All living creatures are Purposive, in a basic sense.
Reason(R): A teacher does not
operate under the assumption that students' responses are Purposive.
For this reason it is also referred to as a Purposive clause or a clause of purpose.
Without it Purposive and coordinated effort is not possible,
and what results are chaos, confusion and wastage of resources.
We can begin to embrace new scientific paradigms that
affirm the understanding that the universe is intelligent, Purposive and whole.
The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination but of a natural,
direct and Purposive conversation which is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate.
While the elite may have believed that by propagating education, they might have a more malleable population,
but as Robert Merton described it,‘the unanticipated consequences of Purposive social action' were diametrically opposite
to what was perhaps intended.