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ideas and values
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-an organization group of ideas, habits, and conditioned emotional responses shared by members of a society is a categorical cultural definition
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social heritage or tradition
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-the learned repertory of thoughts and actions exhibited by members of a social group, independent of genetic heredity from one generation to the next
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rule or way of life
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-the sum total of ways of doing and thinking, past and present of social group
-the distinctive way of life of a group of people; their complete design for living |
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patterning and symbols
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-a system of interrelated and interdependent habit patterns of response
-organization of conventional understandings, manifest in act and artifact that persisting through tradition, characterizes a human group -semiotics, those webs of public meaning that people have spun and by which they are suspended -a distinct order or class of phenomena, namely those things and events that are dependent upon the exercise of a mental ability peculiar to the human species. That we have termed symboling or material objects, acts, beliefs, and attitudes that function in contexts characterized by symboling |
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enumeration of social context
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-that complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by humans as members of society; the sum total of human achievement
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psychological and social adjustment and learning
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-the total equipment of technique, mechanical, mental and moral, by use of which the people of the given period try to attain their ends
-the sum total of the material and intellectual equipment whereby people satisfy their biological and social needs and adapt themselves to their environment -learned modes of behavior that are socially transmitted from one generation to another within particular society and that may be diffused from one society to another |
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postmodernism
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a term used to describe contemporary culture
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ethnocentrism
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considering ones own culture as superior and judging culturally different practices by the standards and norms of one's own culture
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ideology
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-ones particular body of ideas or outlook a persons specific worldview
-dominant ideas within a culture about the way things are and should work |
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biological determinism
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defining and differentiating social behavior on the basis of biological and genetic endowment
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social class
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a particular position in a societal structure of inequality
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social institutions
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patterned ways of organizing social relations in a particular sector of social life
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social status
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specific social positions that carry expected behaviors with them can be defined as
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social structure
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a set of interrelated social institutions developed by humans to impose constraints on human interaction for the purpose of the survival and well being of the collectivity
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religion
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helping to maintain social control ad answering questions about meaning and life purpose are some of the functions of which social institution
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family and kinship
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-regulating procreation
-conducting initial socialization -providing mutual support |
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gov ad politics
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-making and enforcing societal rules
-resolving internal and external conflicts -mobilizing collective resources to meet societal goals |
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education
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-passing on formal knowledge from one generation to the next
-socializing individuals |
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social welfare
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-promoting the general health
-dealing with issues of dependence |
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health care
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promoting of general health
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mass media
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managing the flow of info, images, and ideas
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conservative thesis
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defining inequality as the natural, divine order, and the fact that no efforts should be made to alter it
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structural determinism
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human behavior as highly determined by one's position i the social class structure
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radical antithesis
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philosophy that equality is the natural, divine order and that inequality is based on abuse of privilege and should be minimized
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genogram
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graphic pic of the family history to get a pic of the extended families patterns of relationships
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extended family
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grandparents, aunts, uncles
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family of origin
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family we were born into
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ecomap
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visual representation of the relations between social network members. Members of the network are represented by pts and lines are drawn btwn pairs of pts to demonstrate a relationship btwn them
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social network map
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who you routinely interact with
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family time line
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an instrument used to depict a chronology of key dates and events in a family's life and can also be used to locate both stressors and strengths
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ABCX model of family stress and coping
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a model used by social workers to understand whether an event in the family system becomes crisis, as well as understanding the family's resources and definition of the event
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multilevel family practice model
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a way of viewing a family that focuses on stress from the resources provided by patterns and institutions within larger social systems, including the neighborhood, the local community, the socioeconomic system
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strengths perspective model
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a way of understanding families that focuses on identifying how the family has coped creatively with adversity in the past and on helping family members use these strengths to build toward needed change
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cultural variant approach
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understanding a wide variety of different family forms like single-parent, gay and lesbian families, or foster families is recognized
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family life cycle approach
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an approach that looks at how families change over time and proposes normative changes and tasks at different stages
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multidimensional ecosystemic comparative approach
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describing and comparing similarities and differences among cultural groups:
-migration experience -ecological context of family -family organization -family life cycle |
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therapy group
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uses group modaltiy to assist individuals to resolve emotional and behavioral problems
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self help
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uses the commonality of the problem or issue to build social support among members
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task group
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created with the express purpose of completing some specific task
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small group
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a collection of individuals who interact with each other, perceive themselves as belonging to a group, and are interdependent with a focus on goals and rules and norms
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psychoeducational group
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main purpose of a group is for teh provision of information about an experience or problem
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mutual aid
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the members meet to help oe another deal with common problems
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formed group
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a group which has a defined purpose and is developed through the efforts of outsiders represent the dimensions of what kind of group
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open group
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a natural or formed group that includes any person who would like to become a member; a natural or formed group that accepts persons who meet the groups criteria after the group has begun throughout its existence
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time limited group
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a natural or formed group that establishes a certain length of time that they will meet as a group
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natural group
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develop a spontaneous manner on the basis of friendship, location, or some naturally occurring event
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self categorical theory
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theory of small groups that proposes that in the process of social identity development, we come to divide the world into in groups and out groups and to be biased towards the in groups
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social welfare
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social institution in modern industrial societies that promotes interdependence and provides assistance for issues of dependency
