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    Describe and discuss the social learning theory of gender development - 10 marks The social learning theory states that gender is effectively learned through others. It also states that there are no differences between males and females psychologically. This would lead to the fact that gender differences occur because of society and other factors such as culture and religion. Firstly‚ the social learning theory states that individuals learn or develop behaviours through attention and retention

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    Unlike the other theories of criminology‚ the control theories have a primary focus on the reason individuals choose to not commit crime. In other words‚ the overall point of this theory is to explain what elements and factors prevent individuals from becoming criminals. The thinkers behind this theory faction advocate the idea that crime is present and‚ rather then focus on why crime occurs (which is a very hard thing to pinpoint the answer to‚ they concentrate on the idea that criminals‚ simply

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    family and her discharge plans from a hospital. As I lack the information‚ I would need to assume some parameters. I am Jean’s social worker working on her discharge plan with a multi-agency hospital team. I will assist Jean to receive an information about support available after her discharge‚ helping her to make an informed decision. I will work on identifying social work theory relevant to this case. This will allow me to choose a suitable method of intervention to assist a family in making decisions

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    several theories and processes that can be applied to this situation to analyze why things happened the way that they did. The first theory that can be applied to this situation could be the Psychodynamic Theory. According to Freud‚ the “psychodynamic theory states that people experience conflict because of the tension arising from their intrapersonal (internal‚ psychological‚ emotional‚ and mental) states” (Cahn & Abigail‚ 2014‚ p. 57). I would argue that there are two misplaced conflicts at work

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    process using social and interpersonal conflict theory. Generally‚ both the adolescent and parent’s behavior can be explained using conflict principles. For example‚ Pruitt and Kim (2004) define the term conflict‚ as a “perceived divergence of interest‚” a conviction that the parties’ aspirations are conflicting. This case study involves a Latina adolescent coming out as bisexual to her traditional mother. Their conflict involves distinctive ways in which they engaged in the conflict in an attempt

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    Social Learning Theory Social learning theory is the theory that people learn behaviours though observation of other people and their environment. The theory is that all children are born neither good nor bad‚ but they are influenced throughout their lives‚ the development of behaviour is continuous throughout our lives‚ rather than stopping at a certain time. From an early age children can get influenced‚ by watching how their parents behave‚ if their parents are violent and aggressive‚ and then

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    Outline and evaluate the social learning theory as an explanation of aggression (24 marks) The social learning theory states that aggressive behaviour is learnt rather than it being innate. It is first learnt through observation meaning there has to be ability to copy or model the behaviour of the role model. The child must have high self-efficacy to know they will get what they want after portraying the aggressive behaviour. The behaviour must be reinforced through operant conditioning for the

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    What is the Social Contract Theory? Do I think that it can be defended? In this paper I will define what the Social Contract Theory is and how and why I think that it can be defended against its critics. Social Contract Theory is a contract that the people of a given area agree upon to live by. In this contract the people agree upon rules or laws to live by there is usually some sort of government that will help to enforce and administer these rules and/or laws. If people break or disobey

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    True Change Social change refers to any significant alteration over time of behavior patterns‚ cultural values‚ and norms. By “significant” alteration‚ sociologists mean change that will bring profound social consequences. Social change starts with what the people are willing to do and how far they are willing to go in order to find the difference they want in their communities. Change can and will be attained by those who are persistent and focus on what they plan on developing. Several ideas of

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    In order to begin to understand and analyze Dr. Peffer’s Theory of Social Justice‚ we want to first look at the five main principles. These principles are a Modified look at John Rawls’s “Two Principles” of Social Justice (1971). These five modified principles include The Basic Rights Principle‚ The Maximum Equal Basic Liberties Principle‚ The Fair Equality of Opportunity Principle‚ The Modified Difference Principle‚ The Social and Economic Democracy Principle. First of all‚ The Basic Rights Principle

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