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Theories for Treating Adult Survivors of Abuse
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5 pages. This paper describes the theories behind treating adult survivors of psychological abuse or battering. Includes post-traumatic stress disorders and Walker's Model as well as Briere's Model. Current methods also include support groups, counseling in the shelter setting, crisis intervention, hypnosis, aromatherapy, eye movement desensitization, psychodrama and more. These therapies address such things as self-esteem and attitude as well as manipulation. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Theories in Child Development: Piaget Verses Spelke
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A 5 page overview of the child development theories of Jean Piaget and Elizabeth Spelke. While Piaget recognized that the seemingly meaningless activities of play could have a tremendous impact on the development of the child, he failed to recognize the importance of innate knowledge in regard to the way things are expected to behave. Spelke, on the other hand, recognized that human cognition consists of many specialized abilities which depend on innately specified knowledge and predisposition. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Theories in Cognitive Development
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A 6 page overview of the way children develop knowledge of their world in their novice/expert transition. The author compares the theories of Piaget and Spelke. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Theories in Family Dynamics
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This 5 page paper, broken into three sections, talks about different theories concerning family relationships. Concepts such as equifinality, multiple levels of understanding, interdependency, and enmeshment, are included along with a variety of models on this subject. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Theories in Psychology: Freud and Erikson
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A 4 page overview of the theories of these two influential psychologists. Personality development is highlighted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Theories Of Albert Bandura
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Bandura's concepts are compared with other theorists' such as Lawler and Piaget in this 11 page analysis. Bandura's premise that self-efficacy expectations are the most important influences on motivation is highlighted. All theories are discussed as related to the nursing profession and the key elements of individualism, environment, society and health are discussed in relationship to nursing and Bandura's theories. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Theories Of Development - Erikson And Kohlberg
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A 9 page paper. Two theories are discussed in this paper: Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development and Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development. With Erikson's stages, the crisis to be resolved, the successful outcome and the virtue gained from that crisis are identified. With Kohlberg's theory, each the categories and their stages are presented. The paper also includes brief comments about why each theory was criticized. The possible need to modify the theories in view of our current population, e.g., the growing number of elderly, is mentioned. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Theories Of Personality
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4 pages in length. The writer discusses main points, similarities and differences among Freud, Jung, Adler and Horney. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Theories of Personality and the Concept of Personality Change
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This is a 4 page paper discussing different personality theories in regards to personality change. Personality theories range in their discussions regarding nature (psychobiological and trait theories by Eysenck, Allport and Cattell) and nurture (social and psychodynamic theories by Skinner, Bandura and Freud) to those which are based on simple concepts of human existence and responsibility (humanistic theories by Maslow and Rogers). Other than the biologically-based theories however, there seems to be some concepts which allow for personality change in either terms of continued knowledge and development or a change in reinforcement and stimuli within the environment. Adult personalities in many of the theories are formed during childhood development but can undergo change in certain environments later in life. Even the trait theory which does not allow for a great deal of change does allow for some change in secondary traits such as preference and attitude. Tutorial language is used throughout for writing direction. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Theories on Aggression and Their Application in Social Psychology
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This 7 page paper provides an overview of the issue of aggression in youth populations and the psychological and social indicators. In school-aged populations, the issue of aggression and the presence of behavior disorders presents considerable problems for educators and parents, who struggle with the displays of physical aggression and the behavioral developments that extend from manifestations of aggression. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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