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paradigm

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Understanding meaning

Paradigm means a typical example or pattern of something, such as a physical model or an academic method.

For example:

Many psychologists analyze their patients' problems from within a psychoanalytic paradigm.

The artist’s work is a paradigm of the general pattern of art work today.

Which answers best complete this sentence? Choose the 3 correct answers.

 

A paradigm is a...

general example which we can copy and expand.

model which can help us understand something.

typical pattern which can explain many things.

model that helps us design something new and original.