Theories

Derived from the social reaction theory, the labeling theory deals with how offenders react to how society classifies them in which seems to influence further offending as well as more extremely. According to Tibbetts (2012), the theory assumes two perspectives about the people labeled; negative labeling of those living in lower class or minorities and they have no choice but to conform to the theory referred to as hands-off policy. The hands-off policy was convincing in the 1960s and early…

This brings to question how the personality is developed. Socio-cognitive theories such as Albert Bandura’s (1977) state that personality is a product of a set of cognitive processes otherwise known as the ‘Self-System’. Bandura’s theory outlines the role of social experience, reciprocal determinism and observational learning in relation to the development of the self-system in childhood. Children observe…

The Transitions Theory, a middle range theory, will be used as a guide throughout the DNP project. The Transitions Theory, as cited in McEwen and Wills (2014), began with the recognition of the “experiences that humans face as they deal with changes relating to health, well-being, and their ability to care for themselves.” McEwen and Wills (2014) continued to emphasize the interaction between the nurse and patients in this process and the role of the nurse in developing health promotion and…

Locke’s Essays on Human Understanding continue to be taught, discussed and debated today. In particular, Locke’s personal identity theory is considered to still be extremely relevant in modern times. In personal identity theory Locke explains the distinction between the definition of words, such as human, person and substance, which he claims are often used to convey the same meaning. Then Locke discusses the main factor that suggests the sameness of personal identity – consciousness, and…

perspective and the conflict theory are two out of the three major theoretical perspectives in sociology. The functionalist perspective is viewing how society contributes, then seeing how it contributes as a whole. The conflict theory are the tensions that arise from scarce resources. How I like to remember the functionalist perspective is thinking about it like the human body. Skin is what holds the human body, so do norms and values to bind society together. The conflict theory on the other…

Feminist theory is often misunderstood and considered to focus on an inherent goal to promote superiority of women over men. Instead, feminist theory seeks to magnify forces that support and encourage inequality, oppression and injustice and replace it with equality and justice for all oppressed people, especially women. Historically, women’s point of views has been excluded from social theory and social science, therefore, feminist theorist such as Patricia Collins and Gloria Anzaldúa have…

Common sense realism is a philosophy of mind rooted in a theory of perception that claims that the senses provide us with direct awareness of the external world in contrast some forms of idealism asserts that no world exists apart from my dependent ideas and some forms of skepticism says we cannot trust our senses. The realist view is that we perceive object as they really are they are composed of matter and occupy space and have properties such as size, shape, taste, color that are usually…

A belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible for a circumstance or event is known as a conspiracy theory. (Oxford Dictionary) In other words, conspiracy theories try to deny facts that many believe are the truth. To understand more about conspiracy theories, it is necessary to get familiar with five of the most widely believed conspiracy theories, which include the Iraq War conspiracy, the Princess Diana conspiracy, the 9/11 conspiracy, the Pearl Harbor conspiracy, and…

The theory that captures my interest is the sociocultural theory. The sociocultural theory relates to everything encountered in life on the daily. It affects every human being that is developing and will someday contribute to society. Sociocultural theory has many hot topics, some of which include breastfeeding, parenting styles, media violence, and individuals varying cultural beliefs that affect them. Sociocultural theory relates to just about every job, including my personal choice of a…

is the biological theory of substance abuse. The biological theory…