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Prompts:
Choose ONE of the prompts below:
Unit 1. Meta-theories
Prompt 1: Maturational Meta-theory
● What are meta-theories?
● List the assumptions of the nature of humans.
● Briefly describe the maturational meta-theory.
● What about your personal experiences makes you resonate with this
meta-theory?
● What about your personal experiences makes you disagree with
this meta-theory?
Prompt 2: Mechanistic Meta-theory
● What are meta-theories?
● List the assumptions of the nature of humans.
● Briefly describe the mechanistic meta-theory.
● What about your personal experiences makes you resonate with this
meta-theory?
● What about your personal experiences makes you disagree with
this meta-theory?
Prompt 3: Contextual Meta-theory
● What are meta-theories?
● List the assumptions of the nature of humans.
● Briefly describe the contextual meta-theory.
● What about your personal experiences makes you resonate with this
meta-theory?
● What about your personal experiences makes you disagree with
this meta-theory?
Prompt 4: Organismic Meta-theory
● What are meta-theories?
● List the assumptions of the nature of humans.
● Briefly describe the organismic meta-theory.
● What about your personal experiences makes you resonate with this
meta-theory?
● What about your personal experiences makes you disagree with
this meta-theory?
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