Social theory

PSYC 101 Mydland Personality Trait Theories The topic up for discussion is the four major different types of personality theories such as psychodynamic, trait-or-five factor model, humanistic and social-cognitive. The goal in this paper is to explain the advantages and disadvantages of each theory accurately. The first theory, psychodynamic is the theory that focus the most on the inner workings of personality, especially internal conflicts and struggles. The theory was brought up by no other…

I am answering part A of question 3. I argue that the social control theory and the labeling theory are two theories that are able to justify the claim that informal social control is more effective than formal systems of control. Hirschi’s social control theory explains that deviance is a given; however it is the absence of deviance that needs explaining, and it is our social bonds that often explain the absence of deviance. Our social bonds are our attachment to conventional others, our…

Empowerment Theory Empowerment is the assistance of breaking down barriers individuals, groups and individuals are facing. Empowerment is defined by the Cornell Empowerment Group (1989) as the “intentional ongoing process centered in the local community, involving mutual respect, critical reflection, caring, and group participation, through which people lacking an equal share of all used resources gain greater access to and control over those resources” (as cited in Perkins, Douglas, Zimmerman,…

cognitivist constructivists believe that people accommodate and assimilate knowledge into their mental structures through experience and internalization of new knowledge. Lev Vygotsky is one of the commonly associated theorists of social constructivism and believes that social contexts impact learning through a process of semiotic mediation (Handsfield, 2016, p. 57). Furthermore, Vygotsky argues that knowledge becomes internalized in cultural communities through this process of semiotic…

Social Identity Theory is a group theory that serves to explain the way in which people organize their social world. The means by which we determine individuals as being part of our in-group or out-group are largely explained by the minimal group paradigm. This paradigm implies that people randomly decide who is part of the out-group almost instantaneously and assign negative stereotypes to them solely on the basis of their affiliation with that group. Within one’s in-group, members are seen as…

are dependent on each other. Interdependence is a phenomenon that many scholars of humanities and the social sciences explore when mapping out social relationships and hierarchies. Taking a critical disability studies perspective, the livelihood of all persons is paramount and social interdependence will be a focus point. Social interdependence theorists have created three processes by which social interdependence amongst individuals can be described (Johnson, 2003). Substitutability, the degree…

Social Scientist Essay Jean Piaget was a psychologist who studied theories on childhood development. He was born on August 9th, 1896 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (Grimms, 2014) and lived until he was eighty-four years old. Jean Piaget started out with little interest in the sciences, but after he wrote many scientific papers and they were published and well known by the world, he went further into the study. He went on to study at the University of Neuchâtel and received his Ph.D. in natural…

Social science theories provide insight and understanding to various policy case studies. This is exemplified in the case study of young people transitioning from out of home care. There are a number of issues that young people face when transitioning from out of home care. This has resulted in a number of policies formed to both resolve and improve these issues. The use of social theories can be seen through the ways in which the theory of ideology has been used in the out of home care policy.…

This paper will firstly explain, the background of the philosophy of social justice followed with a time line that marks important philosophical dates of interest and events throughout history; Secondly it will focus on John Rawls Theory of Justice, addressing the stages of his theory, and the historical nature of social justice in conjunction with western philosophy. Lastly this essay will look at the diversity of Rawls 's philosophical and ethical thoughts. It was during the period of…

Social Identity Theory (SIT) developed from Tajfel’s work on intergroup processes which focused on the genesis of conflict between social groups, and the factors which influence support for, or attempts to change, established social hierarchies (Tajfel, Henri., & Turner, John C. 1979). In Social Identity Theory the self is reflexive in that I can take itself as an object and can categorize, classify, or name itself in particular ways in relation to other social categories or classifications.…