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    Social disorganization theory attempts to describe the ways that social institutions fail to fulfill their constructive and order-maintaining functions in a particular area‚ especially in urban environments. When institutions such as schools‚ churches‚ families‚ businesses‚ and government fail‚ the individuals begin to suffer because of it‚ which results in them feeling powerless and a lack of purpose in life. In the end‚ this can start to develop some personality disorders in those individuals.

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    MODULE NAME: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL WORK ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Choose at least two social work theories; explain their main principles‚ advantages and disadvantages and apply them to the assessment‚ planning and intervention in one of the case studies provided below. Discuss your rationale for choosing the theories selected. Case Study 2: Ramesh Ramesh is 45 year old Sri Lankan man who works as a telephone engineer. He lives alone‚ but for many years he looked after his elderly

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    Social Cognitive Theory 01 Pg. 1 Social Cognitive Theory Of Learning "Of the m any cues that influence behavior‚ at any point in time‚ none is more com mon than the actions of others." (Bandura‚ 1986‚ p.206) Historical Overview In the early 196 0’s‚ when many learning and instruction theories were being developed‚ Albert Bandura and his researchers recognized that many overlooked an important asp ect of learning‚ the ob servation of others. From this analysis began the social-cognitive theory

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    Social cognitive Theory and Feminist Theories The goal in this individual assignment is to apply the social cognitive theory and feminist theories to contemporary media content and to compare and contrast different theoretical perspectives. Attached to this paper there will be a print advertisement specifically chosen to analyze how and whom these theories reflect on in new media today. After analyzing the two perspectives‚ the theories will be compared and contrasted‚ showing the similarities

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    Theories of aging In this essay I am going to explain two theories of ageing such as social disengagement and activity theory. I will also discuss these theories in relation to my chosen individual‚ Kurt Cobain‚ and how they have affected their development or would have in the future. I will discuss how social disengagement and activity theory may have affected him in his later life if he had reached that life stage. The first theory I am going to explain is the social disengagement theory.

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    The social learning theory suggests that an individual’s behaviors and thoughts are shaped by observations (Hutchinson‚ 2016). This theory uses social behavioral aspects of conditioning and discusses that individuals’ behaviors are prompted by emotions and thoughts. The emotions and thoughts that are displayed by a person are thought of as behaviors that need an explanation (Hutchinson‚ 2016). The conditioning principles used are operant conditioning and classical conditioning (Hutchinson‚ 2016)

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    Social Theories and White Collar Crime Criminology 302 Social Theories and White Collar Crime Edward Sutherland believed that without including white-collar criminal offense as its own category it would contribute to errors in how we depicted the crime‚ understood the cause of offense‚ and evaluated crime in the justice system. (Simpson & Weisbud‚ 2009) Sutherland’s idea did not hold up well with scholars‚ due to missing information of the criminal‚ so his idea never took hold. Still

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    Social exchange theory is a social psychological and sociological perspective that explains social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties. Most exchanges are done with an expectation of reciprocity. Reciprocity is the expectation that people will respond to each other in similar ways. You repay a kind gesture with a kind gesture‚ a tit-for-tat kind of thing. Social exchange theorist argue that the choices we make are Guided by subjective evaluative processes.

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    As an undergrad social work student at University of Texas-Arlington we are taught how to become a generalist social worker. Becoming a generalist social worker will provide us with a broad range of skills to work with micro‚ mezzo and macro groups from all different ethnicities‚ ages‚ and religions. Professors here at UTA teach us many different models and theories that we can use as tools to work with our clients or groups successfully. A newer social work perspective that I would like to discuss

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    Running Head: SOCIAL COMPARISON THEORY Introduction Individuals tend to differentiate significantly in conditions of how they observe and assess their personalities & abilities. There are individuals who observe themselves more positively and those more realistically. Research has exhibited that an individual possessing an enhanced view of one’s self-concept through social comparison tends to lead to extremely favorable outcomes. Social Comparison Theory The theory that I had chosen to discuss

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