how to best get your employees working well)‚ the main content of your study will be the most common or useful theories of worker motivation. Maslow’s theory (covered in lesson 2) is one such common theory. When teaching Maslow’s theory‚ your teacher will give some examples of particular companies‚ or groups‚ and look at how you can understand them by ‘applying’ the theory. For example‚ in lesson 2‚ it was mentioned that in current day Japan‚ there is a difficulty in finding workers to undertake
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Case Study – Kayla and Kathy This case study involve Kayla a 17 year old female and her 49 year old mother‚ Kathy. Kayla and her mother reside in a little country town‚ low income family. Kayla and her mother are fighting because Kathy is always taking her money and spending it on drugs and there is no money for rent and food to feed her sister and brothers. Child Protective Service has investigated allegations of abuse and neglect. Kayla fought her mother and hit her with a chair to keep her from
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The Harmony Theory In Plato’s dialogue Phaedo‚ Simmias outlines his theory that the soul is like a harmony. Essentially‚ this theory claims that a lyre—or harp—is to harmony as body is to soul. The lyre must be tuned and played in just the right way‚ and if it breaks then the harmony ceases to exist. Therefore‚ harmony—and also‚ therefore‚ soul—does not exist on its own. Simmias argues that the same goes for body and soul‚ in the sense that the brain must be functioning in a certain way for the
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setting an example to the rest of society nto to commit these actions this is known as reaffirming the boundaries. So bad things arent always unnessesairy ‚ another example being that these boundaries can be unclear at times but that may be good as it makes it easier for them to be changed over time when necesair to society for example in certain cases that are taken to court there may be prostests against the decisions ‚ these are caused by a degree of sympathy from the public ‚ in cases like this
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Case Summary Client Identifying Data This client is a 73 year old Caucasian male who is a resident of a nursing home. He is alert and oriented and able to make his own decisions. He is receiving Medicaid benefits as a nursing home resident. He has been married twice‚ and his second wife is still living. The couple has children from previous marriages but do not share children with each other. He has been residing in the nursing home for about 3 years due to having a stroke which left him with a tracheostomy
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Attachment theory is not considered a theory of psychotherapy‚ but a developmental psychodynamic theory‚ in that a child’s early development of attachment to a caregiver unconsciously impacts that child in forming adult attachments. Insecure attachment has been shown to negatively impact generations as a child with an insecure attachment may become a parent‚ who parents with an insecure attachment‚ this is said to be intergenerational transmission (Berzoff‚ Melano Flanagan‚ & Hertz‚ 2016). This
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description on the disorder of autism. However‚ in the 1970s‚ Wing (1970) (as cited in Sachs‚ 1995) applied a cognitive perspective in describing the mental structure of autism. This essay will therefore argue that autism is characterised by the lack of theory of mind (Premack & Woodruff‚ 1978‚ as cited in Baron-Cohen et al.‚ 1985)‚ which is a cognitive mechanism. It will further outline empirical evidence derived from the review of two studies‚ collectively known as false belief tasks. The Sally-Anne
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RUNNING HEAD: ACTIVITY THEORY Activity Theory of Aging Long Island University-C.W. Post Campus Jennifer L. Bifulco Throughout this semester we have come across many psychological and social theories. From Vaillant’s aging well‚ to Erikson’s life stages‚ to Leont’ev’s activity theory‚ there is a lot to learn and to understand. For the purpose of this paper‚ I am going to focus on the Activity Theory of aging. After some thorough research on this topic I was able to come up with some great
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Examples A SWOT analysis can be used in many ways. Two case studies are offered below to illustrate what a SWOT analysis might look like in different situations: a more detailed level‚ using a soft drinks manufacturer as an example‚ and a simpler level‚ using a children’s charity by way of example. In any particular situation‚ the style and detail of the analysis will depend on the goal. Case study 1: a detailed SWOT analysis Company A has one major competitor in the marketplace‚ a soft
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Experimenter Expectancy Effect On Children in a Classroom Setting Rosenthal and Jacobson (1966) sought to test the experimenter expectancy effect by examining how much of an outcome teachers’ expectancies could have on a group of children. Earlier investigations in this area were also conducted by Rosenthal (1963). He worked with children in a research lab‚ giving each one a rat and telling them it was either bred for intelligence or for dullness. The children were put in charge of teaching
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