least seven ways (“intelligences”) that people understand and perceive the world. The first theory is called Linguistic. It is the ability to use spoken or written words. The second theory is called Logical-Mathematical. It is inductive and deductive thinking and reasoning abilities‚ logic‚ as well as the use of numbers and abstract pattern recognition. The third theory is called Visual-Spatial. It is the ability to mentally visualize objects and spatial dimensions. The fourth theory is called Body-Kinesthetic
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"The Scientific Method is the process by which scientists‚ collectively and over time‚ endeavor to construct an accurate representation of the world. The scientific method attempts to minimize the influence of bias or prejudice in the experimenter when testing a hypothesis or a theory". Funny thing about the scientific method‚ the more research I did from web site to web site it became apparent to me that there are many views to actually how many steps there are in the process. For the purpose
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of Other Languages)‚ there are two main theoretical approaches for the presentation of new English grammar structures or functions to ESL/EFL students: inductive approach and deductive approach. The more traditional of the two theories‚ is the deductive approach‚ while the emerging and more modern theory‚ is the inductive approach. The deductive approach represents a more traditional style of teaching in that the grammatical structures or rules are dictated to the students first (Rivers and Temperley
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Jean Piaget is one of the most noted psychologist in the field because of his contribute to developmental psychology and cognitive psychology. He studied his children and created a system on how kids learn and how they think. He created a theory describing how children understood the world in four stages. The four stages are Sensorimotor‚ Preoperational‚ Concrete Operational‚ and Formal Operations. Sensorimotor is the first step in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development the ages range from 0-2
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program effects‚ program assesment. Goal s knowledge utilizaitjon and prob solving‚ research is client generated Deductive approach: beings with a general theory from which a specific hypothis is derived general....specific Inductive begins with data collection or makin observations and later developing theory specific observation.....theory (general) Idiographic: casual reasoning. An approach to explaining in which we seek to identify the distinct causes of a particular condition or event Nomothetic
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SOC. 351 #6 - Robert Merton’s Contributions to Sociological Theory Robert Merton studied under Talcott Parsons at Harvard University and was influenced by Pitirim Sorokin and Paul Lazarsfeld respectfully. Although Merton valued the relationship he had with Parsons and admired much of his work‚ he “diverged from Parsonian functionalism…in his decision to abandon the quest for an all-encompassing theory. He chose rather‚ to take the path of what he calls ‘middle range theories’” (p.46)‚ designed
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of each other. It is important to understand because as a member of the general public‚ I may think the answer to a specific issue is solved/simple just by seeing a similarity or connection when in fact I’m not seeing all the other variables or reasoning etc. 4) How is information disseminated from primary research in a lab down to the general public? Scientific Investigations Peer reviewed Scientific Journals (Primary research articles) Peer reviewed Scientific Journals (Research review articles)
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been concerned to come to grips with their environment and to understand the nature of the phenomena it presents to their senses. The means by which they set out to achieve these ends may be classified into three broad categories: experience‚ reasoning and research Far from being independent and mutually exclusive‚ however‚ these categories must be seen as complementary and overlapping‚ features most readily in evidence where
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Following are component fallacies‚ these are all errors in both inductive and deductive reasoning. This category has quite a few logical fallacies. The types of fallacies that are in this group are‚ begging the question fallacies‚ circular reasoning fallacies‚ hasty generalization fallacies‚ false cause fallacies‚ irrelevant conclusion fallacies‚ straw man argument fallacies‚ non sequitur fallacies‚ slippery
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Introduction to Personality Introduction to Personality The purpose of this paper is to examine the personality theory by defining personality‚ examining theoretical approaches in studying personality‚ and analyzing factors that may influence an individual’s personality development. In defining personality psychologists direct not just to the role people play‚ but on diversified definitions. The theoretical approach use to study personality consists of observation‚ consistency‚ and accuracy for
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