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      • The importance of these paradigm shifts in psychological theory and practice cannot be overstated. They’re the engines of progress, driving the field forward and expanding our horizons. Without them, we’d be stuck in a psychological Dark Age, fumbling around in the shadows of outdated theories and limited perspectives.
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  1. Sep 15, 2024 · A paradigm in psychology is a comprehensive framework that shapes how psychologists view, research, and interpret human behavior and mental processes. It’s the lens through which they examine the complexities of the human mind, influencing everything from research questions to therapeutic approaches.

    • 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 play a vital role in psychology by determining the appropriate research methods employed within the research field, drawing from the cognitive revolution to enhance our understanding of human behavior and mental processes.

  3. Sep 15, 2024 · A revolution in the mind: Paradigm shifts in psychology have reshaped our understanding of human behavior, thought, and potential, paving the way for groundbreaking discoveries and transformative personal growth.

  4. It shows that adequate explorations of such diverse kinds of phenomena and their interrelations with the most elusive of all—immediate experience—inherently require a plurality of epistemologies, paradigms, theories, methodologies and methods that complement those developed for the natural sciences.

  5. Jun 15, 2020 · Clinical Psychology has been shifting paradigms away from a medical model for quite some time. As therapies continue to evolve, it appears axiomatic that the medical, categorical model for...

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  7. The psychology of verbal reasoning initially compared performance with classical logic. In the last 25 years, a new paradigm has arisen, which focuses on knowledge-rich reasoning for communication and persuasion and is typically modeled using Bayesian probability theory rather than logic.

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