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  1. Sep 15, 2024 · A paradigm in psychology is a comprehensive theoretical framework that provides a set of concepts, research methods, and problem-solving approaches within the field. It’s like the operating system of a computer – it runs in the background, dictating how information is processed and interpreted.

    • Phase 2: Normal Science
    • Phase 3: Crisis
    • Phase 4: Revolution

    (most common – science is usually stable) 1. A paradigm is established, which lays the foundations for legitimate work within the discipline. Scientific work then consists of the articulation of the paradigm in solving puzzles that it throws up. 2. A paradigm is a conventional basis for research; it sets a precedent. 3. Puzzles that resist solution...

    This is where the paradigm shift occurs.
    Anomalies become serious, and a crisis develops if the anomalies undermine the basic assumptions of the paradigm and attempt to remove them consistently fail.
    Under these circumstances, the rules for applying the paradigm become relaxed. Ideas that challenge the existing paradigm are developed.
    In a crisis, there will be ‘extraordinary science’ where there will be several competing theories.
    Eventually, a new paradigm will be established, but not because of any logically compelling justification.
    The reasons for the choice of a paradigm are largely psychological and sociological.
    The new paradigm better explains the observations and offers a model that is closer to the objective, external reality.
    Different paradigms are held to be incommensurable — the new paradigm cannot be proven or disproven by the rules of the old paradigm, and vice versa.
  2. Mar 13, 2024 · Paradigms, as described by Thomas Kuhn in the context of scientific revolutions, refer to the fundamental shifts in scientific outlook that occur when anomalies challenge existing theories, leading to a crisis and necessitating a revolution in the research field. This concept of paradigms is crucial in understanding the evolution of science.

  3. Apr 19, 2018 · n. a model, pattern, or representative example, as of the functions and interrelationships of a process, a behavior under study, or the like. a set of assumptions, attitudes, concepts, values, procedures, and techniques that constitutes a generally accepted theoretical framework within, or a general perspective of, a discipline. an experimental ...

  4. Psychology became an independent subject during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Competing approaches to psychology, called schools, arose during this period. Each school had different views concerning the proper subject matter and research methods for psychology. Introspectionism analyzed subjective experience using experimental ...

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  6. Jul 19, 2020 · Ego psychology is what most undergraduate students learn about psychoanalysis in introductory psychology courses. It is the classic theory that earned psychoanalysis honor and prestige ...

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