Essays on Theoretical Perspective

1. Review chapter three "Science and Fuzzy Objects" and lecture notes on key theoretical perspectives in sociology. Compare and contrast the assumptions or key premises of the structural-functional, social conflict and symbolic interaction perspectives. (15 points) Sociology is a social science that involves the systematic study of different human groups and their social behavior. Individuals study sociology just to gain basic knowledge while others understand it to apply various changes to the society like solving various problems. Sociology mainly applies the use of theories which are statements that attempt to explain, describe, and predict social events. Theories guide the ...

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Projects have increasingly become an important component of many organisations today. In this sense, the project management occupies a progressive master role in the success of many organisations (Shenhar & Dvir, 2007). This means that the fruitful and appropriate delivery of the projects promotes the progress and the development of the humanity from the global perspective. This paper is about the analysis of the automated baggage system built by the BAE Automated System incorporated into a project at the Denver International Airport (Neufville, 2004). Ideally, the project was designed to cater for the teaming air passengers at the airport. While ...

Introduction

The main mission of the ethnographer outlined in this paper was to carry out an investigation of the traditional Han society and culture (Jarvenpa, 1998). The ethnographer investigated how the Han lived in the early days, including if they still hunted for food or fished, how the Indians and members of the white community interacted, the communities’ hopes and fears, and how they saw their future. In this regard, the ethnographer investigated the traditional Han society and culture through cultural immersion and participants’ observation of the members of the community.

Methods

Methods: The ethnographer used two methods of collecting information. ...

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Abstract

This research established in the article sought to explain the issue of marriage regarding Chinese rural young women and to give the grounds if the issue served as a risk or protective factor for their suicide. The analysis included a brief summary of the main ideas of the article, the purpose of the research, key findings and consequences of the results. Moreover, the major theoretical perspective to clarify the findings was based on Emile Durkheim’s social integration theory of suicide which highlights sources of people’s social support. The observations allowed ...

Question 1: International relations mainstream theories

The contribution of post modernism to the field of international relations has been far-reaching. The major element of this approach is the criticism to Marxism. It takes various strands of thinking and among them is the constructivist which is based on the philosophy of constructivism being applied in social settings. The theory talks about what it means to say that something is socially constructed. It illustrates social beliefs and facts that seem to have some sense of reality in them. But in reality, these social beliefs would function for individuals as I they ...

Summary

This paper will summarize the proposed research methodology of my dissertation topic on gender discrepancies in regards to African-American education. There has been a noticeable, growing increase in the presence of African-American women in undergraduate and graduate education while the gap between African-American males and females has widened. The dissertation will use mixed methods, grounded theory perspective to determine why this is the case. The overall theoretical perspective of the work will be rooted in critical race theory and poststructuralist concepts. Quantitatively assessed questionnaires and coded qualitative interviews will attempt to answer the question of why African-American male participation ...

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The following questions will be answered in accordance with the perspective of Hutchison (2013):

1. Define each of the dimensions and give examples of Manisha’s journey for each dimension. 2. How does knowledge of these terms contribute to culturally sensitive social work practice? 3. Cite examples of how you think these theories would help with assessment and intervention in your practice with client. Provide a rational for your answer. 4. Which theoretical perspective would you evaluate as meeting the most criteria for judging social theory? Provide a rationale. 5. In a short answer list and explain the three factors associated ...

The conflict theory, which derived its assertions from the ideas of Karl Marx in the mid of 1800s, considers the social life as a competition while focusing on the distribution of power, resources and inequality. According to this social theoretical perspective, the human behavior results from the conflicts between competing groups. He considered the human society as related to conflict between the social classes, majorly in the capitalist societies between the owners of the factors of production and the servants (Stolley, 2005). Other sociologists have also described this theory in the context that separate groups in the society have unequal ...

Introduction

Any given society is made up human beings. Sociology is a social science that deal with the study of how these human beings interacts amongst themselves, causes of their interaction, and the results of these human interactions. In sociology, human beings are defined as social beings. Social life revolves around several components that can be used to explain how a society operates and exists. The three major of these components are the social structures, social interaction, and the social institutions. Different societies have different cultures, norms, and beliefs. In order to understand how the societies differentiate, it is important to first ...

Introduction

Primal fear is an investigative movie, which tries to unravel the murder of a famous Bishop in Chicago. A young altar boy (Aaron) has been arrested for his murder. Aaron looks like an innocent kid, who stutters, and he is represented by Vail, who is a famous attorney. Vail believes that Aaron is innocent. In the middle of the trial, Vail finds out that Aaron has a disorder. With the disorder Aaron acts differently, he is a foul mouthed, violent, and obnoxious. Vail finds a sex tape that shows Aaron, another altar boy and a girl having sex, and they are being directed by the ...

