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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A Theory of Cultural Value Orientations: Explication and Applications. Shalom H. Schwartz‚ social psychologist and author of a theory of cultural value orientations has done research on universal values and how they exist in a wide variety of contexts. Most of his work addressed broad questions about values‚ such as: how are individuals’ priorities affected by social experiences‚ how do individuals’ priorities influence their behavior and choices‚ and‚ how do value priorities influence ideologies
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spurred as many different nicknames as the 1920’s has. The ‘20’s were a decade subject to lots of change‚ and therefore lots of social and cultural rebellion. Not only were Women’s Rights addressed‚ but the consumer industry and mass culture was born. Many new attitudes and morals were also adopted. However‚ while I believe this period to be the epitome of social and cultural rebellion‚ others may argue that any changes were only superficial. To begin with‚ Women’s Rights were finally addressed
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The Social Birth Order Theory In the world of psychology‚ nature versus nurture is a common theme theorists attribute to differences in the personalities of children. However‚ there may be other influences that have greater impact early in life. When it comes to the disposition of a person‚ the order in which they were born within a family leaves an ineffaceable effect. A child’s inclination toward certain personality traits can be the result of their inherent position within their family. Many
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In 1979‚ Dr. Jaak Panksepp proposed the Opioid Excess Theory‚ the idea that the social symptoms in autistic children are the result of an imbalance in the opioid peptide levels in the brain. Dr. Kalle Reichelt was a leading researcher of this theory and published many papers on how the levels of peptides in urine samples of autistic individuals differed from the norm. Due to Reichelt’s research‚ it has been proposed that opioid antagonists could be used as treatments for autism. Unfortunately‚ a
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Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory essentially looks at and views children’s behaviour to come to be as such through witnessing interactions between other individuals as well as through various forms of media (Rathus & Longmuir‚ 2015). How the above can be used to analyze/view John’s situation in terms of the challenges of the new-found academic and social demands from prior can be the following. In looking at how social cognitive theory may perceive the discussed client’s academic demands
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES Life is a never ending learning experience. One of the most important lessons we can ever learn from comes from within. As we go through life‚ it is essential that we learn who we are‚ and have the ability to recognize and grow from our own personal strengths and weaknesses. Knowing what we are good at and what we are weak in is the only way we can truly grow as individuals. This knowledge helps us to accomplish the goals we set for ourselves in life. Through taking
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a good writer‚ I still try and do my best when I am writing an essay. My English 49 portfolio includes essays which show my weaknesses‚ strengths‚ and areas of improvement. First of all‚ My English 49 portfolio includes essays which show my weaknesses. My essays lacked focus‚ and did not have enough details in the body paragraphs. Two of these weaknesses were that I did not have enough details in my body paragraphs and they sometimes lacked focus. For example‚ in my argumentative
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Personal Strengths and Weaknesses Throughout my life‚ my strengths and weaknesses tend to gain more clarity‚ as I grew older. When I was younger‚ I did not focus too much on this part of myself. I must now use my strengths to improve my habits and my weaknesses to strengthen my faults. Several of my strengths are centered on my profession because the majority of my time is spent there. Some of my qualities are beneficial to different situations‚ while the other qualities hinder. Although we describe
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(Benedictow) . Doctors had no way to treat infected patients and created new phesdo remedies that were often harmful.(sciencemuseum.org.uk/) With nearly 20 million people killed‚ the social‚ economic‚ and cultural effects of the disease were massive. From the plague’s origin and spread‚ to treatment methods and cultural effects‚ the impact of the Black
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