PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Theoretical approaches in the social sciences – for example‚ behaviorism‚ functionalism‚ hermeneutics – have a perspectival nature. Perspectives have their own way of describing social sciences and may be dangerous for any social institution (Blinov‚ 2010:21). Philosophy’s aim is to question beliefs and opinions in the social science disciplines but also these disciplines can be politically innocent and neutral institutions by not favouring any particular practices or
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3 Major Theoretical Approaches to Sociology Functionalism (a.k.a. Structural Functionalism‚ Functional Analysis‚ Positivism): Until relatively modern times the prevalent sociological perspective was Functionalism‚ a paradigm which analyzes social structures (such as religion‚ schooling‚ or race relations) to deduce what social functions (such as marriage conventions‚ college attendance‚ or hiring practices) derive from them. This theoretical approach views society as a system of inter-dependent
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THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Classification of the literature about violence against women is difficult because violence against women cannot be understood in terms of a single factor. Most of the researchers focus on a few different reasons and not on a single one to explain why men use violence against women. Their arguments are sometimes so similar that even their approach is defined in different perspectives. For example‚ approaches by Gelles and Straus‚ who have many essays and
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Preamble PSY2016/3019 Counselling Theory & Practice Counselling & Psychological Therapies Constructionist Approaches PSY2016 & PSY3019 Realism vs Constructionism • For realists the human mind & behaviour are part of the natural world. For constructionists human activity and experience is constructed by the individual & their context (culture). • Realist approaches are concerned with the causes of behaviour and experience‚ constructionist approaches with the meaning of behaviour
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The theoretical principles of Person-Centred theory and it’s application in practice. The work shall emphasise the significance of the six necessary and sufficient conditions for therapeutic change in particular‚ the three core conditions. A critical analysis of the efficacy of the approach will be carried out with some critical evaluation of the researched arguments for and against the effectiveness of Person Centred Counselling. The common conception of human beings sees them as unsocialized
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Person-Centred Approaches to Counselling Unit The essay will evaluate the necessity and importance of the development of the core conditions in the counselling process and critically analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the person-centred approach on the counselling process. The Person-Centred Approach focuses on the clients own best authority as it is based on the client’s personal experience in his or her own life here and now. It shows the client as someone who has the ability of fulfilling
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1.1 Explain the background and development of theoretical ethical approaches? BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEORETICAL ETHICAL APPROACHES Deontological Theory The deontological theory state that the consequences or outcomes of actions are not important‚ what actually matter is that the actions are morally justified. For example drunken driving is wrong‚ now if a person argues that he safely navigated his way back home and for that reason he/she should not be held accountable by law‚ they
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Three of the main forms of counselling can sometimes be confusing. In this article I hope to unravel and clarify some of the mystery surrounding these three types of counselling approaches by means of comparing and contrasting with reference to their differing theoretical rationale‚ therapeutic interventions and processes of change. The Person Centred Approach (Originator: Karl Rogers 1902 – 1987) focuses on the belief that we are all born with an innate ability for psychological growth if external
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Introduction As a generalist social worker it is important and imperative to learn and use theoretical approaches when working with an individual or family. Theories are an interrelated set of concepts that have been organized to explain a problem and to remove barriers and challenges that have or are affecting a system. Utilizing a theory assist in removing the negative and focuses on the positive that will impact change in the individual or the family. However theories can be complicated and it
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Theoretical and treatment approaches to family treatment Structural family therapists have developed a number of techniques; some of the following techniques are frequently used in restructuring families (Janzen) Confirmation: The therapist who is giving a sympathetic response to a family member’s affective presentation of herself‚ for example‚ may employ this technique: “You seem to be worried.” Confirmation can also be executed by describing an obviously negative characteristic of the client
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