“From a postmodern/social constructionist perspective‚ individuals construct their own reality-based on languages and narratives passed on from culture to culture” (Nystul‚ p. 263‚ 2010). The metaphor used in social constructionist/postmodernist theory is textual as opposed to systemic. This textual metaphor says “people narrate their lives to create meaning using the social discourses available to them”(Becvar & Becvar‚ p.45‚ 2013)‚ as opposed to the systemic metaphor that states‚ “a family is
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The theories of the mass media‚ better referred to as philosophies of the mass media are the tenets that regulate the affairs of the mass media in any particular country. The democratic-participant theory and development media theory are of special important to us here because they are theories tailored to suit developing nations. Democratic-participant theory is a type of theory that emphasizes and supports the media multiplicity‚ local nature of the media‚ horizontal media involvement and interaction
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Humanistic Theory vs. Social-Cognitive Theory Rebecca Chaplin 8/9/2009 In this paper‚ I am going to compare and contrast the two personality theories humanistic and social-cognitive. These two theories are not generally paired up when comparing and contrasting personality theories because they are very different. I am going to compare and contrast these two because I find them the most interesting of all the personality theories. Let us start with the definitions of humanistic and
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Key Theories of Child Development Worksheet Part I: Fill in the following table with information regarding the main theories identified in the Key Child Developmental Theories activity. Theory Approach to research (research design) Components of the approach Historical milestones of the theory Psychosocial Theory • Observation • Children learn through interacting with their environment • Children develop in eight pre-determined stages • Constructivist approach • In 1950 Erik Erikson
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Social Development Research PSY/201 The article I have chosen to review and summarize for this assignment addresses selectivity during social information processing. It investigates whether or not this selectivity evolves with age and social experience. This article was chosen because it is informative and interesting. The author chose to use the technique of experimentation to analyze whether or not increased age affects the way in which humans process social information. The article
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The social control theory has been significantly important to predict delinquency in individuals especially on adolescents. It has become a dominant theory compare to any other theories relating to delinquency. Base on the social control theory‚ there exists four social bonds that prevents a juvenile from committing delinquency. The four social bonds are attachment‚ commitment‚ involvement‚ and belief. It was previously stated that Hirschi’s social control theory is able to explain 25% to 50% of
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Communication Theory and Social Change Robert T. Craig University of Colorado at Boulder A keynote presentation to the Indonesian International Conference on Communication Universitas Indonesia‚ Jakarta 22 November 2010 The theme of this conference‚ “Global Challenge to the Future of Communication: Digital Media and Communication Freedom in Public Discourse‚” is fundamentally concerned with communication in relation to social change. In this paper I reflect on communication theory as an element
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Describing morality is rather simple‚ but what’s left to question is what determines the rightness or goodness of a thing or action. Using two ethical theories‚ Social Construct Theory and Kantian Theory I propose the answer to this question; the morality of an action is determined by agreements and the “categorical imperative”. Social Contract Theory is based on the idea that actions are morally right if they are made under an agreement. This agreement doesn’t necessarily have to be communicated‚
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Development has been defined as bringing about sustained improvement in the well-being of the individual and bestowing benefits on all. Although historically development was usually employed to refer to economic development‚ nowadays it refers more often to human development‚ a holistic concept that encompasses governance‚ health care‚ education‚ poverty reduction‚ gender equality‚ infrastructures‚ sustainability‚ etc. Development should be distinguished from disaster relief or humanitarian aid.
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Social penetration theory was formulated by psychology professors Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor as their attempt to describe the dynamics of relational closeness. They proposed that closeness occurs through a gradual process of self-disclosure‚ and closeness develops if the participants proceed in a gradual and orderly fashion from superficial to intimate levels of exchange as a function of both immediate and forecast outcomes.[1] This psychological theory‚ as with many others‚ is applied in the
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