Education is a process that combines both the environmental and personal experiences and influences for gaining, inspiring and transforming a person’s values, skills, behavior and attitudes. Several education theorists have come up with different education theories including cognitive, behaviorists, socio-constructivism, social learning, constructivism, situated learning and community practice theories . These theories develop hypotheses that describe how the learning process will take place. Situated learning theorists believe that there is no learning that is not situated. These theorists recognize that learning occurs most effectively within communities through community interactions such as relations, building trust, problem-solving and cooperation. Socio-constructivism theory holds that ...

Introduction

Sociology is the study of human groups and their interaction with one another. Different people have a differing view of the world from an outside point of view, what is popularly called, social imagination or perception. The different theories in sociology avail the various sociological perspectives through which human beings view the social world. Bluntly stated, a perspective is basically a way of looking or viewing the world. As such, sociological perspectives make it possible for human beings to predict and explain the social world in which they inhabit. To this end, there are three major sociological perspectives to explain this social ...

Importance of play in early childhood

Sub-themes that relate to the theme Key theoretical frameworks that relate to each theme Critical analysis of the framework Key empirical studies that relate to each theme Summary of literature - Key aspects of the studies - How studies relate to the research topic? Importance of play in early childhood

Position statement

The Importance of Play to Children’s Learning and Development in Early Childhood Program “Playing to Learn/Learning Literature 1. The Role of Pretend Play in Children's Cognitive Development by Doris Bergen; Miami University.

Summary

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Introduction

The psychological field is familiar with the difference of B.F. Skinner and John Watson’s theoretical perspectives. However, none of the two differs as much as Edward Tolman’s perspectives. One of his popular assertions is that his believes in the importance of every aspect in the psychological field. In addition, all those aspects can undergo investigation through perpetual theoretical and practical analysis of rat demeanor determiners in a maze (Pickren & Rutherford, 2010). These different perspectives are captivating and are popular in this era’s modern psychology. This paper will generate a fair comparison and contrast on Skinner and Watson’s ...

Candidate: Ian Keith Sinnott

Degree: E900‐Doctor Of Philosophy CRICOS code: 006244J Campus: Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus Finish Date: 25/032016 Enrolment Category:Off‐Campus / Full‐Time Associate Supervisor(s): Dr. Rod Nielsen and Dr Alex Kostogriz Thesis Title: Evaluating the impact of Instruction of English through the use of the iPad on the English Foundations Studies Program at Abu Dhabi Men’s College [ADMC], Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates.

Colloquia: First year confirmation

Ethics: This project will require ethics clearance Chapter One Context of the Research 1.1 Background of the study Technology has augmented ...

Abstract

Gender stereotypes in children is a common phenomenon that is instigated by the environmental conditions, especially social institutions such as schools, family, and religious institutions. The family is the basic socialization agent. However, all these social institutions categorize children into gender-based categories. Nevertheless, despite the widespread use of such initiatives to categorize individuals on gender basis, there has been little research to establish the causes of gender stereotypes in children. This research study hypothesized that, based on the cognitive development and environmental learning theory, environmental and cognitive factors interact to determine the gender stereotype and gender roles in children. ...

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This paper covers the debated topic on the psychological theorists – Sigmund Freud and B. F. Skinner – and discusses their theories. Additionally, this paper takes the opinion that considering the review of the behaviorism and psychoanalytic theories, B. F. Skinner best describes the psychological approach of understanding human behavior. Therefore, he could have served as a better therapist for depression patients. Psychology, like other disciplines such as philosophy and theology has been subjected to several and constant controversy that has always encompassed several divergent philosophies, ideas, and perspectives. In philosophy, people belonging to a specific school of thought would seek to ...

In Religion and Society in Latin America: Ambivalence and Advances, Peterson Anna discusses twelve books that address religion and society in Latin America. She argues that several studies conducted on religion and societies in Latin America have broadened scope that has included more diverse and personal relationships between religion, social control and social change. However, she maintains that these studies greatly rely on functional approaches to institutional and religious focal points. Additionally, she explains that these previous studies have tended to highly contextualize religion in the specific societies that they study to the extent of failing to recognize the ...

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Introduction Criminal offenses have social underpinnings. One who commits a particular crime may know that his act is against the law, but several social factors may have led him to push through. Given that criminal acts happen in almost every setting where humans thrive, it is essential to examine the subject matter more closely for one to understand it better. Understanding crime paves way for its prevention in the form of socially held mechanisms such as upbringing and law enforcement, on one hand, and self-help procedures, on the other. Given ...

