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September 15, 2003 Ecological Paradigm The Ecological Paradigm is a tautology that displays the connections of environments to humans, humans to cultures and cultures to environments. There is no way out. One division impacts and encompasses the other. “Our brain is the one who keeps us in it (Professor Grey).” As of all humans and existence of life, we want to survive and therefore we must do but two functions: eat and cohabitate with all living organisms on one level or another. The Paradigm seeks to show how given stress of survival, what is one willing to do and not to do? The responses to these stresses pose question for their validity. Are they culturally appropriate? How do we determine what is sociably acceptable? An Example being, Joe Schmoe who while at a public restaurant, decides to take off his clothes and run freakishly naked in the presence of others, by learned culture, is that acceptable without room for discussion? How do the others respond? How does that individual handle the stress and situation in which he has brought upon himself? Hypothetically speaking, more than likely, the restaurant goers shift from a subconscious comfortable level to a extremely uncomfortable status. As learned culture the audience freaks out with laughter, bewilderment and offensiveness. The naked individual by higher authority is escorted out and taken to police headquarters’ for questioning and more than likely assigned a psychologist. By standards of society and culture his actions are not of norm. One must question who gives right to these cultural norms?
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