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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circumstances people treat one another differently which makes the persons feel less or unimportant‚ and even cause the people to be afraid to show them self to the world because they are afraid of always being targeted by others. Social conflict paradigm helps us understand that people always view us in many different forms. Social conflicts are faced in our everyday life. Social conflict
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Intercultural Communication as a Dominant Paradigm Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Communications‚ Victoria University of Wellington Matthew Scott and Grant Sherson April 1999 Introduction To begin an overview of intercultural communication it is important to attempt to clarify the concepts of communication and culture. What Is Communication? For this paper we will use a definition that communication is: “that behaviour which happens whenever
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Diana Josh GCU Spirituality in Health Care HLT- 310V June 23‚ 2013 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Today in our society the culture of hospital mainly concentrates on treating symptoms and curing patient physically rather than treating patients as whole. A holistic approach is invented in healing hospital. This paradigm encompasses healing person as a whole by upholding harmony of mind‚ body and spirit. According to Erie Chapman the president and
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Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm Advantages * Because of the concept of inheritance in OO programming‚ existing codes can be easily modified because new codes can be added with little modifications made. That is to say it is easily extensible and codes can be easily re-used. * OOP provides a clear program structure because the solution to be developed can be broken down into objects and approached as such. This gives room for maintainability of the program because problems would be easy
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fit in) and Informational (one lacks confidence or knowledge and‚ therefore‚ looks to the group for guidance). These two types of conformity will be seen through the following research. The research of Solomon Asch through an experiment called the Paradigm experiment (normative)‚ Berry’s experiment which was a variation of Asch’s experiment and Sherif’s
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A paradigm shift can be the defining factor of one’s life. When I started school as an overly-nervous six-year-old my mother said to me‚ "all I want from you is to do the best with what you have been given." As a six-year-old I never invested much thought into the statement‚ however‚ when it was repeated to me at the start of high school it had a far more lasting impact. Those words led me on an adventure to seize every opportunity that presented itself. My life very quickly became like an inner
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Bentham’s panoptic paradigm is mostly overlooked in the field of surveillance since this idea is principally understood through the lenses of Michel Foucault’s “Panopticism”. In the 1970s‚ the latter wrote a book titled “Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison”. Built on Bentham’s Prison Panopticon‚ he reconstructed the architecture of a Panopticon into a social theory that depicts an all-seeing party/organization that has the capacity to observe anyone‚ anytime (Foucault‚ 1977). He then extended
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Although the framework of a good friendship under this ethical paradigm seems to be very simple‚ Aristotle notes it as a key feature of a sustainable friendship among people. Because friends must‚ in fact‚ engage with one another in a sustained manner and be inclined to consistently derive pleasure and enjoy the other’s company‚ it follows that only friendships wherein this level of interaction is prioritized can result in a relationship that will last or remain good and true. Aristotle is clear
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First 3 paradigms that childhood is based on Modernism | -Science and using scientific method‚ using rational thinking can provide answers in the world and within childhood.- believe you can be objective and detach yourself from your senses. - empiricist- you can understand the world through experiencing it (scientific method) & positivist- you believe through your research things can get better. - a way of thinking and a point in history- which is the enlightenment- (people shift the way
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