Introduction

- Brief Description of case chosen

Overview of perspectives

- Conflict theory - Social constructionist perspective - Social behavioral perspective

Application of perspective to case study

- Strengths and limitations

Conclusion

- Benefits of theoretical perspective to social work practice Introduction

Brief Description of case chosen

A May 17th, 2013 CBS News Report gave a lengthy account of a mother who was arrested and charged for aggravated manslaughter on a child under 18 years old. Miami Dade police further verified the events of the alleged incident by saying that the mother, Catalina Bruno, confessed to leaving her 11 month old son locked in her car on a very hot day. The Mother had a previous child ...

Each person has his/her own learning style. Take a professional development book and you will find its advocates. Contrary to the believers of this “common knowledge,” this statement is a myth. Reiner and Willingham (2010) debunk this myth and explain why the claim “learning could be improved by matching the mode of instruction to the preferred learning style of the student” is not backed by solid evidence. The following sections are three important discussion points this writer makes about the article.

There is no scientific proof that learning styles exist.

Learning style is defined as “the preferred bodily sense through which one receives information, whether visual, auditory, or kinesthetic” (Reiner & ...

Part 1- Presentation of nurse theorist and nursing theory

Introduction Personal Information Educational background Experiences Professional networks and accomplishments Major Characteristics Theory identification and elements Theory Usefulness

Part 11-Discussion of theoretical concepts Major Characteristics Concepts/Assumptions

Relationship of Concepts/theory Nursing Paradigms/Other theories

Part111- Application of nursing theory and concepts

Potential for Practice Education/Leadership Conclusion Application of examples in research

Nursing converged from the humble beginnings of benevolent caring venture for the ill and ailing towards a scientific endeavor in the twenty-first century. It has undergone immense changes emerging out of intuitive interventions towards evidence-based practices articulated by ...

Literature Review: Meta- paradigms in Nursing

Description of alignment of personal theory with worldview

Analysis of personal utilization of nurses' ways of knowing

Literature Review: Meta-paradigms in nursing Introduction This literature review embraces the metaparadigm nursing theoretical perspective and how it relates to ways of knowing in the profession. A critical review aligning personal conceptualizations with a world view interpretation will be explored. Also, an explanation of my personal ideological premise regarding the efficacy of this theoretical perspective to contemporary nursing practice will be analyzed. The theoretical premise of this literature review hinges on the assumption that meta-paradigm is an inclusive perspective of a ...

The Impact of Using Blogs on College Students' Reading Comprehension and Learning Motivation

In the article The Impact of Using Blogs on College Students' Reading Comprehension, the authors Hui-Yin Hsu and Shiangkwei Wang (2011) described the findings of a study where they investigated whether the use of a blogging tool would improve the reading level of students. In particular, this study aimed to find answers to the following questions: whether the reading performance of college-level developmental-reading readers was affected by the use of blogs; whether the students’ learning motivation was affected by the use of blogs; what factors affected the students’ reading performance; and what the teachers’ perception was of the integration of weblogs ...

Selection of a core concept

Comparative analysis discussion Concept Statement Metaparadigms Philosophies Conceptual model

Choosing one theory and discuss where and how it may be best applied to nursing practice.

Concept comparison and analysis across theories embraces the assumption that concepts are the building blocks of theories since they highlight the conception of how scientists view a particular phenomenon. In the same way perceptions vary, definitely concept definitions and interpretations are diverse across disciplines and cultures. As such, in the following pages of this document the writer will explore these differences to detect the significance of their theoretical framework.

Nursing: Concept comparison and analysis across theories research paper

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Source

The article chosen is by Lizardo Omar. It was published on January 3, 2011. The title of the article is “experiential stratification bases and consumption of high status culture”. It is from the journal of theory culture and society, volume number 28 pp. 678-696.

Purpose of research

The key question that the author seeks to answer is whether people in order-giving positions have a high chance of engaging in high status culture consumption in contrast to people in order taking positions. He notes that research has proven that culture consumption has continued to be shaped by variables that are associated with prestige and ...

There is an immense difference between ideological theories and their practical implementations. Often, even the most brilliant ideas become complete failures. So was the case with communism and national approaches to its implementation. Depending on country’s specifics and initial people’s needs, communism had various interpretations from “the human face socialism” in Tito’s Yugoslavia to Cultural Revolution in Mao’s China. The topic of the present essay is the analysis of whether some communist theories and their institutional embodiments were somehow successful. The central thesis is that both communist theory and practice had some initial positive results, ...