Student affairs professionals benefit from understanding paradigms, worldviews, and ways of being among diverse faculty, staff, and students. It is challenging to understand core differences of paradigms, design student affairs practice and research in congruence with or across specific philosophies, and work effectively with individuals operating…

Various epistemological positions attributed to radical behaviorism are reviewed, and their problems are discussed. It is suggested that these problems may be resolved by interpreting the criterion of truth generated by a science of behavior as logically analagous to the set of ethical values generated by that science. (Author/DB)

The study of conceptual change traces its heritage to the notions of paradigm (networks of shared beliefs, concepts, practices) and paradigm shift made famous by Thomas Kuhn in his book, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". Kuhn's work was quickly linked to developmental psychology (how knowledge develops) and to science education (teaching…