VARIOUS KINDS

OF CONCEPT
PAPERS
GROUP VI
1. IMPLICIT
CONCEPT PAPER
IMPLICIT CONCEPT PAPER
 From the Latin word “implicare” which means “to involve or to entangle,” is a statement that
is not clearly or directly stated in the text. It can be something that is understandable but is not
clearly or directly stated in the text.
 Related to what the psychologists refer to as “prototypes”
 Its purpose is to store casual information, which traditional prototype theories leave out, and
because a lot of traditional prototype theories are formulated in ways that recommend they
contain explicit information
2. EXPLICIT
CONCEPT PAPER
EXPLICIT CONCEPT PAPER
 A statement that is clearly and directly stated in the text. This is anything that is detailed, easy
to understand, precise and readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
 May encode statistical and casual information. They may also encode syntactic information,
definitional information and no matter what is needed for the language faculty to process them
 Essential for explicit cognition- the distinctive human ability to use language, represent
unobservable, nonexistent, abstract and ad hoc concepts about the world and conduct linguistic
inferences. Explicit concepts explain a separate range of phenomena
 Explicit can also mean “offensive” or “graphic,” (e.g. explicit language; explicit violence)
CONCEPTS IN
FIELD
VARIATIONS
Group VI
DEFINITION OF
“CONCEPT”
An abstract or generic idea generalized
from particular instances (e.g. the basic
concepts of psychology; the concept of
gravity)(Merriam-Webster, 2018)
VARIOUS FIELDS
IN THE SOCIETY
1. BUSINESS
BUSINESS
Is defined as an organized economic activity,
wherein the exchange of goods and services takes
place, for adequate consideration. The word business
was derived from an Old English bisignis (see busy,
-ness). The sense in Old English was “anxiety”; “the
state of being busy”
CLASSIFICATIONS
OF BUSINESS
CLASSIFICATIONS OF BUSINESS:
A. INDUSTRY
Implies the economic activities that are associated
with the conversion of resources into goods that are
ready for use. This involves production, processing,
mining of goods. The industry is further divided into
three broad categories, primary industry, secondary
industry, and tertiary industry
CLASSIFICATIONS OF BUSINESS:
B. COMMERCE
In simple terms, commerce refers to the buying and
selling of goods for value, and includes all those
activities which facilitate the transaction.
Furthermore, commerce encompasses two types of
activities, trade and auxiliaries to trade
2. POLITICS
POLITICS
 The activities associated with the governance of a country or other
areas, especially among individuals or parties having or hoping to
achieve power.
 The art or science concerned with guiding or influencing
governmental policy and winning and having control over the
legislature.
 There are political activities that are characterized by artful and
often dishonest practices
FIVE MOST COMMON
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
AROUND THE WORLD
POLITICAL SYSTEMS:
A. DEMOCRACY
 The state of the government in which everyone is free
from everyone (e.g. free to be rich, poor, individual, to
protest against the government, etc.)
 As a member of a democratic country, it is their right to
choose their representative that would best fit the nation’s
ideology
POLITICAL SYSTEMS:
B. REPUBLIC
The power is held by the people or the
representatives that they elect.
Republics have presidents rather than
kings or queens.
POLITICAL SYSTEMS:
C . MONARCHY
 The rules is not usually chosen by the people or the
representatives.
 A monarch is the head of the state until he or she abdicates
or until death.
 There may be functionaries to make decisions and run the
political system, but the monarch has discretion with the
laws, and how they are enforced.
POLITICAL SYSTEMS:
D. COMMUNISM
 Communist states are often dominated by a single party, or
a group of people.
 A planned economy is often part of the governing class,
and in many cases resources are taken and then
redistributed to others, at the top of the system.
 Often considered as an authoritarian political system
POLITICAL SYSTEMS:
E. DICTATORSHIP
 A dictator is the main individual ruling the country. In some cases,
the political systems is ran by a small group of people
 Dictators are not restricted by constitutions and parliaments.
 The governed are usually not consented in any way.
 Elections held are usually affairs in which the dictator is the only
candidate
3. SPORTS
SPORTS
 Concept papers about sports are used in planning or proposing activities that are related to
sports. The concept paper may contain any of the following
a. Purpose, aim or objective of the event/ sports (recreational, competitive sports, etc.)
b. Sports facility or environment used (indoor sports, outdoor sports, water sports, etc.)
c. Equipments or gears used (motor sports, cycling sports, etc.)
d. Abilities, health, gender ,and age of the participants
e. ways of performance (contact sports, combat sports, martial arts, etc.)
f. required courage, physical exertation and and highly specialized gear (Extreme
sports, Action sports, adrenaline sports)
4. RELIGION
RELIGION
 It is often defined as the service and worship of God or the supernatural; a
commitment devotion to religious faith or observance; a personal set of
institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices; a cause,
principle, or system of beliefs that is held to with ardor and faith (Merriam-
Webster, 2018)
 One of the largest social institutions that sociologists study
 Sociologists study religion to understand religious experiences around the
world and how religion is tied to other social institutions. They try to
determine why religions take a particular form and how religious activities
affect society as a whole.
5. SCIENCE
SCIENCE
 Defined as the state of knowing: knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or
misunderstanding; knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general
truths or the application of general laws especially as obtained and tested
through scientific method.
 Is an idea or model explaining some natural phenomenon. For example, our
understanding of falling objects toward the Earth.
 There are different forms of scientific concepts but differ primarily in the
amount of supporting evidence and acceptance by the scientific community.
 Its classification schemes includes the ff; cause and effect, systems, scales,
models, changes, structures and functions, variations, and diversity
KEY CONCEPTS
IN SCIENCE
KEY CONCEPTS IN SCIENCE
A. HYPOTHESIS
A tentative explanation in which there is very
little evidence available to support the concept
A hypothesis may o may not have wide
acceptance in the scientific community
KEY CONCEPTS IN SCIENCE
B. GENERALIZATIONS AND THEORIES

 A concept that has supporting evidence and is becoming

increasingly accepted by the scientific community as truth
(e.g. Theory of Relativity, Tectonic Plates Theory, Theory
of the extinction of past species, Big Bang Theory etc.)
KEY CONCEPTS IN SCIENCE
C. LAWS
 A concept that is widely accepted by the scientific
community
 There is a large amount of supporting evidence in favor of
the law
 Laws describes concepts that invariably test true under the
same conditions
 E.g. Law of Thermodynamics, Laws of Gravity, etc.
KEY CONCEPTS IN SCIENCE
D. THE CONTINUUM
 All concepts begin as a hypothesis
 As more evidence is collected to support the hypothesis, more of
the scientific community to accept the concept and it becomes a
theory
 Only those concepts that are proven true over and over again are
accepted as scientific laws
 Some concepts are never accepted as laws because the scientific
community may continue to debate the concept to debate the
concept or it might not always prove true
6. ARTS
ARTS
 Defined as the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of
aesthetic objects; skill acquired by experience, study, or observation (Merriam-Webster
Dictionary, 2018)
 Usually focused on connections, inventions and transformations

a. Connections- Examines relationships within, between, and across different spaces,

cultures of practice, and ideas of being
b. Inventions- a premised on notions of dissonance, risk, and creation. Through the process
of inquiry into self and current knowledge and practice, we crea te new experiences and
understanding
c. Transformations- agents of change since it provides new vantage points to see
different perspectives among different fields and subjects
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