Glossary of systems theory

Much like Bronfenbrenner’s theory, Piaget believed that the cognitive development was a result of the environmental influences. To understand Jean Piaget’s approach to development, he came up with five specific terms used to describe the dynamics of development. These five terms were…

Urie Bronfenbrenner is an American psychologist who developed the Ecological system theory. His ecological system theory consists of four systems; micro-system, meso-system, exo-system, and macro-system. Similarly, Bronfenbrenner explains how these systems affects the development of a child. The very first system is a micro-system. In a microsystem, a child is affected by his immediate environment like; home, daycare, and his peer group. Here, the two-person dyads are building blocks of the…

Circuit analysis is the study of methods of solving generally linear systems for unknown variables such as the voltage at a certain node or the current through a certain branch of a network. A path is a trail in which all vertices (except possibly the first and last) are distinct. This is a glossary of graph theory. Graph theory is the study of graphs, systems of nodes or vertices connected in pairs by edges. The degree of a vertex in a graph is the number of edges…

Marxism is a theory developed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels on social indifference and classes through the influence of capitalism. The theory explores that society is classed according to their financial or economic standard, In the theory Karl refers to the upper class as the bourgeois and the working class as the proletarait. The theory of Marxist is not only social but also political , he believes that the people of the working class are oppressed by the government system. In Marx’s…

Foucault, Nietzsche and Parsons all have diverse reasons on why the North Carolina transgender bathroom bill should be overturned or kept in tact. Foucault would want the bill to be denied because he believes authorities seek to categorize and control individuals’ lives through bio-power. Nietzsche would argue against the bill because he was in favor of people who challenged the norms of society. Parsons would argue that through recent feedback loops the bill should be overturned because it is…

Triadic Reciprocal Causation Presented in the mid-eighties by Albert Bandura; Triadic Reciprocal Causation (often shown as a triangle consisting of three squares that all connect) is a theory that states personal factors, behaviors, and the environment influences how a person develops. For example, if a child is treated poorly by their peers at school there is a higher probability for the child to want to go back. It is also less probable for the student to succeed in a classroom due to added…

consider alternate, more profitable situations comparable to their present situation. People are goal focused in a freely competitive system. Exchange operates within culture norms. Social credit is preferred over community indebtedness. People are reasonable and calculate the best possible means to be competitive in rewarding…

Dima Assessment Game Theory The Cournot model of oligopoly assumes that rival firms produce a homogenous product, and each attempts to maximize profits by choosing how much to produce. All firms choose output (quantity) simultaneously. The basic Cournot assumption is that each firm chooses its quantity, taking as given the quantity of its rivals. The resulting equilibrium is a Nash equilibrium in quantities, called a Cournot (Nash) equilibrium (OECD, Glossary of Statistical Terms,…

Motivation within an innovative work environment Curriculum Topics • Motivation • Maslow (hierarchy of needs) • Taylor (scientific management) and Herzberg (2-factor theory) • Mayo (human relations approach) Introduction…

morality. It’s a branch of philosophy that looks to understand how human actions can be judged as right, wrong, good or bad. Why are we the person we are today and what helps guide us in our actions, ethics plays a part in it. There are many moral theories in ethics. I am going to touch on Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics, and Social Contract. Utilitarianism says that in a scenario, when there is something that makes the most good for the majority of people, then it is moral. It also…