Cultural Theory of risk

Cultural and Contextual Literacy Julie A. Gore PSY150 Robyn Arnette April 17, 2017 Cultural and Contextual Literacy In psychology, there are many personality theories, but the four most important ones includes psychoanalytic, humanistic, social cognitive, and behavioral. These four theories can be placed on a nature v. nurture continuum that will determine if a person is born with it or develops it over time due to the environment. There are many psychological disorders such as anxiety…

Cultural criminology is a response to cultural and social trends and contextualises crime within lived experiences of offenders, victims and society. The geographical focus of cultural criminology is within western societies, mainly the United Kingdom and the United States of America, as this is where many of its theorists originate, such as Presdee, Ferrell and Young. Cultural criminologists see the act of transgression to contain emotions and attractions, where crime is a reaction against the…

2014. More than cultural or social conditions, the biggest problem confronts by Puerto Rico is the trafficking of drug given the advantage of been a trampoline for US drug dealer that have cargos coming from Colombia and Venezuela. However, the fact that there is an economic recession, a high rate of unemployment, poverty level at an astronomical rate and the police corruption can’t be ignore as affecting the homicide rate. But let’s take a look at each of these historical, cultural, and social…

applications are far-reaching, but is fairly common as theories go. Local, state and Federal law enforcement authorities often use this as a way to…

in Health Care As the ethnic and racially diverse populations of the United States continue to expand, so does the need for cultural competence. Health care providers are continually challenged to deliver care that meets the physiologic and cultural needs of the patient. In view of this fact, initiatives to increase and improve the awareness and effectiveness of cultural competency is at the forefront of health care initiatives (Purnell, 2013). Application of universally accepted approaches…

faced in risk analysis may include the reason as to why some minor risks as assessed by experts in the specified area about concerns and result in substantial impacts upon society and economy. Kasperson et al. 177-187 proclaimed “the main theory is that hazards interact with psychological, social, institutional, and cultural processes in ways that may amplify or attenuate public responses to the risk or risk event.” (Sparrow) on the other hand, argued that the basic ideologies of risk…

The theory that I have chosen is the health belief model. I chose the health belief model as I am a firm believer in self efficacy. Self-efficacy is a term used to describe the level or degree of a person's confidence in his or her ability to successfully perform a behavior. Self-efficacy is a construct in many behavioral theories as it directly relates to whether a person performs the desired behavior. My first question is regarding perceived susceptibility. This refers to a person's…

treated justly and with dignity. Jean Baker Miller found traditional theories of behavior to be lacking emphasis and recognition of relational experiences, especially when pertaining to minority groups, and how these relational experiences impact individual 's mental wellbeing. Thus, she and several of her colleagues developed the relational cultural theory. This paper will highlight the core concepts of relational cultural theory, as well as its correlation to the core values of social work and…

Cultural Cognitive and Genetically Modified Organisms With world economy getting diversified and globalized there is a growing need to understand the perceptions and value of people towards new technologies. It is even more important when it comes to understanding people’s perception of risk associated with Genetically Modified Organism (especially food). In the last decade we have been hearing about pigs that glow in night, chicken without feathers etc. and it seem very normal for people to…

is no agreement about the effects of cultural diversity on team performance. What is certain is that the role of multicultural teams has increased a lor in the latest years and multinational companies started to pay great attention on these effects. Generally cultural diversity can affect the team performance in three ways: ● People find easy to work and cooperate with whom shared similar values, attitudes and beliefes according to the cultural similarity theory; ● People tend to class…