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exchange theory
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a theory which asserts that social power is what determines who gets valued resources in groups and also influences peoples expectations of others abilities
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social identity theory
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a stage theory of socialization that articulates the process by which we come to identify with some social groups and develop a sense of difference from other social groups
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community
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people bound either by geography or by webs of communications sharing common ties and interacting with one another
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formal organization
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a collectivity of people with high degree of formality of structure who work together to meet a goal or goals
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bureaucracy
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represents the most efficient form of organization for goal accomplishment in the rational perspective
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critical perspective
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a perspective that sees formal organizations as instruments of domination
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interpretive perspective
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sees formal organizations as social constructions of reality
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systems perspective
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an approach that sees human behavior as the outcome of reciporal interactions of persons operating within organized and integrated social systems
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rational perspective
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when a formal organization is viewed as a goal directed and a purposefully designed machine that maximizes efficiency and effectiveness
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discourse theory of public administration
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facilitating discourse about differences among the organizations members is the most effective way to achieve organizational goals
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political economy model
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model of formal organizations that focuses on the organization's dependence on its environments for political and economic resources and more specifically on the influence of political and economic factors on the internal workings of the organization
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social action model
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model of formal organizations that focuses on the active role of individual actors in creating the organization
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learning organization theory
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the idea that the organization must be able to learn and change in a rapidly changing environment
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community structure
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patterns of interactions, institutions, economic and political factors
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community cohesion
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social capital
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charity organizational movement
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a social movement emphasizing the delivery of services through private charity organizations
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social movement
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large scale, ongoing, collective effort to bring about social change
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settlement house movement
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social movement brought to the US that emphasized environmental hazards of industrialization and focused on research, service, and social reform
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social reform
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efforts to create more just social institutions
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mobilizing structures perspective
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an approach to social movements that suggests that they develop out of existing networks and formal organizations
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political opportunities perspective
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key idea that social movements often rely on elite allies is associated with it
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cultural framing perspective
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an approach to social movements that asserts that the movements can be successful only when participants develop shared understandings and definitions of some situation that impels the participants to feel aggrieved or outraged, motivating them to action
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resource mobilization perspective
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focuses on the role of formal organizations in the development and maintenance of social movements
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radical flank
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extremist groups within a social movement tha tslo has more moderate groups
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infiltrators
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external groups who make conscious effort to get inside a social movement and destroy it from within
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elites
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the most powerful members of a society
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free riders
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managing membership issues that can threaten or facilitate the success of social movements is important to understand. Benefit from a social movement but make no contributions to its efforts
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strain theory
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the belief that social movements develop in response to some form of societal stress such as social inequality, social isolation, or conflicts in cultural beliefs
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political opportunity perspective
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an approach to social movements that suggests that they develop when windows of political opportunities are open
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transnational social movement organization
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social movement that operates in more than one nation state
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macro systems
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systems of broader influences like culture, subculture, and social structure
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quantitative research
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when a social work researcher uses methods to measure concepts, standardize the collection of data, preselects variables, and sues statistical methods
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social behavioral perspective
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the assumption that learning takes place as individuals interact with their environments
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psychodynamic perspective
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focuses on how internal processes motivate human behavior
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developmental perspective
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focuses on how human behavior changes and stays the same across stages of the life
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social constructionist perspective
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focuses on how people learn through their interactions with each other, to classify the world and their place in the world
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the musculoskeletal system
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biological system which supports and protects the body and provides motion
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belongingness and love needs
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meeting one's needs for affection and intimacy
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psychoanalytic theory
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based on the primacy of internal drives and unconscious mental activity
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object constnacy
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the capacity to form trusting attachments with others
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afrocentric relational theory
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theory assumes a collective identity for people rather than valuing individuality and is understood broadly as an invisible substance that connects all people
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1st force theory
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psychoanalytic
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2nd force theory
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behavioral
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3rd force
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humanistic
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4th force
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transpersonal
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prestage primal faith
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infants who are learning to trust or not to trust their immediate environment, developing a sense of object permanence, and forming first preimages or a sense of the ultimate
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intuitive projective faith
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early childhood
-awareness of self |
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mythic litera;l
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middle childhood
-high levels of conformity |
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synthetic
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adolescence
-early formal operations |
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individuative reflective
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responsiblities for ones commitments
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control theory
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presents the key idea that humans desire to manage their physical environments
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stimulation theory
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focus on the physical environment as a source of sensory info that is necessary for human well being
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place attachment theory
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process in which individuals and groups form bonds with places
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behavior settings theory
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propose that consistent uniform patterns of behavior occur in particular places or behavior settings
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legibility
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the ease with which people can conceptualize key elements and spatial relationships within an environment and effectively find their way
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