CRS-Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -set of assumptions, concepts, values and practies
that constitutes a way of viewing reality
Functions of a Paradigm: - CORRECT ANSWER - determining what kinds of
problems are appropriate objects of study
-Specifying appropriate ways to study these problems
-Delimiting the types of theories and explanations that are acceptable
Paradigm Shift - CORRECT ANSWER -Thomas Kuhm, The structure of Scientific
Revulutions
-"A series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions" in which
"one conceptual world view is replaced by another"
-A change of one way of thinking to another
Kuhn's Model of Scientific Change - CORRECT ANSWER -Paradigm 1
-Normal Science
-Anomalies
-Crisis
-Revolution
-Paradigm 2
Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) - CORRECT ANSWER -Lower value on nature
-Compassion only for those they can see (their generation, lack of concern for other people)
-Risk acceptable in order to maximize wealth
-No limits to growth
-Present society okay
-Old politics
, New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) - CORRECT ANSWER -High value on nature
-Generalized compassion toward others
-careful plans an actions to avoid risk
-Limits to growth
-completely new society
-New Politics
Beus & Dunlap - CORRECT ANSWER - Argument: debate between adherents of
conventional and alternative ag represents a conflict of fundamentally divergent paradigms
Elements to Conventional Ag Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -Centralization
-Dependence
-Competition
-Domination of nature
-Specialization
-Exploitation
Elements to Alternative Ag Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -Decentralization
-Independence
-Community
-Harmony With Nature
-Diversity
-Restraint
Also:
-Quality of family life
-Spirituality
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -set of assumptions, concepts, values and practies
that constitutes a way of viewing reality
Functions of a Paradigm: - CORRECT ANSWER - determining what kinds of
problems are appropriate objects of study
-Specifying appropriate ways to study these problems
-Delimiting the types of theories and explanations that are acceptable
Paradigm Shift - CORRECT ANSWER -Thomas Kuhm, The structure of Scientific
Revulutions
-"A series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions" in which
"one conceptual world view is replaced by another"
-A change of one way of thinking to another
Kuhn's Model of Scientific Change - CORRECT ANSWER -Paradigm 1
-Normal Science
-Anomalies
-Crisis
-Revolution
-Paradigm 2
Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) - CORRECT ANSWER -Lower value on nature
-Compassion only for those they can see (their generation, lack of concern for other people)
-Risk acceptable in order to maximize wealth
-No limits to growth
-Present society okay
-Old politics
, New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) - CORRECT ANSWER -High value on nature
-Generalized compassion toward others
-careful plans an actions to avoid risk
-Limits to growth
-completely new society
-New Politics
Beus & Dunlap - CORRECT ANSWER - Argument: debate between adherents of
conventional and alternative ag represents a conflict of fundamentally divergent paradigms
Elements to Conventional Ag Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -Centralization
-Dependence
-Competition
-Domination of nature
-Specialization
-Exploitation
Elements to Alternative Ag Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -Decentralization
-Independence
-Community
-Harmony With Nature
-Diversity
-Restraint
Also:
-Quality of family life
-Spirituality
