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Quantitative method of research

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Use quantifiable numbers. Statistical methods to look for patterns.

Preferred by positivists.

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Interpreting perspective/

Constructivist perspective

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Reality is based on people’s definition of it.

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Clock time

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Use time orientation to describe extent individuals are invested in linear time (past, present, future).

Clock determines when things begin and end.

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Event time

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Schedule determined by events.

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Time: constants

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Move invariably in one direction.

ie aging process

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Objective reality

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Reality that exists outside of a persons consciousness.

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Qualitative methods of research.

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Flexible and experiential.

Designed to capture how participants view social life.

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Deductive reasoning

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Theories form it by laying out general, abstract propositions that we can use to generate specific hypothesis to test in unique situations.

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Diversity

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Patterns of group differences.

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Heterogeneity

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Individual level differences.

Differences among individuals.

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Theory

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A logically interrelated set of concepts and propositions organized into a seductive system, which explains relationships between aspects of the world.

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Environmental dimensions:

Exosystem

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Linkages between Microsystems and larger institutions that affect the system.

(ie workplace, child‘s school, church)

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Time: shifts

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Sudden abrupt changes in direction.

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Life events

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Events that are brief in scope but can have serious and Lon lasting effects.

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Dimension

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A feature that can be focused on separately but that can not be understood without also considering other features.

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Biopsychosocial approach

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Behavior is considered to be the result of interactions of integrated biological, psychological, and social systems.

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Environmental dimensions:

Microsystems

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Direct face to face contact between members.

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Positivist perspective

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The world has an order than can be discovered.

Findings of one study should be applied to other groups.

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Time:

Trends

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Move in general direction but are not as invariable as constants.

(Ex: diversity in US)

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Time:

Cycle

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Reverse direction repetitively.

Cycles of behavior can reoccur in different patterns (daily, monthly etc.)

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Determinism

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Human behavior is determined by forces beyond the control of the person.

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Voluntarism

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Persons are free and proactive agency’s in creation of their behavior.

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Environmental dimensions:

Macro system

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He broader influences of culture, subculture, social structure.

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Multidimensional approach

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Thinking about human behavior as changing configurations of person and environment over time.

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Privilege

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Unearned advantages

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Didactic relationships

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Relationships between two people

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Acculturation

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Process of changing ones culture by incorporating elements of another culture.

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Assumptions

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Beliefs held to be true without testing or proof about nature of human social life.

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Propositions

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Theoretical concepts put together

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Environmental dimensions:

Mesosystems

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Are networks of Microsystems of a given person.

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Concepts

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Building blocks of theory

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Empirical research

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Purposeful, systematic observation of events with intent to note and record them to look for patterns to make public.

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Post positivism

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Philosophical position that recognizes the complexity of reality and the limitations of human behavior.

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Subjective reality

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Reality is based on personal perception.