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| a manner of thinking characteristic of a particular people |
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| World view is an unconscious structural mechanism which organizes and defines: |
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a) the nature of reality,
b) the interpretive process or technique of reality,
c) and the behavioral mechanism to cope with this perception of reality (S. Ashdown) |
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| 7 universals of World View |
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Self,
Other,
Causality,
Classification,
Relationship,
Time,
Space |
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| Self (universal of World view) |
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-Self is the axis of WV from which all other WV components are set in motion
-Self as the vantage point from which each person observes the universe |
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| Other (universal of World view) |
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-Group or significant Other is a decisive factor in WV formation and distinctions of what Other is
-It can be said every individual participates to help frame WV for each single person |
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| Causality (universal of World view) |
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-People must have questions about power and cause answered
-what happens, how it happens, why it happens varies cross culturally |
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| Classification (universal of World view) |
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-Grasping a distinction between Self and Other is believed to be the 1st classification
-A principle function of WV is to assign meaning to perceptions which includes determining the classification and significance of that which is being observed. |
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| Relationship (universal of World view) |
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| WV comprises images of Self and of all that is recognized as not-Self (Other), and the ideas about Relationship between them (Kearney 1975) |
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| Time (universal of World View) |
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| All WVs codify time – passage of time is conceptualized |
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| Space (universal of World View) |
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-how to arrange physical space
-how to conceive of and relate to geographical features
-how to structure interpersonal space
-hwo to conceive of the universe as a whole |
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| What do people categorize? |
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Cognition, Langauage and Culture
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Perception
Memory
Experience
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Cultural, Personal
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| What causes differences in people's categories? |
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Cognition, Language and Culture
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Worldview Cultural Language
Model Model Model
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different different different
basic cultural linguistic
assumptions contexts contexts |
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| World View Theory explores three significant areas in the Orientation of Cognition: |
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Issue of Assumptions
Issue of Worldview Universals
Issue of Motivation |
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| Contemporary Theory explores three significant areas in the Structure of Cognition: |
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Issue of Cultural Classifications
Issue of Category Meaning and Membership
Issue of Cultural Ruels for Change |
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| Any kind of mental operation or structure that can be studied in precise terms |
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1. Cognitive Interpretation (categories help us understand)
2. Cognitive Efficency (categories help us remember)
3. Cognitive Organization (Categories help us perceive) |
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| Who developed the World view theory? |
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| Robert Redfield (University of Chicago) |
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| Contemporary Theory explores three significant areas in the Function of Categories |
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Issue of Cognitive Interpretation
Issue of Cognitive Efficiency
Issue of Cognitive Organization |
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| Language data example for world view? |
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The Akan people of West Africa have a manner of thinking that involves color classifications which are particularly characteristic of their world view. This color world view may profoundly affect their perception of scripture thus impacting their notion of Biblical truth. (Translating Revelation 6 would be difficult)
Sacred Red: Female, matrilineage, Mother nature
Sacred Black: Neutral, God, life, power, destiny
Sacred White: Male, morality, purity, fertility |
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| Two primary Relational Orientations impacting teaching and learning behaviors |
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Collectivist Orientation: Subsistence Economies (agriculturalist, hunter-gatherers in particular)
Individualist Orientation: Industrial Economies (technological, information driven) and Herders |
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Circular time
Diffusion of Roles
Field Dependent
Norms of Behavior
Group Significance (Motives)
Customary Law (Obligations)
Meaning from Without (Self Definition)
Relationship (Self Identity)
Community
Togetherness (Life Experience) |
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| Individualist Orientation |
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Linear Time
Specificity of Roles
Field Independent
Attitude of Behavior
Individual Significance (Motives)
Common Law (Obligations)
Meaning from Within (Self Definition)
Action or Possession (Self Identity)
Autonomy
Privacy (Life Experience) |
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| Two major teaching/cognitive/learning styles |
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Field Dependent
Field Independent |
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Holistic
Analogic
Concrete
Nontemporal
Active participation
Learn by Wholes
People oriented context
Active Participation
Holistic Approach
Case Studies |
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Symbolic
Analytical
Abstract
Temporal
Intrinsic Motivation
Learn by details
Work oriented Context
Strengths and Weaknesses
Passive Participation
Abstract
Lectures and Sermons |
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| ...is a mental representation for a set of objects or events |
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| Classical category/categorization |
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| this is the view that a category can be defined by essential features, that is, in terms of a set of necessary and sufficient conditions |
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| Cognitive operations/processes |
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| These are largely unconscious mental acts and activites we perform in order to make sense of langauge (discourse, sentences, linguistics expressions) and the social-cultural world (institutions, objects, practices, rituals and the like) |
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