PPT-Theories and Methods

The Practice of Social Research Nicholas Gane The purpose of this session is to think about the status of theory and method within your own doctoral research Regardless of all disciplinary backgrounds all PhDs contain elements of theory and method to greater or lesser degree. The lack of transparency introduced by poorly anchored math ematical models the psychological persuasiveness of stories and the way the profession neglects relevant issues are suggested as explanations for how what we perhaps should see as displays Volker Gast 1 The subject matter of contrastive linguistics Narrowly defined, contrastive linguistics can be regarded as a branch of comparative linguistics that is concerned with pairs of languages Part One: Building the Discipline. Evolutionism. AIM: Why did evolutionism fade away?. Evolutionism. Dominate intellectual perspective in the middle of the 19. th. century.. Evolutionism eventually overtaken by historical . CLN4U – Mr. MacDonald. Nature vs Nurture. Theories of criminology generally fall into one of two categories. Biological Theories. Criminal are “born”. Sociological Theories. Criminals are “made”. Week 4 NJ Kang, Creativity. What is that creative individuals do?. Sensing creative problems. . Sensing problems or difficulties. Making guesses or hypotheses about the problems. Evaluating the hypotheses, and possibly revising them. Bo Sundgren. Senior professor, Dalarna University. Keynote speaker NTTS 2017. mailto: . bo.sundgren@gmail.com. . website: . https://sites.google.com/site/bosundgren/. . Contents. Three examples of applications. Ethical theories provide a framework for judging right or wrong decisions. . There are two types of Ethical theories. 1.consequentialist . 2.Non . consequestialist. . Concequentialist. theories . If . Chapter Objectives . Describe the defining features of a theory in psychology . Describe how theories: (a) lead to empirical research, (. b. ) are influenced by the outcomes of research, and (. c. ) need to be productive, parsimonious, and testable. Are we close to the end of science?. Exam Wednesday, May 8, 1:30-4:30, here. Open book, open note, open internet. Electronic submission encouraged,. You need to bring your own . laptop.But. blue books available if you do not want to use a laptop.. Overview. Counseling . Theories. Person-Centered Therapy (Carl Rogers) . Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (Albert . Ellis)/Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Reality Therapy (William . Glasser. ). Personality Theories . 21. st. April. Complete 20 mark essay question on the circadian rhythms. Question and essay plan was given out in class and can be found on the . blog. . . Section 1 – Research Methods. You will be given a scenario and asked a series of questions adding up to 20 marks. . Xiaokang Qiu. x=1;. y=1;. while (*) {. x=x 2;. y=y 1;. }. Q: is . x y. >=2 always true?.  . Q: Are . these formulae valid in arithmetic?. First-Order Theories. Q: Which statements are true in arithmetic/set-theory/groups/fields?. 1. The Green Light. Once you have an agreement with the client on how to proceed, you can start to collect data in order to determine the exact requirements. This phase will lead towards action planning. Dewayne E Perry. ARiSE. , ECE, UT Austin. perry@ece.utexas.edu. Theories D & E. I begin with two simple theories:. A theory about design – D. A theory about empirical evaluation – E. And a theory about how to model theories.