Describe and evaluate two theories of the formation of relationships There are two theories of the formation of romantic relationships‚ which are the reward/need satisfaction theory by Byrne and Clore (1970) and the similarity theory also by Byrne and Clore with Smeaton (1986). The similarity theory promotes liking. It suggests that we are attracted to people with similar personalities and attitudes to us and that we first sort potential partners for dissimilarity avoiding those whose personality
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recent decades‚ the theory and research in family resilience is not incorporated in the literature on child resistance at individual level (Masten & Monn‚ 2015). This is surprising‚ as the individual and family resilience has many common roots‚ including the general systems theory (von Bertalanffy‚ as referred to Masten & Cichetti‚ 2016). This can occur‚ because until now the family resilience more focused on family therapy and practice as directly related to family systems theory (Nichols‚ 2013). In
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Case Study: Fetal Abnormality Jessica is a 30-year-old immigrant from Mexico City. She and her husband Marco have been in the U.S. for the last 3 years and have finally earned enough money to move out of their Aunt Maria’s home and into an apartment of their own. They are both hard workers. Jessica works 50 hours a week at a local restaurant‚ and Marco has been contracting side jobs in construction. Six months before their move to an apartment‚ Jessica finds out she is pregnant. Four months later
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Organizations and the System Concept (Katz + Kahn) -To understand human organizations it is best to describe what is important in their form‚ aspects‚ and functions by looking for the cycles of growth + decline and predicting their effectiveness. -Common sense approaches to understand organizations rely on two key assumptions which can be misleading: 1. Nature of an organization of organization are indicated by name of organization 2. Organization has inherent goals a. Decided by managers
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AO1 AO2 AO3 Describe and evaluate two theories of the formation of relationships One theory is ‘The Matching Hypothesis’ which is a social psychological theory based on relationships‚ proposed by Goffman in 1952. It suggests that in order for a relationship to be a long and successful one; both partners in the relationship must be equally matched in attractiveness. The reason for this is due to fear of rejection‚ therefore when searching for a potential life partner the primary drive is to
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Describe and evaluate the learning theory for attachments. The learning theory suggests that we are born with a blank slate which means everyone starts off exactly the same‚ and then we learn all of our behaviours once we are born. The learning theory is split into two areas‚ Operant and Classical conditioning. Operant conditioning is one part of the learning theory to describe attachments. This states that attachments are formed through positive and negative reinforcements. An example of positive
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INTRODUCTION TO THE APPROACHES CHOSEN: According to Bowen (1978)‚ the purpose of the family systems theory is to establish a better level of differentiation with your family of origin‚ which means you have a better level of resolved emotional issues with them. The Differentiation of Self Scale is an important concept in this theory. The two extremes of this scale are people with low levels of differentiation or people with high levels of differentiation. People who are less differentiated from their
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Media System Dependency Theory Dependency theory‚ or media system dependency theory‚ was proposed originally by Sandra Ball-Rokeach and Melvin DeFleur (Dependency Theory‚ 2012). The core assumption of the theory suggests an essential relationship between audiences‚ media and the larger social system (Dependency Theory‚ 2012). It attempts to explain that the individual use of media is a goal oriented activity and the overall intensity of the dependency relationship between individual and media
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Running Head: BASIC FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY AND MICROSKILLS Basic Family Systems Theory and Microskills Used by the Helper Basic Family Systems Theory and Microskills Used by the Helper In terms of a system‚ the meaning is a consistent arrangement of things connected to form unity or to operate as a whole. These systems are dated back in origins to the 1950’s and 1960’s. In this theory we must understand an individual’s family and how it works for that family daily in the community‚ neighborhood
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Part I: Rodrik (80 points) A. Briefly summarize a key argument in the book (49): In The Globalization Paradox Rodrik contends that countries should retain the right to their preferences over the needs of the global economy. He argues that cultural and societal preferences should outweigh economic preferences. He describes this as one of the major challenges moving forward in an increasingly interlinked economy. B. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the argument (198): Rodrik bases his arguments
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