define a scientific discipline at any particular period of time.
In my opinion, paradigms are examples of events or situations in life in your head. For example, if two people are staring out the window, they will see different pictures, that is, they have their own view of the situation. In the language of social science a paradigm is most often defined as a model, a pattern, a set of assumptions, or a worldview. While all of these words can be used as the definition of paradigm, they don’t fully reveal the meaning of the word, only partially. If compared with something paradigms of our everyday life, we can compare with the window. That is, you see the picture, but you see it isn’t complete or isn’t full. Just only some part. Similarly paradigm, it allows you to see whatever its frames will permit. And that is, depends on you which frame you have, big or small, what is your view of the situation, the situation model. So these windows are our understanding of reality.

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