1.0 Sociology Theory Sociological perspective provide us with a unique view point on a certain social issues however the needs to have sociology theory is to have a proper explanations or linkage as to the observation made. There are three most used theory used by sociologist and researchers today in studying the pattern that exist in society and to explain how society influences people and vice versa. Structural functional approach or also known as functionalism‚ observe society in a much bigger
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Motivational theories have been studied by many scientists for many years. Motivation is “the processes that account for an individual’s intensity‚ direction‚ and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.” In laymen terms motivation has been said to be a reasoning of why people do the things that they do or say some of the things they say and want some of the things they want. Many scientists put a lot of time and effort into the study of human beings and this intriguing topic testing hypotheses
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Theories as Metaphors Root metaphor According to Stephen Pepper(1942)‚ provides a model for understanding phenomena‚ and it is often unconscious. He had six world views 1. Animism – characteristics of a human or a spirit 2. Mysticism – knowledge is acquired through revelation of experience 3. Formism – forms exist in nature 4. Mechanism – forces are transmitted to produce effects 5. Organicism – stages of development 6. Contextualism – situations changes as events unfold
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Collision Theory The theory proposes that molecules must collide in a particular way with a certain amount of energy to ultimately form a new product. This is because only a select portion of molecules during a reaction have enough energy and the correct orientation to break any existing bonds to form new ones at the moment of impact with other reactants. The very minimum amount of energy needed for this process to occur is referred to as activation energy. Collision theory explains why reaction
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Agency Theory Agency theory is widely used in different companies‚ businesses and organizations Agency Theory is basically about the association between the boss‚ which is the Principal‚ and the worker‚ which is the Agent. A good example for an application of the Agency Theory would be sharecropping‚ where the Principal is the landowner and the Agent is the farmer. Another example for the Agency Theory in a more familiar organizational structure would be the relationship between a company’s shareholders
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Sigmund Freud established a theory that was based on human behavior and personality‚ in which he called it‚ “Psychoanalytic Theory.” He worked with patients that suffered from mental illnesses‚ in which he believed that originated from their childhood experience. Not only does he believe that childhood experiences influence an individual’s behavior‚ their unconscious desires may be another reason for a juvenile’s delinquent behavior. When this theory was discovered‚ Freud involved three concepts
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Argyle’s Theory Michael Argyle’s theory formed in 1972‚ he considered social communication as a skill‚ which could be advanced by learning and practising it. The cycle was formed to understand and explain how communication works between two people. He believed there were just six basic stages to the cycle- Stage one: an idea occurs- a person thinks of something that they want to communicate about‚ it could be passing on an idea. Stage two: message coded- this is the consideration of what you’re
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emphasis was being put on personality trait testing‚ I have to say I was a little bit nervous as I have never really put much stock into those particular types of tests being very accurate. But after reading chapters 7 and 8 in our text Personality: Theory and Research‚ the article on Gordon Allport‚ and most specifically taking the self monitoring test myself and comparing the results given to what I already believed to be true about myself‚ I now have a better understanding about how these tests‚
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Within this TMA I will be discussing Theory of Mind and how it may have evolved in humans‚ using the Theory of Evolution to explain this. I will also be looking at what the adaptive function of Theory of Mind in humans may be. The adaptive function in this essay means the relative ability of a person to effectively interact with society on all levels and care for one’s self; affected by one’s eagerness to practice skills and follow opportunities for enhancement. Evolution is the procedure which
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Contingency theory suggests that it is possible to organize too much to meet the needs of the environment. This would be a case of strategic misfit. Think of an example of misfit caused by an inappropriate organization design. Explain how a firm’s structure could systematically increase its costs and place it at a strategic disadvantage. Contingency theory is the idea that there is no uniformly “best” structure for all firms in all circumstances. Contingency theory has focused on three factors
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