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Dimensions of Traditional and Dominant Paradigms -- Dimension 1
- Positivistic: knowing through the 5 senses
- Scientific: use of scientific method
- Objective: without bias
- Quantitative: use of precise measurements
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Positivistic
Scientific
Objective
Quantitative
- knowing through the 5 senses
- use of scientific method
- without bias
- use of precise measurements
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Dimensions of Traditional and Dominant Paradigms -- Dimension 2
- Patriarchy: power is held by adult men
- Masculinity: traits typically attributed to men are valued most highly
- Women are either unseen or deemed to be inferior
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Dimensions of Traditional and Dominant Paradigms -- Dimension 3
- Whiteness, power, and social institutions
- Whiteness and ethnocentrism
- Racism and power
- Individual racism
- Institutional racism
- Cultural racism
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Dimensions of Traditional and Dominant Paradigms -- Dimension 4
- Separateness
- Impersonality
- Competitiveness
Dichotomies
Hierarchies
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Dimensions of Traditional and Dominant Paradigms -- Dimension 5
Privilege
- The norm of rightness
- White privilege