Utilitarianism and the Theory of Justice* by Charles Blackorby‚ Walter Bossert and David Donaldson August 1999 revised August 2001 Prepared as Chapter 11 of the Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare K. Arrow‚ A. Sen and K. Suzumura‚ eds.‚ Elsevier‚ Amsterdam Charles Blackorby: University of British Columbia and GREQAM Walter Bossert: Universit´ de Montr´al and C.R.D.E. e e David Donaldson: University of British Columbia * We thank Don Brown‚ Marc Fleurbaey‚ Philippe Mongin‚ John Weymark
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knowledge and knowing‚ the psychomotor domain is concerned with physical skills and the affective domain concerns itself with attention‚ awareness‚ moral‚ aesthetic and other attitudes opinions or values. Reece and Walker (2009) identify the main theories of learning as behaviourism‚ neo- behaviourism‚ cognitivism‚ gestaltism‚ constructivism and humanism. Each are now considered in turn. 2. Behaviourism Behaviourism believes that human beings are self-correcting and modify their behaviour according
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Learning Theory March 9‚ 2012 I. Introduction: Nowadays‚ probably as never before‚ scientists are extremely interested in the process of learning. Naturally‚ a number of different theories aiming at the explanation of this process were developed. It is quite difficult to decide what theory is better and more successful. On the other hand‚ we can say that all of them have to be analyzed in order to help us realize the main trends in learning theories. It will
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Narrative Theory and Victims of Domestic Violence Elena Murphy San Francisco State University Abstract This paper examines online publications on narrative theory and therapy with domestic violence victims. It explores the history of narrative theory as well as what assumptions are made about individual and family clients when using the theory. The paper reviews the techniques that are used in narrative theory and then applies these techniques to a case study involving a victim of
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Theories of Crime Abstract This thesis explores the relatively new criminal phenomena of computer crime‚ or as it is more commonly termed‚ hacking. The foundation for the examination is based on how well traditional psychological theories of crime and deviance explain this new behaviour. Dominant theories in each of the categories of psychoanalytic‚ learning and control are discussed. The thesis concludes that for the most part‚ traditional psychological theories are deficient with regard
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Maslow ’s Theory MGT 331: Organizational Behavior Directed Study Maslow ’s Theory You can ’t fly without supply ’‚ is the motivational slogan that is well known throughout the military‚ associated with the supply squadrons located all around the world. In Maslow ’s hierarchy of needs theory‚ which is set up to resemble a pyramid‚ one could almost place supply at the very top of the pyramid‚ in the higher order of needs position‚ this is due to supply being the foundation of
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Theory of Scaffolding Literature around Scaffolding: There have been several discussions around scaffolding‚ in an attempt to define what it means for education. At the early stages of the theory of scaffolding‚ Wood‚ Bruner‚ and Ross (1976) explain the importance of the interactive‚ instructional relationship that tutors/teachershave in a learner’s development‚ supporting that the attendance of others is significant for scaffolding skills acquisition and problem solving. They also emphasize
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------------------------------------------------- Reginald Ugaddan ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- HRD Review Paper: “Performance Management Theory: A Look from the Performer’s Perspective with Implications for HRD” by Thomas W. Buchner‚ University of Minnesota (Published in Human Resource Development International‚ Vol. 10‚ No. 1‚ 59-73‚ March 2007) This article is a conceptual paper that looks into the construct of performance
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Theories of Motivation Introduction. This essay will look at motivation to discuss the content theorist Abraham Maslow ‘Hierarchy of Needs’ relevance and his critics. The research of motivation is interested basically with why people act in certain ways. ’Why do people do what they do?’ In typical terms‚ motivation can be defined as the direction and perseverance of action. It is interested with why humans take a specific course of action in to others‚ and why they continue with a chosen endeavour
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LMX Theory The leader member exchange theory‚ (LMX) has two aspects a leader must be aware of when putting this theory into practice‚ which are describing and prescribing. According to Northouse‚ 2013‚ LMX describes leadership and prescribes leadership by recognizing both in-groups and out-groups within an organization (pg. 168). The thing is‚ the leader must be able to distinguish the two and try to avoid labeling the two‚ and this is called descriptive. Having a in-group and a out-group. Working
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