The Paradigm Wars Emerged from Linking Qualitative Methods to a Positivist

question 32

True/False

The paradigm wars emerged from linking qualitative methods to a positivist philosophy and quantitative methods to a collectivist philosophy.

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Definitions:

Concrete-Operational Children

Describes children typically aged 7 to 11 years old who are in a developmental stage where they can logically think about concrete events but have difficulty understanding abstract or hypothetical concepts.

Decentration

The cognitive ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously, important in child development as per Jean Piaget's theory.

Transitivity

A mathematical property indicating that if a relation holds between A and B, and also between B and C, then it must hold between A and C.

Kohlberg's Theory

A theory of moral development proposed by Lawrence Kohlberg, suggesting that individuals progress through a series of stages of moral reasoning.