QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO SOCIAL RESEARCH Christina Hughes C.L.Hughes@warwick.ac.uk There has been widespread debate in recent years within many of the social sciences regarding the relative merits of quantitative and qualitative strategies for research. The positions taken by individual researchers vary considerably‚ from those who see the two strategies as entirely separate and based on alternative views of the world‚ to those who are happy to mix these strategies within
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1.1 Describe the major theoretical approaches Psychology is a discipline that asks and answers the fundamental question; “why do we behave the way we do and think the way we think”. The major perspectives are best ways to portray the different approaches used to answer the question of psychology‚ as it represents fundamental assumptions that underlie the research question and methods. These perspectives define psychology as the discipline interested in studying human behavior and mental process
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DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT Management was influenced by various disciplines like sociology‚ economics‚ political science‚ anthropology‚ psychology‚ and even literature. Due to such multidisciplinary influences‚ even authors like Harold Koontz (1961) referred to management as a ‘jungle’. Even then‚ differences exist in the classification of approaches. Although one of the ways to classify management approaches is from the analysis of John G. Hutchinson (1971)‚ which considers
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the situation. While there is no cure for this ailment‚ there are still two surgical treatment that can be applied to Hydrocephalus. These are Shunt Placement and Third Ventriculostomy. Shunt Placement diverts the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from a site within the central nervous system (CNS) to another area of the body where it can be absorbed as part of the circulatory process. For some people‚ hydrocephalus treatment can
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August 10‚ 2012 Write a 200- to 300-word response in which you describe the distinctions between jails and prisons. Address the following in your comparison. The differences between jails and prison are that jails are locally functioned short term imprisonment facilities initially constructed to grasp defendant’s subsequent capture and unresolved track. Prison is a habitation where sentenced criminals oblige time as sentence for violating the law is a comparatively new expansion in the conduct
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Describe two theories of how children’s understandings of mathematical develop. In this task I am going to describe Jean Piaget’s and Tina Bruce’s theories about how children’s understandings of mathematical develop. Piaget Jean Piaget’s research led him to believe that we develop by taking in information‚ which is then processed by the brain and as a result of this our behaviour changes. He started that there are staged of development that children move through. The ages are approximate
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In Treatment Synopsis Jake and Amy April 26‚ 2013 Rapport/Strengths/Resources/Client Systems/Barriers/Diversity: Paul (therapist) and Laura (client) seem to have a good rapport with each other. Effective Communication Skills/Social Work Skills (goals/clarification/redirecting/confronting/tasks/reviewing & evaluating/termination): As far as effective communication skills‚ clarifying and redirecting‚ Paul is continually “steering” Laura and the conversation. Social Work Knowledge (Diversity/Social
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In this essay I will outline two approaches in psychology‚ compare and contrast them as well discussing the nature and nurture debate regarding both approaches. I will be examining a theorist from each approach outlining and evaluating his theory including the positive alltributes along with the negative. Finally I will include a therapy from each theorist and approach. The Behaviourist approach focuses on the concept of explaining behaviour by observation‚ and the belief that our environment
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1. List the show that you watched. Use the communication task roles discussed in Chapter 9 and 10 to describe two specific characters and the communication task role(s) they played. How did these roles affect the group communication? Give specific examples. --Answer below: I watched Law and Order season 13 episode 10 “Spiraling Down”. Alexandra the state prosecutor used a self-centered role. The reason I believe this is because when ever she had a conversation with a group she focused the attention
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ASSIGNMENT ON PAPER I EDUCATION IN EMERGING INDIA TOPIC: Approaches to Environmental Education Environmental Education has been described as education for the environment‚ education about the environment and education through the environment. It is the process of recognizing values and clarifying concepts in order to develop skills and attitudes necessary to understand and appreciate the inter-relatedness among man‚ his culture‚ and his biophysical surroundings. Environmental
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