P4‚ M2‚ D2 P4: In this assignment I will be explaining two theories which are the disengagement theory and the activity theory. Disengagement theory The disengagement theory suggests when people reach old age‚ they tend to naturally withdraw themselves from society and social involvement‚ elderly folk will also reduce their physical activity due to complications with poor health as they grow old. This among other reasons will result in restricted opportunities to interact with others and forms
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variety of choices that even people use as a business tool to achieve what they wanted. As example‚ now you can communicate and see the face of the person. In the professional sector‚ people have utilized different types of mediums in interacting within professionals and community. Mainly it uses different approach for every different person that they interact with. These different interactions have been foreseen from the theories from past scholar and modify by the people themselves in order to cope
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Daniel Levinson’s Life Structure Theory Six Stages of Adult Development The definition of Human Growth and Development is the science of study of growth‚ stability‚ and change in a person from conception till death (Santrock‚ 2010). Throughout the study of psychology and human growth came with different theories on how a person grows physically‚ cognitively‚ and psycho-socially. One of the most familiar theories comes from Sigmund Freud‚ the idea of having a ego‚ superego‚ and id‚ in which the
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Summary of the Contributions and Shortcomings Of Piaget’s Theory. This essay will be summarising the contributions and shortcomings of the Cognitive-Developmental theory and firstly explore the background and key concept’s of Piaget’s work behind child development. Secondly Piaget’s ideas about cognitive change and the four stages of development from birth which are the sensorimotor stage‚ the pre-operational stage‚ the concrete operational stage and the formal operational stage and how this
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Ethical Theories Joseph Ramos ETH/316 November 26‚ 2012 Irma Flores-Brothers Ethical Theories Ethics can be defined as a code of moral principles that sets a standard between right and wrong. Having what it takes to be an ethical person is not an easy task and the proper methods of becoming a moral person has been debated for centuries. This has resulted in several theories including utilitarianism‚ virtue theory‚ and deontological. Although all relate to ethics they each have a different
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Graduate Howard Gardner produced a theory in the 1980’s on the way the human brain retains the information it is taught. His theory was made up of seven different types of intelligence. These intelligence’s‚ referred to as Gardner’s Theory‚ are logical-mathematical‚ linguistic‚ spatial‚ musical‚ bodily-kinesthetic‚ interpersonal and intrapersonal. His research continued in 1999 resulting in the eighth and ninth theories‚ naturalistic and existential. Gardner’s Theory argues that the human brain has
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Theories of Motivation Motivation has been defined as the psychological process that gives behaviour purpose and direction (Kreitner‚ 1995); an internal drive to satisfy an unsatisfied need (Higgins‚ 1994); and the will to achieve (Bedeian‚ 1993). In psychology‚ motivation refers to the initiation‚ direction‚ intensity and persistence of behavior. In simplistic terms‚ we can define motivation as the desire and willingness to do something and the inner force that helps individuals achieve their
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What is Dependence Theory? Dependency theory is a theory of how developing and developed nations interact. It can be seen as an opposition theory to the popular free market theory of interaction. Dependency theory was first formulated in the 1950s‚ drawing on a Marxian analysis of the global economy‚ and as a direct challenge to the free market economic policies of the post-War era. The free market ideology holds‚ at its most basic‚ that open markets and free trade benefit developing nations‚ helping
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Bibliography: 1. Organisational Behaviour- K. Aswathappa‚ G. Sudarsana Reddy 2. Modern Learning Theory – T.Tighe 3. Psychology of Learning and Behavior 4. Schwartzhttp://www.answers.com/topic/learning 5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning 6. http://www.learning-theories.com/
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THEORIES OF EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN Oleh By: Ni Made Ary Kartika Sari 08 - 2802 (Vi) FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION ENGLISH DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF MAHASARASWATI DENPASAR 2010/2011 1. Jean Piaget’s Theory Jean Piaget was primarily interested in how knowledge developed in human organisms. Cognitive structuring of the knowledge was fundamental in his theory. According to his theory‚ cognitive structures are patterns
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