People want to know their significance to the world. It is part of the human condition to desire meaning. Without it‚ life is a void‚ apathetic‚ existential crisis: utterly meaningless. The thought of being born simply to engage in the predictable routine of life and then die is a hard concept for anyone to come to grips with; having faith and believing in an afterlife provides an optimistic outlook
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something‚ finds it unattainable‚ and reduces one’s dissonance by criticizing it. Jon Elster calls this pattern "adaptive preference formation. Theory and research Most of the research on cognitive dissonance takes the form of one of four major paradigms. Important research generated by the theory has been concerned with the consequences of
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For this assignment‚ i will compare and contrast the five paradigms: The term paradigm comes from the greek word meaning pattern or example. The five paradigms are classical‚ processual‚ systemic‚ evolutionary and cms. The classical approach is the oldest approach - military inspired. It focuses on profit maximising‚ relying on rational methods as well as being the most dominant of the approaches. The environment around them is believed to be dynamic although it is also seen as mostly
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the approaches is to explore and understand the social reality from the point of view of the individuals in the social context in which they live. The Qualitative methodology shares its philosophical foundation with the ’Interpretive Paradigm’. Thus ’Interpretive Paradigm’ is the basic theoretical framework on which Qualitative Research is based. So‚ Qualitative approach requires ’empathetic understanding’ i.e.
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With all therapeutic modalities‚ there are limitations; the humanistic approach is no different. One criticism is that while the empathic‚ non judgemental‚ congruent approach provides a very open forum for the client it does not require the therapist to have any knowledge or expertise on the actual issue being presented‚ relying on the client to come up with the solutions. To a large extent I agree with this. I think a basic understanding of the background and forces at play should be expected otherwise
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business paradigms? Within the business disciplines‚ we are fortunate to have two major paradigms (schools of thought): rationalist and behavioralist. An ideological/theoretical conflict has existed between the two paradigms for over 50 years. Is human decision behavior more consistent with the rationalist models or behavioralist models? Behavioral finance has grown out of this conflict and will likely result in the resolution of the conflict as time passes. What is a paradigm? Thomas
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Salvage paradigm has become a important concept through out history‚ having the desire to rescue something that is authentic and to keep it alive and useful. Salvage paradigm is used mostly in the field of ethnography‚ it’s a branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific descriptions of specific human cultures. We today find salvage paradigm‚ through representations in textbooks‚ art‚ and even to museums. Have what we have been holding on to for thousands of years ‚the background of our
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The “relational paradigm” that Zachary Lockman also addresses in his introduction to his book “Comrades and Enemies‚” is the historical framework that he chooses to use. This relational paradigm attempts to mend the inaccuracies that are found within the dual society paradigm. For this reason‚ the relational paradigm takes into consideration economic‚ political‚ social‚ and cultural interactions between the Arab and Jewish communities. It acknowledges the existence of both societies and attempts
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BERNATH LECTURE The New International History of the Cold War: Three (Possible) Paradigms* The Cold War is not what it once was. Not only has the conflict itself been written about in the past tense for more than a decade‚ but historians’ certainties about the character of the conflict have also begun to blur. The concerns brought on by trends of the past decade – such trifles as globalization‚ weapons proliferation‚ and ethnic warfare – have made even old strategy buffs
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Volume 10 Number 4 December 2005 758-770 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR10-4/krauss.pdf Research Paradigms and Meaning Making: A Primer Steven Eric Krauss Universiti Putra‚ Selangor‚ D.E.‚ Malaysia An introduction and explanation of the epistemological differences of quantitative and qualitative research paradigms is first provided‚ followed by an overview of the realist philosophical paradigm‚ which attempts to accommodate the two. From this foundational discussion‚ the paper then introduces
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