A Design & Model of Theory in One's Brain
SENSE
A Field Guide to Science & Culture
Theory . Storytelling . Transformation
http://www.graphpaper.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/whatiknow.jpg In this really great drawing, notice the overlaps and the exclusive or exclusionary areas. I think underneath this drawing there sits a cogent theory, and a model composed of independent and dependent, mediating and moderating variables. When I look at the current drawing, my reptilian brain jumps to the conclusion: ‘young male person drew this’ (there is an age and gender component to the drawing; I suspect that some women might draw it in a less phallic, more inclusive style). If this drawing were my drawing, if the ‘my website’ variable was mine, it would move or expand south and southeast (as I age, there is less I claim to know or control, and more I want to hear from others).
As an experiment, the variable ‘my web site’ could be replaced by a wide variety of other ‘my ___’ variables: my project, my report, my boss, my family, my job, my reputation, my car, my management style, my disease, my significant other, my cooking style, my attitude, my resume, my writing style, my mood, my stock market picks, my style of dressing, etc. It would be an interesting exercise to pick a ‘my ___’ variable of one’s own choosing, plunk it into the drawing, state the theory, list testable hypotheses, and redraw the model variables with relationship flows.
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