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    Care Theory Compare and Contrast Paper Pamela Morales HCS 350 July 11‚ 2011 Care Theory Compare and Contrast Paper Jean Watson’s Theory of human caring is based on transpersonal relationships and developing a caring environment that offers the development potential while allowing the person to choose the best course of action. Through interactions with others we learn how to recognize ourselves in others. Watson believes that through these interactions humanity is preserved. John Paley’s article

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    Childhood development is the theory and practice of procedures to ensure that the child is given the proper resources‚ guidance and nutrition to see them through their infancy up to middle school. Child development can also be the biological‚ social and psychological change in a child as they grow. However‚ it is supported by the various efforts and developmental models chosen and taken by their parents and guardians. Indeed‚ the development of a child involves aspects such as pedagogical development

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    Compare and contrast explanations from two psychological perspectives. This essay aims to compare and contrast Behaviourist and Humanistic psychology by considering the differing theories these perspectives use about human thought‚ experiencing and behaviour. Behavioural Psychology originated in the late 19th to early 20th century and was concerned with the prediction and control of the observable‚ measurable‚ external aspects of human experience. Behaviourist psychologists rejected the

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    Feminist gender theory Biological and psychological approaches to gender have been extensively criticized by feminist researchers for their essentialist explanations of gender. According to feminist approaches‚ gender is socially and culturally defined‚ in that it is related to social‚ economic and cultural status‚ and power in society (Richardson‚ 2008). From a feminist point of view‚ female development is shaped and maintained by the socio-cultural context of patriarchy (Impett‚ Schooler‚ & Tolman

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    Compare and contrast biological and psychological explanations of crime with sociological explanations of criminality. Theories are useful tools‚ which suggest the way things are and not the way things ought to be‚ we can use them to help us to understand the world around us. In terms of criminal and deviant behaviour the theories proposed in this subject area set out to try and give reason as to why an individual commits criminal or delinquent acts. In this essay I will be using biological‚ psychological

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    Biological TheoriesBiological theories of crime focus on the physiological‚ biochemical‚ neurological‚ and genetic factors that influence criminal behavior. However‚ such theories also stress the complex link between a person ’s biology and the broad span of social or environmental factors that sociological theories examine” (Denno‚ 2009). Biological factors that contribute to crime are something neurological or chemical related‚ which is not to be confused with a genetic factor that is inherited

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    Theories of Motivation Ask any person who is successful in whatever he or she is doing what motivates him/her‚ and very likely the answer will be "goals". Goal Setting is extremely important to motivation and success. So what motivates you? Why are you in college? If you are in college because that’s what your parents want‚ you may find it difficult to motivate yourself. Sure‚ it’s possible to succeed with someone else providing the motivation for you. ("If you graduate from college‚ I’ll give you

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    gender mainstreaming into development.  Equality has been received many scholars‚ researchers‚ and politicians concern which is clearly shown in the system of feminist theories. As a result‚ there is variety of theories to explain for oppressions‚ justice and equality for women all over the world called feminist theories. Each of idea forward feminism tries to comprehend those things by theorizing the "human agency"‚ which is defined as the capacity of human beings "to act independently and make

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    maximize available resources within the internal and external environment for the attainment of organizational or societal goals." The following sections discuss several important aspects of leadership including a description of what leadership is and a description of several popular theories and styles of leadership. This article also discusses topics such as the role of emotions and vision‚ as well as leadership effectiveness and performance‚ leadership in different contexts‚ how it may differ from

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    Of the five psychological viewpoints this psychoanalytic approach is consistent with that of the psychodynamic perspective. This perspective‚ as well as the psychoanalytic approach‚ argues that our behavior is a result of the unconscious mind and childhood experiences.

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