Health David Sweet Edition No: Social Trends 41 Editor: Jen Beaumont Office for National Statistics Social Trends 41 Health ISSN 2040–1620 ST41 Copyright and reproduction A National Statistics publication © Crown copyright 2011 National Statistics are produced to high professional You may re-use this information (not including logos) standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official free of charge in any format or medium‚ under the terms Statistics
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Explanatory Theories Social workers apply theories according to how they understand people in the context of their unique circumstances‚ besides theories in social work are fundamental as they guide and explain social work practices. This essay will attempt to summarize psychodynamic and systems theories‚ highlighting similarities and differences and contrasting the application of the two explanatory theories and a practice theory to the case scenario of Mary & Patrick. Psychodynamic Theories According
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ground most of the time when she speaks‚ her shoulders are slouched forward. I have tried for weeks to engage her and try to get a smile from her‚ but it is worthless‚ I thought. She reported that she doesn’t have any friends and feels strange in social situations. Two weeks ago‚ we had a deep conversation about her grandfather being ill. She also disclosed for the first time that she used to cut in fifth grade. She is now in the ninth grade. Since that appointment she has not met me. My initial
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Systems Theory/Ecological Theory explains human behavior as the intersection of the influences of multiple interrelated systems. Even for individual issues‚ families‚ organizations‚ societies‚ and other systems are inherently involved and must be considered when attempting to understand and assist the individual or family. According to this theory‚ all systems are interrelated parts constituting an ordered whole and each subsystem influences other parts of the whole. The child abuse case assignment
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The social exchange theory refers to relationships and interactions that are based on estimates of rewards and punishments. This theory is extremely important in society because many people have a cost versus benefit mindset. Whether or not the reward of a decision is worth the cost is a common thought or question in society. This idea is commonly found in studies of economics around the world. The social exchange theory explains many people’s behaviors and mindset when it comes to everyday choices
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Introduction The social conflict theory is based on society being a complex system characterized by inequality and conflict that generate social change. Social conflict can be seen all over the world we live in: in sports‚ politics and normal social engagements and society at large. Karl Marx studied social conflict His entire life and wanted to reduce social inequality. The social conflict theory can be described as favoritism; Society tends to show favoritism to the prestigious members of that
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The Social Exchange Theory was created by researchers John W. Thibaut and Harold H. Kelley‚ was an attempt to everyday interpersonal relationships. This theory‚ with backgrounds in sociology and economics‚ appeals to so many because of it simple answers to human interaction and intentions. The social exchange theory is very rational and considers humans to be rational in every thought they make. It examines human behavior through costs and benefits of being in a particular relationship. The theory
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Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21‚ 1818 – December 17‚ 1881) was a pioneering American anthropologist and social theorist who worked as a railroad lawyer. He is best known for his work on kinship and social structure‚ his theories of social evolution‚ and his ethnography of the Iroquois. Interested in what holds societies together‚ he proposed the concept that the earliest human domestic institution was the matrilineal clan‚ not the patriarchal family; the idea was accepted by most pre-historians and
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criminology is a theoretical perspective in criminology which takes a conflict perspective‚ such as marxism‚ feminism‚ political economy theory or critical theory. The focus of critical criminology is the genesis of crime and nature of ‘justice’ within a structure of class and status inequalities. Law and punishment of crime are viewed as connected to a system of social inequality and as the means of producing and perpetuating this inequality.[1] Critical criminology sees crime as a product of oppression
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A social identity is an element of a person’s self-concept‚ which is a derivative of a supposed membership in a certain significant social group. The social identity theory‚ as at first put together by John Turner and Henri Tajfel in the 70s and 80s‚ was able to introduce the idea of a social identity as a means in which to give an explanation about inter-group behavior (Kolak & Martin‚ 1991). The social identity theory can best be described as a speculation‚ which is able to predict specific inter-group
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