developmental stages from birth to adolescence‚ and from adolescence to adulthood‚ and over the years these theories are continuing to be modified as more observations and revisions are made. Two well-known theorists who have significantly influenced the field of psychology are Erik Erikson with his psychosocial theory‚ and Jean Piaget with his cognitive theory. “Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory proposes eight stages of human development. Each stage consists of a unique developmental task that
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MODERN SOCIAL WORK THEORY Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface to the Third Edition A Note on Terminology xiii xiv xv xviii PART 1 Thinking about social work theory 1 The Construction of Social Work Theory What this chapter is about MAIN POINTS Practice and practice theories Practice and other theory The social construction of welfare and social work Are there paradigms of social work? Is social work theory ‘modern’ or ‘postmodern’? Arenas of social work construction The social
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The author‚ Rolf A. Zwaan‚ of the article “Mental simulation in language comprehension and social cognition” has talked about the way social cognition and cognitive psychology play a significant role in comprehending the actions and language of sensorimotor simulations. Zwaan has made certain to focus on diverse areas related to the topic‚ in order to get a detailed analysis of how language affects the performance of sensorimotor simulations. The author has regarded language as a sensitive tool that
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Social Comparisons or comparisons between the self and others are a constant in this world. Relating information to ourselves in regards to achievements and or failures as well as abilities of others are a fundamental psychological mechanism that cannot be stopped. (Dunning Hayes‚ 1996) Festingers’ Social Theory of Comparison was guided by three central questions: Why do people engage in social comparisons? To whom do they compare themselves? How do social comparisons influence the self? (Festinger
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Social exchange theory explains that we as individuals use economic principles when evaluating interpersonal relationships. This theory assumes that people try to maximize rewards accordingly to their investment and that people evaluate their relationships to calculate exactly how much we invest in a specific relationship and decide if our rewards are worth the costs. Based on the satisfaction with the results‚ an individual can decide if the relationship is worth continued investment. Social
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The social control theory has been significantly important to predict delinquency in individuals especially on adolescents. It has become a dominant theory compare to any other theories relating to delinquency. Base on the social control theory‚ there exists four social bonds that prevents a juvenile from committing delinquency. The four social bonds are attachment‚ commitment‚ involvement‚ and belief. It was previously stated that Hirschi’s social control theory is able to explain 25% to 50% of
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MODULE NAME: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL WORK ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Choose at least two social work theories; explain their main principles‚ advantages and disadvantages and apply them to the assessment‚ planning and intervention in one of the case studies provided below. Discuss your rationale for choosing the theories selected. Case Study 2: Ramesh Ramesh is 45 year old Sri Lankan man who works as a telephone engineer. He lives alone‚ but for many years he looked after his elderly
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Beck ’s Cognitive Theory of Depression Features Underlying Dysfunctional Beliefs Beck ’s main argument was that depression was instituted by one ’s view of oneself‚ instead of one having a negative view of oneself due to depression. This has large social implications of how we as a group perceive each other and relate our dissatisfactions with one another. Abela and D ’Alessandro ’s (2002) study on college admissions is a good example of this phenomenon. In their study they found that the student
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Evaluation of Social learning theory In this essay‚ I will try to evaluate Social learning theory as originated by Albert Bandura. I am going to use three pieces of evidence‚ in a form of case studies‚ which have been done previously to support or contradict Bandura’s theory. I will demonstrate my knowledge of these studies throughout their analysis‚ trying to highlight their strengths and limitations. Albert Bandura‚ a 20th century American pszchologist‚ proposed a very important and probably
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perspectives on human behaviour. Essentialist or social constructionist perspective has been considered by psychologists to examine the origin of sex differences (Anselmi & Law‚ 1998). Essentialism articulates that sex differences commence from inducements that are intrinsic in human beings‚ and present itself as an alternative meta-theory to conventional sociology. The discrepancy in sex differences across social contexts is considered by social constructionist view-point‚ understood by the interpretation
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