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    com/bam/jwb Social entrepreneurship: A critical review of the concept ´ Ana Marıa Peredo a‚*‚ Murdith McLean b‚1 a Faculty of Business‚ University of Victoria‚ 3800 Finnerty Drive‚ Victoria‚ BC‚ Canada V8P 5C2 b Centre for Studies in Religion and Society‚ University of Victoria‚ 3800 Finnerty Drive‚ Victoria‚ BC‚ Canada V8P 5C2 Abstract This paper undertakes an analytical‚ critical and synthetic examination of ‘‘social entrepreneurship’’ in its common use‚ considering both the ‘‘social’’ and

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    Discuss theories of moral development Piaget researched into the moral development of children and found that until about 5 years old children are amoral. They cannot make moral judgements or understand rules. However‚ most children under 5 years old know when they are doing something wrong; therefore it could be argued that they aren’t amoral. To understand rules children use equal-status contact with peers to understand others perspectives and begin to develop morally. Piaget used pairs of vignettes

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    and Adolescents Development Theories The first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development was Jean Piaget in the 1920’s. “Piaget believed that human beings organize new information in two ways: through assimilation and through accommodation” (Rathus 241). He showed that children think in dramatically different ways than adults. There are three basic components to Piaget’s Cognitive Theory are schemas‚ the processes of adaption‚ and four stages of development. Piaget described

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    The psychosocial theory provides a theoretical structure that highlights the constant assimilation and communication of individual competencies with resources‚ difficulties‚ and culture. Development is seen as a product of genetic‚ social‚ maturational‚ and autonomous dynamics. For this assignment‚ I am analyzing personal development using Erickson ’s psychosocial theory of development. Erickson believed that development follows the epigenetic principle‚ that anything that grows has a ground plan

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    At the turn of the century‚ life drastically changed for Americans‚ especially in the 1920’s where new social developments extremely affected their lives. During this time period‚ America transformed into a consumer society that contrasted with the production of primary industrial goods and an ethic of scarcity‚ restraint‚ sacrifice‚ and frugality of the 19th century. The 20th century was now known for leisure‚ relative affluence‚ and an emphasis on consumer goods and personal satisfaction. Things

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    For this assignment I will describe two theories of mathematical development. I will discuss Jean Piaget’s and Tina Bruce’s theories about how children’s understandings of mathematical develop. Jean Piaget’s research led him to believe that we develop by taking in information‚ which is then processed by the brain and as a result of this our behaviour changes. He stated that there are stages of development that children move through. The ages are approximate but the sequence is the same for everyone

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    Psychological Developmental Theories Abstract This paper looks at the effects of divorce on children based on the application of various psychological developmental theories. More specifically‚ children within the age groups of 4 to 6 and 7 to 11 will be taken into account. The theories explored and applied will include Freud’s psychoanalytic theory‚ Erikson’s psychosocial tasks‚ Bowlby’s attachment theory‚ Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory‚ Bandura’s social learning theory and Vygotsky’s‚ and

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    Moral Development theory. Becker (1996) identifies that for someone at level one moral development it is the person’s needs that determine right or wrong. Wuornos needed to support herself with money and cigarettes‚ something she would not get from her family‚ as a result‚ by the age of thirty five Wuornos had risen to level three of Kohlberg’s moral development theory. Kohlberg describes an individual at stage six as having post conventional thinking for instance‚ Kohlberg explains “What is good

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    emotional problems at home and he has little motivation to study in school because he is an introvert person. In addition to that‚ he has a difficulty in identifying his sex-role identity. Firstly‚ the social context of development of Jin Sheng is dependent on his historical‚ economical and social factors. Being from a low-income family coupled with his father’s retrenchment‚ he has to depend on some little pocket money from any part time job that his dad and mum are working from. He is also forced

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    2 lying; malnutrition; oppositionality; panic attacks; physical symptoms such as headaches and stomach aches; repeated self-injury; risky sexual behaviors; running away; self neglect; separation anxiety; sexual dysfunction; sleep disorders; social withdrawal; stealing; stuttering; substance abuse; suicide attempts; thumb sucking or any age inappropriate behavior; truancy. By taking the child or children out of the home‚ there is a possibility that the child will be less likely to develop these

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