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    1.1 Describe potential conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual`s rights. In our care work we mostly work with children and young people who may not have the ability to judge what is good for them and what is not. In those cases it is our responsibility and job as individuals and as a team to provide them what we judge is best for them. In some other cases they have the skills to get involved in the decisions and this can lead to conflicts and dilemmas

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    The Use of Stream of Consciousness in Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Abstract Writers of the first decades of the twentieth century became fascinated by the inner lives of teeming impressions ‚ and by the mental activities of meaning – making which constitute our private inner lives. The works of Irish writer James Joyce are distinguished by their keen psychological insight and use of various literary techniques; most notably "stream of consciousness" which is an attempt

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    the atom‚ it has involved and formed many theories. There were many physicians who were significant people that contributed to the formation of the atom today. One of these physicians is named John Dalton. He should be considered as the most influential contributor to the atomic theory‚ due to the fact that he was one who formulated various theories that assist in defining the atom. There could have been numerous ways for Dalton to disarray the theories‚ and yet he did not.

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    The Different Theories Of How The Universe Was Created. There has always been a question that no one has ever been able to answer‚ and probably will not answer for a very long time. This question is how did the universe‚ and more specifically‚ earth‚ become to be what it is today. For hundreds of years many people were convinced that a higher power created the earth‚ that their god just willed earth to become‚ and it became. There are many different theories as to how and why the universe came

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    3 EXPLAIN HOW THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND FRAMEWORKS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCE CURRENT PRACTICE. Theories of development offer insights into the forces guiding childhood growth and what can affect them. Each offers insight but each has limitations‚ which is why developmental scientists use more than one theory to guide their thinking about the growth of children. Current practice is based on many years of knowledge and experience. This helps us to understand children learning‚ development

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    HOW IMPORTANT ARE MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS IN COGNITIVE THEORIES? How the world around us is represented mentally is the corner stone of cognitive architectures. It facilitates understanding of information received and perceived from our environment. The storage and retrieval of knowledge would be impossible without mental representations. Mental representations are the way in which we create ‘copies’ of the real things around us‚ which we perceive. A description of a representation is a symbol

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    MOTIVATION THEORIES: Goal Setting Theory: In the late 1960s‚ Edwin Locke proposed that intentions to work toward a goad are a major source of work motivation. That is‚ goals tel an employee what needs to be done and how much effort will need to be made. Specific hard goals produce a higher level of output than does the generalized goal of "do your best". Why? The specificity of the goal itself seems to act as an internal stimulus. For instance‚ when a trucker commits to making 12 round trips

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    What do psychologists mean by theory of mind? Discuss the claim that theory of mind is an evolved adaption This essay will be discussing the claim of what psychologists mean by theory of mind and the claim that it is an evolved adaption. ‘Theory of mind is essentially the ability of an individual to respond differently‚ according to assumptions about the beliefs and desires of another individual‚ rather than according only the others overt behaviour’ (Bryne and Whitten‚ cited in Clegg‚ 2007

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    Conflict theories are perspectives in social science that emphasize the social‚ political or material inequality of a social group‚ that critique the broad socio-political system‚ or that otherwise detract from structural functionalism and ideological conservativism. Conflict theories draw attention to power differentials‚ such as class conflict‚ and generally contrast historically dominant ideologies. It is therefore a macro level analysis of society. Karl Marx is the father of the social conflict

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    W. E. B. Du Bois introduced a term called Double Consciousness with the purpose of defining a person whose individuality is divided into multiple facets. “Double Consciousness” reveals the divisions within American society‚ and functions as a theoretical instrument that allows for a full understanding of those separations. Du Bois coined the term in 1897‚ in his article entitled Strivings of the Negro People‚ published in the Atlantic Monthly. Later‚ the article was slightly revised‚ to be republished

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