Paradigm Effect Due to the very nature of the brain and learning structures, we tend to reject that which is not conventional, that does not correspond to what we are used to doing, that is not framed in the paradigm that we know. This is what they call the Paradigm Effect : According to Joel Barker, this phenomenon consists of adjusting the information coming from reality to the perception that is based on mental archetypes, rejecting everything that does not fit our paradigms.. This implies that we have eyes only for what coincides with our way of thinking, with the explanations we give ourselves. What is left out we do not see, failing that, we adapt it to our way of thinking, filtering everything that does not fit with our ideas. When something confronts the paradigm, we don’t even analyze it rationally, we tend to reject it, since breaking the paradigm would be traumatic, it would destroy our way of seeing the world, the underlying logic.
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- 1 Paradigm
- 2 Paradigmatic Paralysis
- 3 Paradigm shift
- 4 Sources
Paradigm
It comes from the Greek παράδειγμα (paradeigma), which means pattern or model, this concept was originally specific to grammar, the term also has other meanings, in the field of science it was first coined by the philosopher and scientist Thomas Kuhn who defined paradigm as universally recognized scientific achievements that, for a time, provide models of problems and solutions to a scientific community. Despite the fact that Kuhn himself restricted the use of the word to the hard sciences since the 1960s, the term has also been used in numerous non-scientific contexts to describe a profound change in a fundamental model or the perception of events, others they define it as a set of rules, regulations and beliefs that periodically emerge in the historical evolution of humanity that form a worldview of the world, around a theory. For these reasons, the exact definition becomes a little confusing. Paradigms are, therefore, more than just a set of axioms, paradigms filter our experiences. Paradigms influence the way we see the world, encompassing all areas of human life. Paradigms are common, they allow us to differentiate what is important from what is secondary or accessory, that is, they focus attention on what really deserves to be considered, when a paradigm changes everything returns to zero. Paradigms are presented as cyclical processes. This is how innovative concepts and products are established as truths, By generalizing their use and becoming the norms and models that periodically guide human groups, after a considerable time in some cases or, limited in others, these norms and models are resignified, others arising according to the advances of science and the needs and interests of specific temporo-spatial contexts. In other words, the paradigms are in force for a period of time because their use is significant, effective and productive; Subsequently, due to social dynamics, small or large crises are generated that foster the emergence of new paradigms. These norms and models are resignified, others arising according to the advances of science and the needs and interests of specific temporo-spatial contexts. In other words, the paradigms are in force for a period of time because their use is significant, effective and productive; Subsequently, due to social dynamics, small or large crises are generated that foster the emergence of new paradigms. These norms and models are resignified, others arising according to the advances of science and the needs and interests of specific temporo-spatial contexts. In other words, the paradigms are in force for a period of time because their use is significant, effective and productive; Subsequently, due to social dynamics, small or large crises are generated that foster the emergence of new paradigms.
Paradigmatic Paralysis
When a paradigm becomes the only way to proceed, it is then that the Paradigm becomes unaware of the multiple ways out of a challenge. This univocal way of thinking and acting is known as Paradigmatic Paralysis.or disease of certainty, meaning that those who suffer from it, blindly believe in the infallibility of their own methods, rejecting de facto everything that appears different. It makes us believe that we are unable to create changes, resistance, fear of change, difficulties in resignifying conceptions, criteria, professional and social practices, limited transformations of contexts, attitudes and behaviors, rigid pre-established schemes, fragmented conceptions, routine; These are some of the facts and factors that can be associated with paradigmatic paralysis, a common condition in many subjects and educational spaces.
Paradigm shift
A paradigm shift according to Thomas Kuhn is a shift in the basic assumptions, or paradigms, within the dominant theory of science. A scientific revolution occurs, according to Kuhn, when scientists find anomalies that cannot be explained by the universally accepted paradigm within which science has progressed thus far. The paradigm is not simply the current theory, but the entire worldview within which it exists, and all the implications that it entails. When a certain discipline has moved from one paradigm to another, this is called, in Kuhn’s terminology, a scientific revolution or a paradigm shift.