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    and Meta-Theoretical Lenses Dear Past Murray, this is your present-day self. I am writing this letter to help guide you in your journey through the Masters of Counselling graduate program. You are going to experience a fundamental shift in your perspectives on human nature and the nature of change. Currently, your point of view and insights are limited to a behaviorist context (Skinner, 2012) and to a behavior analysis approach (Fee, A., Schrieber, E, Nobel, N. Valdovinos, M, 2016). This has served

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    Concept of History Whenever you are in any educational situation, you are subject to perspectives and bias of the instructors. In an essay entitled "Indians," by Jane Tompkins, it discusses how different biases may reflect upon one's concept of history. It is imperative to realize that when learning, which generally involves someone's concept of history, we are consequently subject to that person's perspectives that may be a result of their upbringing.      In the essay

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    There are varying perspectives that give sociologists different views on the purpose of sociology. For conflict theorist, their view of society is less of a system that works together, but rather a macro competition of power struggles and conflict. The purpose in this view is that conflict affects the human condition; as a result of a conflict, something like wanting to further get power and wealth, or anything else that is in short supply, will arise in institutions that will serve the interests

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    women, and race. These are examples of the three lenses: Functionalist, conflict theory, and social constructionism. Functionalist theory is the stability of the problem. Conflict theory is the conflict through limited resources. Social constructionism involves around the media, organizations, and what the community thinks of the problem. Even though the three lenses have different perspectives on world hunger, I argue that conflict theorists have the

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    Perspective is the way that people perceive things in the world around them. Common influences include the way people grow up and how they live their lives. Perspectives are always changing, and different events in life can cause them to be a certain way. The way we build perspective depends on who we are as people and they are very important. They affect the way we process information and make decisions about things in everyday life. Another strong influence to perspective is emotion and memory

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    viewpoint emphasize the degree which people agree about what is right and what is wrong", and view beliefs or the standards of a community influence how a community should act (Doerner, 2016, p. 5).  Contrary to the consensus viewpoint, the conflict perspective feels the legal system is influenced by people with power and of a smaller minority group (Doerner, 2016). The beliefs of either of the two aforementioned groups can spark an outrage in social disorder if either group feels their beliefs or

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    The idea of taking on multiple perspectives can be applied to many scenarios, from making decisions as the president of a nation to running a day care. One of the most accessible perspectives for an American adult is the small business. By engaging in the perspective of other people at a business you either work at or are a customer at, you gain a certain understanding that makes you more relaxed and more pleasant. For example we can take an almost universal experience in the developed world, ordering

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    journeys may provoke travellers and ultimately lead to transformation of self and richer experiences, is clearly exhibited within. Depending on an entity’s current perspective, they may either embody provocative views, such as the Rat in the Wind in the Willows and also the persona in Journey to the Interior, or even have an accepting perspective to journey, such as the character of Toad. Through the use of tone, symbolism and also truncated sentences, the quote is partially accurate in The Wind in the

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    Since every object, event and story can be interpreted from multiple perspectives, people gain their knowledge in a way largely influenced by the perspective. It is difficult to be convinced of any knowledge that is without bias. The knowers all pursue the answer to their questions when researching or learning the knowledge, which results in the similar way of thinking among the similar communities. Few can detach themselves from the contemporary situation since the cultural background, various eras

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    about culture, traditions, and perspective. Not just that, but how it can sometimes take adopting an unbiased, non judgmental, or outside perspective in order to see things for what they really are. The way that the narrator in this story adopts such a position allows for a clearer view of the events of the story. In The Lottery, the narrator speaks to us in a non participant and objective manner. We hear and see events unfold from an outside, “fly on the wall”, perspective. No critique or judgement

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