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    in the English Country of Northampton shire and was born as Caroline Jones. Caroline Chisholm died in long illness on the 25th March 1877 in London. 3. Caroline Chisholm was known as ‘the Immigrants friend’ People described her as a Christian humanist. Caroline was inspired by the quote in the bible “Love Thy Neighbour”. She contributed to the church because she has followed one of many scriptures‚ “The alien who resides among you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien

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    How to Compare & Contrast the Theories of Piaget and Vygotsky Jean Piaget was a Swiss developmental psychologist famous for his theories of child development‚ particularly his theory of cognitive development. He proposed a stage theory of development‚ which linked the interaction between cognitive and biological development in children. Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist who was most famous for his theory of sociocultural development and believed that development occurs primarily

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    contrasting sociological theories on the structure and organisation of society. This essay will describe and evaluate three contrasting sociological theories and aims to look at the relevance they may have today within the organisation of society. Marxism‚ Neo-Marxism and Functionalism have been chosen as although each are unique there still lies an undercurrent that threads these theories together with social conflict and economics being apparent throughout. Marxism is a theory that focuses on class

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    developed. According to social learning theorist Albert Bandura‚ individuals are not born with violent traits‚ but the different traits are later developed through their various life experiences (Wofsey‚ 2015). Although there are various criminal behavior theories‚ which mainly revolve their concentrate around the individual themselves‚ the Social Learning Theory magnifies their attention on the concept of the environment surrounding an individual. Many of the other theories may have a better explanation

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    outcomes. This is where nursing theory comes in. Nursing theory can help you with overt and covert problems‚ as well as inform your nursing decisions. In the two studies that I read‚ each used a very different theory to guide their nursing care. That is because nursing is so diverse‚ and we are fortunate to have had many beacons of light come before us in the form of Grand Theorists. I chose to contrast the Nicely article (2011)‚ using Virginia Henderson’s theory‚ with the Merrit article(2010)‚ using

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    In sociology there are four major theoretical traditions that sociologists and students study. The four theories are Functionalism‚ Conflict Theory‚ Symbolic Interactionism‚ and Feminism. This essay will discuss what those theories really mean and the scientists who study them. The first theory is Functionalism. Functionalism is the theory that human behaviour is influenced by social structure and is based on shared values. It is in the macro-level of society. The theorists who are involved with

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    adult learning theory was perceived as the way the mind thinks and how the mind obtains information that is presented and how the information is being utilized to help the adult learner to become more knowledgeable and successful in life. Sharron Merriam states “adult learning is a complex phenomenon that can never be reduced to a single‚ simple explanation; rather it is an ever-changing mosaic where old pieces are rearranged and new pieces are added.” (Merriam‚ Sharron B. Adult Learning Theory for

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    Personality is an intriguing component in psychology vital for perception of human beings. Different theories of personality adopt different levels of explaining features of human beings. Two theories meet the conditions of personality and theories of development‚ Freud ’s psychoanalytic theory later followed by Erikson ’s psychosocial theory. Freud ’s theory of personality development relates to his theories of personality structure and motivation. His topographical model of personality organisation in

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    EVALUATE TWO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOICAL THEORIES OF AGGRESSION The first psychological theory of aggression is the social learning theory. This uses the principles of Bandura’s Bobo Dolls experiment which involved children observing aggressive and non-aggressive adults and then acting themselves. Those in the aggressive condition displayed aggression whilst the other children showed virtually no aggression. The four conditions which have been found to be effective for social learning are: attention; retention;

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    Describe and evaluate the learning theory for attachments. The learning theory suggests that we are born with a blank slate which means everyone starts off exactly the same‚ and then we learn all of our behaviours once we are born. The learning theory is split into two areas‚ Operant and Classical conditioning. Operant conditioning is one part of the learning theory to describe attachments. This states that attachments are formed through positive and negative reinforcements. An example of positive

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