Trait theory and personal construct theory have markedly different approaches to the understanding of individual differences. Outline these approaches and assess the strengths and weaknesses of each. What consequences does each approach have for understanding agency – structure dualism? This paper commences with a brief overview of two competing influential theories that attempt to account for individual differences within the area of personality and intelligence. These are namely;
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psychology share these ideals; however‚ the flux of technological advances supports that cognitive psychology will have a lasting effect in psychology well into the twenty-first century. Key ideas Humanistic Psychology At the core of humanism is phenomenology‚ which embraces subjective rather than objective reality (Bugental‚ 1964). As explained by Rogers (1951)‚ the subjective realities form one’s phenomenal field. Rarely does the subjective reality match the objective reality; for example‚ two
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Information has been obtained about the client‚ Wendy‚ by means of a one on one interview. The client/counselor relationship and trust was established prior to the onset of the dialogue. The client verbalized her consent to take part in the sexual history interview and was advised that at any time she felt uncomfortable the interview would be halted or the subject could be changed. The counselor explained to the client‚ that the exchange between them was fully confidential and she was in a safe and
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Simon Hanley What is autobiographical memory? Illustrate your answer with some examples from research “Autobiographical memory is a memory system consisting of episodes recollected from an individual’s life‚ based on a combination of episodic and semantic memory” (Williams‚ H. L.‚ Conway‚ M. A.‚ & Cohen‚ G. 2008). As you can see from this definition‚ autobiographical memory is a very broad topic when it comes down to memory. Some textbooks describe autobiographical memory to be just another
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Assistant Professor of Architecture‚ is the Chair of the Architecture Department in the College of Engineering‚ Effat University. Dr El-Shafie received her Ph.D. in Built-Environment from Lincoln University‚ New Zealand in 1999. Her thesis entitled “Phenomenology of Built-Environment” deals with the interrelationships between people and their land‚ houses and places and how this is being affected by the processes of Modernization and Globalization. Dr Mervat is a registered architect‚ Practicing in the
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Deconstruction Deconstruction is a reaction against patterns of structuralists. It dismantles the idea of ‘structure’ to present it as concept which has been used to determine the way of understanding; rules of how we articulate meaning and readings by outlining an authority. Deconstruction is primarily a post-structuralist position in its objective approach to accept structure. It questions assumptions about how the universe has searched for a definitive; philosophically there is no definite
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Research Paper Evaluation of the research articles This work is using two original research papers and their findings to analyse the validity of the practice of SR (seclusion and restraint) in psychiatric inpatient facilities. The research papers chosen shed light on this questionable practice by analysing multiple patient characteristics and the events leading to SR. The other chosen research paper evaluates the inpatients perception of SR. The first research was found in the ’Journal of the
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The Gaze (John urry) - is an understanding how the tourist behaves by the regulation of the culture. Thus‚ rather than being ’out of place’ a person may be regulated by the gaze of others so they may embody the culture of difference. However‚ this does not always apply. A tour group of the same culture may find more comfort in the ’sameness’ of their fellow travellers. False Front (Boorstin) - Objective authenticity of toured objects treat authenticity as a property inhering in toured objects one
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of objective reality (Lythcott & Duschl‚ 1990). In some ways‚ participants construct realities by imposing their experiences on social and cultural phenomena. There are five types of qualitative research methods: case study‚ ethnography‚ phenomenology‚ grounded theory‚ and narrative research. These methods allow researchers to gather an in-depth understanding of social and cultural phenomena using inquiry tactics to determine the why‚ when‚ where‚ what‚ and how of the study. The qualitative
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Educational Research and Review Vol. 4 (4)‚ pp. 111-116‚ April 2009 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/ERR ISSN 1990-3839 © 2008 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper The implications of Nyerere’s theory of education to contemporary education in Kenya Joseph W. Nasongo1* and Lydiah L. Musungu2 2 Department of Educational Foundations‚ Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology‚ Kenya. Department of Educational Planning and Management‚ Masinde Muliro University of
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