Social Dominance Theory

Application of the Social Cognitive Theory on Child Obesity The social cognitive theory (SCT) developed by Albert Bandura emphasizes how cognitive, behavioral, personal, and environmental factors interact to determine motivation and behavior (Crothers, Hughes, & Morine, 2008). The SCT is composed of four methods of goal realization: self-observation, self-evaluation, self-reaction and self-efficacy (Crothers, Hughes, & Morine, 2008). These factors are constantly influencing each other and used…

The theory that I am going to focus on for this essay is the self-control theory. I understand that not just this theory explains why people use drugs but it is the one that I feel is the most direct to a person. I also agree with the other theories and think some of them go together. They can all be used and looked at in order to find out why people use drugs. I don’t think there is just one clear theory that stands alone, but the self-control theory is the one I feel most confident about. I…

George Hennard disregarded literally hundreds of formal laws and informal norms when he drove into Luby’s Cafeteria in 1991. It is apparent that although social controls do positively affect most citizens, there are more important aspects in preventing mass shootings. For controls to work in the first place within a free society, the society must have citizens that are willing to follow rules and regulations…

issues advocating against the abstract question of reality. In contrast, the aim of modern science has been, by employing the scientific method, to establish reality beyond any doubt. As a result, the public commonly accepts scientific findings and theories as undisputable truths. However, the certainty of modern science is misleading and continues to leave the question of reality open for…

What are the methods of Inquiry? Basically, methods of inquiry are different ways an investigator can gather information for his/her case whether it’s a normal routine investigation or trying to reconstruct a past crime scene. Outside resources such as forensic scientists, computer technicians or anthropologist could be used in order to validate evidence collected. The scientific method is a great tool to use when trying to reconstruct a crime scene. The scientific method is not only for…

Observation of a 5-year-old Purpose The purpose of this observational study is to gain perspective of the various theories of development that were taught in class. Also, to help the observer understand that observational research is complex and difficult to describe a five-year-old female child objectively. The observation took place in the child’s home for one hour while her parents were present during the study thus, the mother can sign the permission slip. Descriptive information The child…

How does science play in the explanation of reality? It would seem in that in the era we live in now science emerged to play a very big role. Considering that it is the largest bodies of investigation we have, along with being the most socially acceptable. Although, that seems to be the issue at hand here, that science discovers things about our reality and most people at large, tend to accept the reported findings. Most people walk through life reading magazines articles that report scientific…

experimental results show that the null hypothesis may be mistaken, and thus, in this case, it is discarded and replaced the hypothesis development and testing. In the case of a hypothesis that is not refuted by the results, it may form the basis for the theory to explain this phenomenon. Experimental science has placed the importance of the publication, they may be re-created by other researchers to prove the consistency of the rights of observation so that they might further refine the…

Two theories which were believed in previous time periods were the Hippocratic theories and the theory of ovist preformationism. The Preformation’s and Hippocratic theories were used in the late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries to explain how organisms develop from embryos as well as how characteristics are transferred from parent to offspring. Both theories explained these mechanisms partially correct with some explanations still see to be true today. On the other hand both theories…

How I Got Here through a criminological angle. I shall summarize Medina’s story, present a simplistic format of the theories I believe were in play in her story, and then connect those theories with her story. Additionally, I want to note that I will only disclose the theories that I consider to have been the most prominent in Medina’s story, since, there is a large number of theories that can rationalize what happened; but perhaps not as apparent. Brenda Medina’s story prior to the arrest…