The article‚ Adult Learning Theory: Applications to Non-Traditional College Students‚ focused on identifying the present day non-traditional college student is and the strategies that educators need to apply when teaching these students. The authors provide a broad overview of the present day non-traditional college student. Those students are identified as financially independent‚ between the ages of 25 and 50 with minimal previous college credits. Many of these students have been recently unemployed
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An Application of Equity Theory to Buyer-Seller Exchange Situations The theory of cognitive dissonance posits that when an individual ’s cognitive elements are inconsistent with each other‚ a state of cognitive dissonance exists [15‚ 27]. Also‚ it is assumed that when such a condition is present an individual develops a need to restore equilibrium [15‚ 27]. Dissonance may be aroused from various sources: decision making‚ forced compliance‚ exposure to dissonant information‚ and disagreement
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RUNNING HEAD: PERSON-CENTERED AND EXISTENTIAL THERAPY Comparing and Contrasting Person-Centered and Existential Therapy Taji L. Mitchiner North Carolina Central University Theories and Techniques of Counseling and Psychotherapy Spring 2011 Introduction This research paper will examine the similarities and differences between Person-Centered therapy and Existential therapy. Person Centered therapy and Existential therapy are both non-directive from the humanistic approach. Both of these
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CENTERIS 2013 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems / PRojMAN 2013 International Conference on Project MANagement / HCIST 2013 - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies RFID Applications‚ Issues‚ Methods and Theory: a Review of the AIS Basket of TOP journals Samuel Fosso Wambaa‚b‚ Abhijith Anandb‚ Lemuria Carterc a Rouen Business School‚ France University of Wollongong‚ Australia c North Carolina A & T State University b Abstract What is
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Attempting to understand family life can be done through many different perspectives. The most central theory in the study of family sciences is the Family Systems Theory. The perspective of Family Systems Theory can be summarized through the phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. Family Systems Theory attempts to understand the series of connections between the individual parts of a family and how these interactions and connections affect the family as a whole. A family system
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Systems Theory Paper Communication is essential in our society today. There are many different types and methods of communication that people use. Throughout life‚ people learn to use communication in order to interact in the everyday world. People form groups to place themselves where they think they belong in society. Whether people know they are doing it or not‚ they consciously or subconsciously place themselves into certain groups. There are many different reasons for people to join different
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process involving self-awareness and wakefulness; this paper will be specifically concerned with self-awareness‚ which seems to be a minimum requirement of conscious experience. I propose that the evolutionary history of consciousness likely began in large-bodied‚ arboreal apes with the development of a bodily self-awareness and sense of personal agency‚ allowing them to successfully navigate their fragile and dangerous environment. Many theories of the evolution of intelligence point to complex social
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‘it is always the doctors patient’ This paper will be discussing the struggle of allied health practitioners to achieve professional status. This health issue can be discussed under many different sociological theories however Feminism in particular sociological/ Marxist feminism with touching on post modern feminism also‚ shows great understanding around the health issues and gives an understanding of the way of health and health care in Australia. It explains how medical dominance in this field
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Job Description/Application Paper HRMN 408 6381 Employment Law for Business 8/31/2014 Recruitment is one of the major objections when trying to diversify a company. One of the most important decisions for recruiting will be establishing what types of applicants a company or organization is seeking‚ specifically‚ what type of work experience and skills a company is looking for. Most employers focus on pre-hire outcomes‚ such as whether open positions were filled in a timely manner
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were produced and the economy would go down. Keynes suggested that the government should get involved to solve the problem. As of today‚ Vietnamese people are facing the high unemployment rate‚ especially the young generation. This paper will discuss the Keynes’ theory and how it can be applied to help one of the most important factors contributed to the economy of Vietnam – the labor. Understanding: At the beginning of the Great Depression‚ the biggest economic crisis of all time‚ many banks had
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