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    Scientific Paradigms

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    scientific paradigms and how do they function? Choose one of Jonathan Wells’ icons of evolution (any one of your choice) and show how this particular icon could be understood as demonstrating the paradigmatic status of modern Darwinian evolutionary theory. According to Thomas Kuhn‚ normal science is this idea of puzzle solving where scientists take past achievements and base their research on that achievement. The achievements are acknowledged for a certain period of time making them paradigms. Instead

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    The Dominant Paradigm

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    The Dominant Paradigm Behavior change models have been the dominant paradigm in the field of development communication. Different theories and strategies shared the premise that problems of development were basically rooted in lack of knowledge and that‚ consequently‚ interventions needed to provide people with information to change behavior. The early generation of development communication studies was dominated by modernization theory. This theory suggested that cultural and information deficits

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    Sociological Paradigms

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    through paradigms. A paradigm is defined as a basic image of society that generates a theory and research. A theory would be defined as a statement that attempts to explain the relationship between two facts. As in any field‚ there are certain ways that things are looked at‚ or certain paradigms. In sociology‚ there are three paradigms: the conflict paradigm‚ the structural functionalist paradigm and the symbolic interaction paradigm. Throughout this paper‚ I will be discussing each paradigm in depth

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    Reparation Paradigm

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    it influences the race conversation today. Harvey then concludes by providing examples of aspects of the reparations paradigm being employed in the real

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    Luxury Paradigm

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    The paper “Luxury brand marketing —the experience is everything!” by Glyn Atwal and Alistair Williams talks about A NEW LUXURY PARADIGM It is generally acknowledged that western consumption of luxury in the 1980s and 1990s was motivated primarily by status-seeking and appearance. This means that social status associated with a brand is an important factor in conspicuous consumption. The baby boom generation luxury consumer has a passion for self-indulgence while maintaining an iconoclastic

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    Organizational Paradigms

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    ORGANIZATIONAL PARADIGMS Organizational Paradigms: Rational‚ Natural and Open Systems University of Phoenix Organizational Paradigms: Rational‚ Natural‚ and Open Systems What are organizations? How do we construct successful organizations? What is the most effective organizational structure or culture? Jones (2007) defines an organization as a tool individuals use to coordinate actions in an effort to achieve goals. “Organizational culture is a by-product of the interaction between

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    Qualitative Paradigm

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    The Qualitative Paradigm   The design of a research study begins with the selection of a topic and a paradigm. A paradigm is essentially a worldview‚ a whole framework of beliefs‚ values and methods within which research takes place. It is this world view within which researchers work. According to Cresswell (1994) "A qualitative study is defined as an inquiry process of understanding a social or human problem‚ based on building a complex‚ holistic picture‚ formed with words‚ reporting detailed

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    Programming Paradigms

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    Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm By Daniel C. Williams MCIS 611 Instructor: Dr. Frank J. Mitropoulos Research Report Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences Nova Southeastern University April 25‚ 2010 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Review of Literature 5 Data and Analysis 7 Data Qualities 7 Object-Oriented Programming Languages 9 Eiffel 9 Smalltalk 10 Ruby 10 Java 11 C++ 12 Featured Components 13 Encapsulation 13 Polymorphism

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    Narrative Paradigm

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    Narrative Paradigm Thomas McGarity College America/Eng223 We all had that friend that always had a story to tell. Years later I find out that story telling is a big part of communication. Walter fish wrote that all meaning full communication comes from storytelling‚ which is referred to as narrative paradigm. We use narrative paradigm every day to help us remember people‚ places‚ and things. We also use narrative paradigm to help us make decisions in life. Not all narrative paradigms are useful

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    Organizational Paradigm

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    Organizational Paradigms Introduction The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the three predominant organizational paradigms; rational‚ natural and open systems. Each paradigm has its own unique characteristics and understanding these paradigms can best be understood through real-life examples of the paradigms in use. Before the paradigms are described and related‚ the term organization and organizational theory must be defined. Definitions Applying a specific definition

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