Culture theory

different theories that try and explain deviant behaviors. One of them is Cultural Transmission or also known as Differential Associations Theory. This is a theory that says all behavior is learned, this would include deviant behavior. This theory focuses on the age of the “learner”, the intensity of the contact with the deviant “teacher” and the ratio of good ot bad in the learners life. So for an example if a child is Born to a mother and father that would do drugs, and when the father…

In this theory, Sherif explores how intergroup conflict as a result for competition for resources, impacts on workforce diversity. The principle conceptualization of this theory assumes that people are likely to be in conflict either individually or within the context of a group, when in competition for limited resources. Unlike other psychological and cognitive theories that explain individual and organizational behavior, the realist conflict theory does to rely on the structure…

Ancient Greece had a rich history and culture. A major part of this civilization were the scientific theories and explanations that famous philosophers and scientists created. However, during this time period, scientists and philosophers did go through the modern scientific method when creating a theory. The scientists of that time came up with conclusions founded on false ideas and assumptions based on religious variables, thus, creating an array of erroneous conclusions. (Scientific…

Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention This peer reviewed journal examines the aspects on the theories of intelligence in adolescents’ mathematics achievement. With this in mind, the 2 studies debate on incremental theory versus entity theory and an intervention teaching regarding positive change. Therefore, psychologist will try to prove with this longitudinal study that with time intelligence can be…

Developmental theory is defined as the differences, of behavioral patterns that divide children development into various stages. There are numerous of different theories based on how psychologist view the perspective of a person behavior (Very Well 2016). During the developmental theory, the child conflicts with many different roles that play a major part in their developmental milestones. (Very Well 2016). There could be other issues that a person may have that encounters with the developmental…

deviant? Being such a broad topic, is there really a single theory out there that can explain why deviance occurs. From arguments that it happens because of the culture of the lower class to issues surrounding the ego, or perhaps its environmental factors that explain deviance. I will argue that because deviance is a diverse phenomenon and therefore cannot be explained by any one theory. Beginning with Walter B Miller’s (Miller, 1958) theory, which is based on very niche criteria, lower class…

Theory Description Watson wrote many books as her mid-range theory developed. Her first published work, Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of Caring(1979), provided her students with a framework on how to care for patients. The carative factors and caritas model were based on Yalom’s eleven curative factors. Medicine is curative, so distinguishing nursing as a profession based on caring principles helps to delineate nursing from medicine as a separate science (Alligood, 2014, p. 86). Watson…

We are constructors of our own knowledge as well as knowing what we know and what we do not know about the universe. Knowledge can be viewed and defined in many depending on the person, culture, religion, and lifestyle. Whether people like Sagan or Hawking may dispute their point of views of the universe, they also pertain to have similarities about it as well. Our own beliefs of what knowledge represents to society as well as individually to us can often be subject to outside influence. The…

three philosophical paradigms -- positivism, interpretivism, and critical theory. POSITIVISM Positivisim is philosophical paradigms in social sciences of which gives emphasisis on empirical data and scientific method to analyse them. It is regarded as an application of methods used in natural sciences. It further assumes that fact, values and truth can be distinguished and social world exist on regularities which theories can discover. From the end of the 1960, positivism became target of…

Theories are explanations of how things works and are supported by research including multiple tests of hypotheses and other theories. People’s experiences, ideologies and systematic reasoning develop the basis of theories (Robbins, Pranab & Edward 376, Hutchinson 26). In social work, theories both help us evaluate and comprehend human behavior, society, individual and social problems, and the relationships between them (Robbins et al. 375, Hutchinson 26). Developing theories help people…