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    THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE • According to Wechsler (1958)‚ “intelligence is the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully‚ to think rationally and to deal effectively with his environment.” The different definitions of intelligence basically deal with three aspects‚ ie.‚ ability to adjust to total environment ‚ ability to learn and the ability to carry

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    BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES OF LEARNING One of the most debated issues in psychology pertains to the nature and meaning of learning. The systematic study of learning is relatively new as it was in the late nineteenth century that studies in this realm began in a scientific manner. Psychologists borrowed techniques from the physical sciences‚ and conducted experiments to understand how people and animals learn. Psychologists have tried in the past to define and explain how learning takes place.

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    the study of personality began‚ personality theorists have offered a wide assortment of explanations about behaviour and about what constructs a person. Carl Rogers was the main originator of the ‘person centred’ approach‚ also referred to as the ‘nondirective’ or ‘client centred’ approach. This essay will offer a brief description about some of the main concepts in Carl Rogers’ person centred theory. Mainly covering topics such as his philosophy of theory‚ his theory of personality‚ how we acquire

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    Social Control Theory

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    One of the main key differences that separates control theories from learning theories although both are a subunit of social process theories‚ is that they have different assumptions of human nature that they based their theory on. For instance‚ in social control theories‚ the assumption is that humans are bad by nature; hence‚ humans need different types of social control that will regulate their behavior. If humans were left to pursue whatever they wanted without following any laws or norms they

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    Observational and social theory According to Lefrancois‚ Social cognitive theory is a label for Bandura’s theory‚ which explains social learning through imitation using the principles of operant conditioning while recognizing the importance of cognitive activities such as imagining‚ symbolizing and anticipating (Lefrancois‚ p.386). Bandura’s theory was based on Skinners operant conditioning. If you recall Skinner believed in “free will” Therefore‚ Skinner believed that we have a mind‚ but due to

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    Social Identity Theory Introduction People ’s behaviour in groups is fascinating and frequently disturbing. As soon as humans are bunched together in groups‚ they would start behaving similarly. One minute is all that is required to create an opinion and categorize others according to what they perceived is right. Definition SIT is defined as "the individual ’s knowledge" of personal membership in specific social groups‚ together with the "emotional value and significance" placed on such

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    Personality Theory Paper PSYCH-504 March 17‚ 2014 Personality Theory This Personality Theory paper will be written on The Blind Side. This movie was based on a true life story of Sean Tuohy and Leigh Anne. It begins with a Caucasian family who takes this homeless African American teenager whose name is Michael‚ but called Big Mike. While Michaels mom lived in a drug infested projects‚ he never knew who his father was. Michael had very little to no education and very limited skills to help him

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    Introduction Agenda Setting Theory is first developed by Professor Maxwell McCombs and Professor Donald Shaw in their Chapel Hill study in 1968. The agenda setting theory is separate into three parts which is media agenda‚ public agenda and policy agenda. Agenda setting theory is defined as the power of news media whereby mass media set an agenda which will influences the public which is called as public agenda by highlighting the issue frequently in media. Therefore the main effect of media in

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    theories of social inequality

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    Why and to what extent do people make significant purchases from people with whom they have prior noncommercial relationships? Using data from the economic sociology module of the 1996 General Social Survey‚ we document high levels of within-network exchanges. We argue that transacting with social contacts is effective because it embeds commercial exchanges in a web of obligations and holds the seller ’s network hostage to appropriate role performance in the economic transaction. It follows

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    Learning and Cognitive Theories of Social Phobia: Causation‚ Maintenance‚ and Treatment University Of Newcastle Social Phobia‚ also know as Social Anxiety Disorder‚ affects between 7 -13% of individuals in western society (Furmark‚ 2002). It usually presents during adolescences and is typically chronic and lifelong (Veale‚ 2003). Two theories have been commonly used to explain the development and maintenance of the phobia: learning theory and cognitive theory.

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