Ideas of social justice are both changeable and contestable. These ideas differ between individuals and societies. The term social justice is ambiguous but can briefly be summed up as - social justice involves having the capabilities to voice feelings and opinions but also for these to be heard. To do so‚ there has to be an active participation within society in order to shape it. In short‚ social justice focuses on the individual and their values and beliefs. Social harm refers to the harm
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Social Learning Theory The social learning theory was developed by Albert Bandura‚ this theory suggests that behaviour is learned through observation and imitation. It also says that learning is a cognitive process that will take place in a social context. Bandura believes that humans are active information processors and think about the relationship between their behaviour and its consequences. Observational learning could not occur unless cognitive processes were at work. According to this theory
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Social Work Practice Teenage pregnancy is a social issue and is significant to the practice of social work. One of the main goals of social work is to help individuals‚ groups‚ or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal (Benson‚ 2004). It is important for social workers that those of them in practice understand the complexity of teenage pregnancy and the effects it has on the family as a whole. Social workers should
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Person-centered Therapy: Theory Summary: Carol Rogers fostered the idea of person-centered therapy. Person-centered therapy holds the idea that in order for change to occur there must be three attributes of the therapist: congruence‚ unconditional positive regard‚ and an accurate empathetic understanding (Corey‚ 2013‚ p. 178). If these three attributes are present‚ the client has the best climate for growth. The client-therapist relationship must be healthy in order for a positive counseling outcome
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proponent/theorist of social action theory is German sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920)‚ who‚ along with Durkheim and Marx‚ is considered one of the fathers of sociology. To Weber‚ a social action was an action carried out by an individual to which a person attached a meaning‚ an action that takes into account the existence and possible reaction of others. In other words‚ if you do not think about an action‚ it is not a social action. So an accidental car accident or a sneeze are NOT social actions. Also
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Social Penetration Theory Social penetration theory‚ also known as the ‘Onion Theory’‚ was a theory formulated by professors Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor on 1973 on the development of interpersonal relationship. The social penetration theory states that as relationships develop‚ communication moves from relatively shallow‚ non-intimate levels to deeper‚ more personal ones. It mainly concentrates on the development and degree of self-disclosure‚ voluntary act of revealing or sharing of oneself
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Social Bond Theory Social bond theory was created by Travis Hirschi and it is a form of social control theory. Social control theorists are more interested in explaining why someone is not being deviant rather than why they are. In this theory it is expected that deviance will occur at some point. Hirschi’s social bond theory explains that deviane is expected to occur because crime is easy to do; you do not need any special skills to commit crimes. Everyone has the same amount of motivation to
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i1. Introduction Group work is an integral part of life‚ and in particular‚ an essential component of social work practice. Group work provides a myriad of benefits that individual work cannot provide‚ such as the synergy among members that group work provides over case work (Corey & Corey‚ 2006)‚ and it is precisely why group work is applied in the social work setting. Various theories affect how group work is practiced‚ affecting both group dynamics and the different stages of the group
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British Journal of Social Work (2003) 33‚ 87–106 The Social Work Assessment of Parenting: An Exploration Johanna Woodcock Johanna Woodcock is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Plymouth. Correspondence to Johanna Woodcock‚ Department of Social Policy and Social Work‚ University of Plymouth‚ Drake Circus‚ Plymouth PL4 8AA‚ UK. Summary The significance of parenting in the conduct of child-care practice is apparent in a range of legal and policy documents emanating from
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two theories of identity and compare their usefulness for explaining the real world issues discussed in chapter 1‚ ’Identities and diversity’. The study of identity is primarily the study of ’who we are’ and ’who we are not’ in comparison to other people‚ what makes individuals and groups of individuals unique from each other is a very controversial issue. This essay will look at two theories that aim to address this issue‚ namely‚ the Psychosocial theory and the Social Identity Theory (SIT)
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