Trait Theory John Meadows Wilkes Community College Professor Dan Linker Criminology April 26‚ 2012 Introduction Trait Theory! What is it? According to the online encyclopedia‚ Wikipedia‚ Trait theory is a major approach to the study of human personality. Trait theorists are primarily interested in the measurement of traits‚ which can be defined as habitual patterns of behavior‚ thought‚ and emotion. According to this perspective‚ traits are relatively stable over time‚ differ across
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Cognitive Theory Name University Course Tutor Date Introduction In this paper it will show that social cognitive theory is my main focus from a wide range of theories outlined in the course syllabus. The theory was proposed by Miller and Dollard in 1941. The theory was later expanding by Walters and Bandura with the principles in observational
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Retreatism this can be explained as drug addicts and alcoholics where both goals and means are abandoned. Finally rebellion is where the means and goals are both replaced by others. There are some criticisms of Merton’s theory of anomie that it is underdeveloped and not complete. The theory also fails to factor in different outcomes‚ like how some people may conform. It is also considered difficult to account for other kinds of deviant behaviour. Another critic was by Albert Cohen (1965) made apparent
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Expectancy theory proposes that a person will decide to behave or act in a certain way because they are motivated to select a specific behavior over other behaviors due to what they expect the result of that selected behavior will be.[1] In essence‚ the motivation of the behavior selection is determined by the desirability of the outcome. However‚ at the core of the theory is the cognitive process of how an individual processes the different motivational elements. This is done before making the ultimate
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MODERNIZATION THEORY Introduction: Modernization is an inherently optimistic concept for it assumes that all countries eventually experience economic growth. This optimistic must be understood in the historical context of post war prosperity and growth in the north and independence of many southern colonies along with the growth of national markets and trades. The theory of modernization turns out into the high mass consumption and urbanization. The theory of economic growth is an alternative
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There are five major theories of victimization. These theories discuss how victims and victimization are major focuses in the study of crime. They all share many of the same assumptions and strengths dealing with crime and its victims. The five major theories are Victim precipitation‚ Lifestyle‚ Equivalent group hypothesis‚ Proximity hypothesis‚ and Routine activities. Victim Precipitation assumes that "victims provoke criminals" and that "victims trigger criminal acts by their provocative behavior"
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daily basis as nurses‚ we chose Madeleine Leininger‚ who was a pioneer in her time‚ as our nursing theorist. When Madeleine Leininger’s name was suggested‚ the majority immediately agreed on her because of the concept that she has developed; the Theory of Culture Care. Culture Care or Transcultural Nursing deals with nursing and the culture of the clients. And as we are nurses who are working in various
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A theory is a vital basis of every nursing endeavor. It can possibly explain the sense of every nursing action in the field. Without such‚ the practice of the profession will lack sense and deeper meaning. All throughout the history of nursing‚ it became a foundation that governs nurses in performing their duties. Like the theory of Nightingale which guided nurses during the Crimean War when Florence‚ along with other trained nurses took care of the soldiers who were injured by attending to their
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Compare and contrast the aims and methods of Trait Theory with those of Personal Construct Theory. What makes the world and the people in it so interesting is that everybody is different and they possess their own personalities that are unique to each individual. It has been particularly interesting for psychologists to study and understand the differences between people‚ hence the great amount of research and work that has been conducted in relation to individual difference. In particular‚ the
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Structural functionalism concentrates on the positive and negative functions of social structures. Societal functionalism is a particular type of structural functionalism that aims to explain the role of social structures and institutions in society‚ the relationship between these structures‚ and the manner in which these structures constrain the actions of individuals. According to structural functionalists‚ individuals have little to no control over the ways in which particular structures operate
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