Analyzing Counseling Theories Part 1: Chart Theory 1: Existential Theory Theory 2: Gestalt Theory Background Theory • Arose from the philosophic roots of Kierkegaard‚ Nietzsche‚ Camus‚ and Sarte • Gained an audience within the post WWII European community • Philosophers of this period developed a perspective reflecting the realities of their harsh existence • People saw death as the core even permeating their existence based in reality • Kierkegaard perused scientific truth from the
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Theories of personality There are many different theories of personality‚ Type theories‚ Psychodynamic theories‚Trait theories‚ Humanist theories and finally Behavioral theories. If i had to create my own theory of personality it will be very similar to Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development. Simply because I also agree that the personality mainly develops during childhood. I also believe that individuals have motives behind every action which he describes as "the driving force behind behavior"
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formative period in the 1950’s called ethnoscience; (2) the middle period during the 1960’s and 1970’s‚ commonly identified with the study of folk models; and (3) the most recent period beginning in the 1980’s with the growth of schema theory and the development of consensus theory. Cognitive anthropology is closely aligned with psychology‚ because both explore the nature of cognitive processes (D’Andrade 1995:1). It has also adopted theoretical elements and methodological techniques from structuralism and
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Two important personality theories are the biological theory and the humanistic theory. The biological theory is based on the premise that all people inherit their characteristics from their family. This theory basically contends that people do not have control over their behaviors because they are genetically pre-determined. The humanistic theory‚ on the other hand‚ is based on the premise that each person has free will to control their actions. This theory does not go along with the idea that behaviors
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systems theory. To develop the early theories of family therapy‚ theorists frequently simply modified older theories to fit their newly developed systems paradigm. These modifications changed their unit of analysis from the individual to the family. Kerr and Bowen (1988) summarize this by asserting‚“Family systems theory radically departed from previous theories of human emotion functioning by virtue of its conceptualization of the family as an emotional unit” (p. viii). Bowen’s theory was a grand
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Throughout history people had their media to communicate about matters of public interest. Therefore today mass communication i.e. newspapers‚ magazines‚ journals‚ radio‚ television‚ film‚ video and many more are not new. The history of mass communication however evolved over time where by each culture was dominant during a certain period of time as discussed below. The oral communication culture was dominant during the pre-literate or pre-industrial time‚ they used the spoken word for communication
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Reputation and the Domino Theory The Domino Theory is a theory used by Health and Safety practitioners to show how accidents or incidents happen in the workplace‚ which has direct application for Reputational Risk Managers. For those of you who have ever played dominos or have seen it being stacked at Guinness Book of World Records events‚ will know that there are a number of rules vital to domino playing: You have to line them up correctly. If you line them up correctly‚ they’ll fall down
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think Maslow’s theory is a good way to deal with the motivation in China‚ there are many firms used Maslow’s theory to gain a good cycle of motivation. For Chinese companies‚ to adopt Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory as an appropriate strategy to motivate employees’ working motive power. This essay will state the introduction of Maslow’s theory of hierarchy of needs‚ and evaluate it. Then‚ to combine with Chinese firms’ case and to finish off‚ the Maslow’s motivation theory is good enough
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Bullet Theory The magic bullet perspective‚ also called the hypodermic needle model‚ is a model for communications. Magic bullet theory has been around since the 1920s to explain “how mass audiences might react to mass media‚” reports Media Know All. According to University of Twent in the Netherlands‚ the theory states that mass media has a “direct‚ immediate and powerful effect on its audiences. History Several factors‚ including widespread popularity of radio and
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CONTINGENCY THEORY Contingency Theory is a class of behavioral theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation‚ to lead a company‚ or to make decisions. Instead‚ the optimal course of action is contingent (dependent) upon the internal and external situation. The leading practitioners of which were Tom Burns‚ Joan Woodward‚ Paul Lawrence‚ Jay Lorsch‚ and Fred Fiedler‚ an otherwise theoretically eclectic group who were nevertheless united in their belief that no single organizational
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