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Social Theory and The Stranger Next Door by Arlene Stein

the minority elements. The people of Timbertown, though they might not have known why they were doing it, were fulfilling the idea...

Group Conflict and Social Identity Theory

In five pages social identity theory is examined in a consideration of its various elements as well as group conflict. Five sourc...

Conflict and Social Identity Theory

In five pages this paper examines group social identity in a consideration of the personality conflict perspectives of Carl Rogers...

Theory and Social Control

Social institutions, such as organized religion, the family, educational institutions, and political groups were radically questio...

Social Problems and the Theories of Emile Durkheim

In ten pages the theories of Emile Durkheim inclusive of anomie are applied to such social problems as poverty, homelessness, and ...

Cultural Dynamics and Social Theories of Pitirim Sorokin

In six pages this research paper discusses the career and the theories developed by Russian American sociologist Pitirim Sorokin. ...

Groups, Self Esteem, and Social Identity Theory

In five pages this research proposal discusses the relationship between the desire to belong to a group and low self esteem or lac...

Theories of Social Work and America's Teen Violence Problems

an impermeable substance but provides a subjective sense of self-continuity as it symbolically integrates the events of lived expe...

Homeless Shelter Oral Hygiene Teaching and Albert Bandura's Social Learning Theory

(McCarthy, 1996). Good dental hygiene prevents cavities as well as even more serious dental complications. The counselor m...

Social Systems Theory and Foster Care

physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard t...

Substance Abuse and Emile Durkheim's Social Theories

a biological entity" (Coser, 1977, p. 129). These factors which are external to the individual outlast individuals who die over ti...

Social Workers and Attachment Theory

the attachment cycle, crying is the dominant signaling behavior. The cry of the infant signals the caregiver to provide relief fo...

Bandura's "Social Learning Theory" - Analysis

whether nature or nurture commands greater credit and why. Patriarchy has long assumed that the male gender is, by nature, regard...

Social theory and Mass Media

media was in response to meeting the needs of the individual, creating a mode by which information could be conveyed to address pe...

John Galtung/Theory and Methods of Social Research

located outside the social scientist himself, and we shall follow this tradition" (Galtung 9). As this indicates, Galtung does not...

Education and Social Theories

This research paper discusses functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism and how these sociological theories impac...

Globalization, Social Stratification, and Theory

observed between blacks and mainstream society. What we are observing in modern day society in regard to the refusal of cer...

Earlly Social Learning Theory

The zone of proximal development is defined as the gap between what a child knows and his potential for the next higher step. Vygo...

Social Conflict Theory, A Program Evaluation

This paper is an evaluation of Restoration House's New Hope for Families program, which is a community-based residential treatmen...

The Biological Theory of Crime: The Social Implications

to criminal behavior are not so far-fetched. This paragraph stresses the risks of being too aggressive in intervention of "crimi...

C.S. Lewis and Social Theory

Gresham, and took on the role of stepfather to her two sons, Douglas and David Gresham. During his life he formed a...

Social Contract Theory and the State

In six pages this report discusses the social contract theory in a consideration of how the state concept came into being with Joh...

Poverty and the Social Theories of Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx

In fourteen pages this paper evaluates the applicability of the sociological perspectives of theorists Marx, Weber, and Durkheim t...

Aggression and Albert Bandura's Social Learning Theory

Bandura said that if an individual is engaged in a behavior that will have consequences, motivation will not only be influenced by...

SOCIAL INFLUENCE THEORIES AND AUDIENCE PERSUASION

The idea behind social influence is that the opinions and enthusiasm of others can encourage, persuade and sometimes force an indi...

Religion in the Future and Social Theory

In five pages this paper examines four chapters from The Future of Religion edited by William Swatos in a consideration of the rel...

Social Contract Theory and John Locke

In five pages this paper examines the views of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes in a comparison of their social contract th...

Reality and Western Social Theory

In six pages this paper discusses how Western social theory can assist in the understanding of reality and existence. Ten sources...

Thibaut and Kelley's Social Exchange Theory of Communication

to determine the best possible behavior is not a new idea. This is basically what John Stuart Mill proposed with his philosophy of...

Social Workers and Critically Evaluating the Practice and Theory of Inter-Personal Joint Working

(Leason, 2002). The idea of joint working may have different manifestations, one of these may be the development of single ...