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    perspectives on human behaviour. Essentialist or social constructionist perspective has been considered by psychologists to examine the origin of sex differences (Anselmi & Law‚ 1998). Essentialism articulates that sex differences commence from inducements that are intrinsic in human beings‚ and present itself as an alternative meta-theory to conventional sociology. The discrepancy in sex differences across social contexts is considered by social constructionist view-point‚ understood by the interpretation

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    In 1979‚ Dr. Jaak Panksepp proposed the Opioid Excess Theory‚ the idea that the social symptoms in autistic children are the result of an imbalance in the opioid peptide levels in the brain. Dr. Kalle Reichelt was a leading researcher of this theory and published many papers on how the levels of peptides in urine samples of autistic individuals differed from the norm. Due to Reichelt’s research‚ it has been proposed that opioid antagonists could be used as treatments for autism. Unfortunately‚ a

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    Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory essentially looks at and views children’s behaviour to come to be as such through witnessing interactions between other individuals as well as through various forms of media (Rathus & Longmuir‚ 2015). How the above can be used to analyze/view John’s situation in terms of the challenges of the new-found academic and social demands from prior can be the following. In looking at how social cognitive theory may perceive the discussed client’s academic demands

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      * The ‘sisterhood’ of the 2nd wave seen as a façade‚ why? Interesting disconnect between 2nd wave and 3rd wave   * What was achieved? Pay equity‚ employment‚ sexual assault laws‚ reproductive rights (pill‚ abortion)‚ political and social supports‚ organizations‚ women’s health care‚ rape crisis centers‚ transitions houses and divorce law   3rd wave 1990 to present * Arose out of backlash of 2nd wave * Men-haters‚ bra-burners * Identity

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    The Social Theories of Harriet Martineau For the most part‚ men are usually credited when it comes to Sociological Theories and explanations. Women were given little attention if any‚ when it came to matters outside of the household. One woman in particular managed to stand out in the 1800’s despite the plague of gender inequalities during her time. She not only stood up against sexism but also used her Sociological perspectives to fight for women’s rights‚ the well being of children‚ suppression

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    to flourish. Further‚ they traded with the West Indies and the French colonies to the north. New England Religion Calvinism and the Social Contract Theory - Many individuals who lived in the New England area were Calvinists or heavily influenced by John Calvin’s works and thought. While many look at John Locke as one of the founders of the idea of the social contract‚ that the state is an agreement or contract between the individuals to join together into a society‚ Calvinist doctrine was one

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    SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY To better understand why destroying ancient cultural heritage sites and artifacts can be considered a form of ethnic cleansing‚ I turn to Social Identity Theory. As described by Danielle Renee Clark (2014)‚ “Social identity theory is the social psychological process that prompts group affiliation and identity formation‚ intergroup conflict‚ and subsequently fosters links between groups and any relevant cultural heritage property.” (Clark‚ 2014‚ 9) Membership to a group is

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    Option 2 Horalambus and Holborn (1990) said that sociological theory is a study which expained human and how the social ‘work’ in the society. Glucksmann (2006) identified work as compete tasks which provide people to make a living in the society and economic. There are six different perspectives to study about society: Scientific Management and Psychological Humanism‚ Durkheim‚ Marx‚ Weber‚ Symbolic Interaction‚ and Post-Modernism. These different perspectives are very useful in the society. Most

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    According to James D. Orcutt‚ The Social Control Theory of crime places a strong emphasis on conformity (2011:97). Rather than focusing on the intrinsic or extrinsic motivations of criminal behavior within an individual‚ control theorists wonder why people choose to conform (ibid). Conformity is the idea of matching your attitudes‚ beliefs and/or opinions to match those of the people or groups around‚ in order to avoid being seen as different. When influences such as personal values‚ institutional

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    Wolf Wolfensberger’s theory of Social Role Valorization (SRV) is extremely interesting in how it talks about the concept of wounding. When thinking outside of SRV‚ wounding means hurting something through physical force; but in terms of SRV‚ wounding means hurting someone’s psyche and emotions. Wounding in context of SRV talks about harming people mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally‚ which is different from how we usually think of wounding in our everyday lives. In Wolfensberger’s book‚ "A Brief

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