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    Theories and Theorists

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    Theories and Theorists By William Deiyan Towah Theory is a symbolic statement which consists of concepts or variables that underpin how the relationship of the variables provide for a given phenomenon or set of phenomena that aims to: describe‚ explain‚ predict‚ or prescribe; it is a model or set of concepts that provide understanding to real phenomena and‚ therefore‚ hypothesize the basis for guided action or a framework for a given research or study (Patton‚ 2009; Creswell‚ 2009). In the Social

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    will introduce you to the main psychological perspectives to the understanding of a child’s behaviour development. Each perspective will be described in as much detail as possible‚ and the theorist that are linked to them. The main perspectives are; * Psychodynamic * Freud * Behaviourist * Skinner * Cognitive * Piget * Humanist * Rogers‚ Maslow‚ Cooley and mead * Social learning The psychodynamic perspective This perspective is very much based on the early

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    Children’s Learning Activities and Play. P1‚ M1‚ and D1: Describe and explain the different ways that children learn‚ referring to the major theories of learning and illustrate your description with examples from placement. With these examples‚ evaluate the theories of learning giving strengths and weaknesses of those theories. There are many theorists that have influenced the way we look at children’s learning‚ across a period of many years. The theorists that are going to be mentioned are Jerome Bruner

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    What are the three major sociology perspectives in regards to social issues? They are Symbolic Interactionism perspectives‚ Functionalism perspectives‚ and Conflict Theory perspectives. These perspectives offer sociologists abstract examples for explaining how society affects people‚ and vice versa. Each perspective individually theorizes society‚ social forces‚ and human behavior. Keyword’s: Social Issues‚ Human Behavior Introduction This paper will explain the three known theoretical

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    Describe functionalist and Marxist perspective on education. Functionalist Education can be described as the method whereby society continually passes on the knowledge it has gain from pass generations to the next or future generation. It is centered around and entails the teaching of the three R’s‚ which includes: arithmetic’s‚ reading and writing but also encompass social‚ spiritual‚ moral and physical component. It is viewed as a secondary agent of socialization as it socializes individuals

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    belief that there is a one true God and that he sent his only son Jesus to Earth to die on a cross to save the sins of the world‚ so that one day when we except him as Lord of our life we can go to Heaven. The believers in Christianity are called Christians. Through this one religion there are many groups and sub groups branched from it. The three major groups of Christianity are the Roman Catholic Church‚ the Orthodox Church‚ and the Protestant Churches. Through these major groups there are many

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    Psychodynamic Theorist

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    Psychodynamic Theorist Psychodynamic Theorist Throughout psychology‚ many theorists are remembered for his or her work in specialized areas. Sigmund Freud‚ Erik Erikson‚ Alfred Adler‚ and Carl Jung were psychoanalysts. Each theorist had his own view and that view was brought into the psychology field and has earned its own right to become a theory. Many of the theories are still used today and may continue to be used in future studies. Sigmund Freud became known as the founding father of

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    Nurse theorist

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    Nursing Theorist Hildegard E. Peplau‚ came up with Theory of Interpersonal Relations. Her theory basically means: not what you do to the patient but what you do with the patient. Her theory was based on the idea that nursing is interpersonal because it includes interaction between two or more people. Her theory was the concept of psychodynamic nursing. The main concept was focused on the patient’s feelings as a predictor to a more favorable outcome when it came to the patients’ health

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    Nursing Theorists

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    Nursing Theorists 1. Florence Nightingale - Environment theory 2. Hildegard Peplau - Interpersonal theory 3. Virginia Henderson - Need Theory 4. Fay Abdella - Twenty One Nursing Problems 5. Ida Jean Orlando - Nursing Process theory 6. Dorothy Johnson - System model 7. Martha Rogers -Unitary Human beings 8. Dorothea Orem - Self-care theory 9. Imogene King - Goal Attainment theory 10. Betty Neuman - System model 11. Sister Calista Roy - Adaptation

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    surface of the leaves and are structures that produce spores. Lycopods have small leaves that each contains one vein that brings water to the leaf from the roots and carries away extra food. Division Sphenophyta is made up of horsetails or scouring rushes. Similar to the lycopods‚ horsetails have an underground rhizome that produces tiny roots and stems. A small ring of leaves grows around the stem at each joint. Another similarity to Lycopods is their environment‚ carboniferous forests. Division Pterophyta

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