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The Anomie Theory of Criminology

misguided ideas about what the discipline is all about. Many consider the science of criminology to be an outdated pseudo-science,...

The Personality Theories of Allport and Eysenck

the first psychologists to truly codify the concept of traits into a comprehensive theory of personality. Allport is famous for re...

Victimization and Criminology

traits are genetically transmitted and psychologists know that being raised in certain environments makes a child more likely to p...

Uncertainty in Illness Theory/Merle H. Mishel

Intervention using Mishels theory facilitates the process of patients accepting the inevitability of uncertainty as a factor in th...

Persuasive Argument Theories

are still being paid less than men for the same job and it is also true that men have been taught more negotiating skills than wom...

King's Theory/Diabetic Retinopathy

on very real problems. As Mrs. Jones poor vision is due to diabetic retinopathy, strict glycemic control is crucial in order to sa...

Crime in the Newspapers: An Anomie-Oriented View

the crime being committed. First of all, the report indicates that the suspect was in his late 20s, had a beard, and wore a sloppi...

Gestalt Psychology - A Confluence of Influence

to refer to the integrative process of cognition that he and his colleagues supported; tellingly, one of his students was Max Wert...

Criminological Theories

theory, control theory and learning theory. The oldest which focuses on biochemistry dates back to 1876 and the newest groups of l...

Three Personality Theorists Compared

a little less complicated. Freud discussed many of his ideas in abstract terms making it very difficult for a novice to really und...

Developmental Theories Compared

theory form of human development. Freud discussed psychosexual development, Erikson discussed psychosocial development and Piaget ...

Popular Culture and Patriarchy

The Opinions of Laura Mulvey Laura Mulvey uses psychoanalytic theory to explore cinema in her article entitled "Visual Pleasure ...

The Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

in the Nazi concentration camps that has become a classic, and a testament to the human spirit. But it also shows what survival en...

Leadership Theories: A Comparison

can be expressed as ones ability to pay attention to how ones rational decisions relate to ones values, as well as ones ability to...

Herzberg Motivation Theory

absence of satisfaction of these influences would lead to dissatisfaction. However, where there were satisfied this would not auto...

Theories in Criminology

of success that society all but demands. In essence, people are not considered successful unless they are well off financially and...

Organizational Systems: A Pervasive Overview

we process information as human beings. Human epistemology is constructed as a system of categories; when we learn new information...

Mamawawa, Sleep, Drug Addiction and Other Issues

the set point assumption: they are inconsistent with eating pressures as they have evolved; predictions have not been confirmed; a...

Criminology Theories

get caught. Gleissner (2011) reported that only 1.2 percent of burglaries result in the burglar going to prison. If they do get ca...

School Culture vs Family Culture

sense of empowerment and a sense that they can control what is around them. The long term goal is to bring about holistic change i...

The Importance of the Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange Theory was postulated by Crosby, arguing that it was one of the most important events shaping modern societ...

Nursing and the Use of Family Theories

features of family life; That the families will develop different strengths and capabilities of promoting family growth and develo...

Hierarchy of Needs and Stages Cognitive Growth

many concrete experiences and is able to conceptualize and create logical structures to explain their experiences. The child begin...

THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF RAWLS' THEORY OF JUSTICE

1) Opportunities need to be open to all, regardless of background, birth or social class; 2) The best decisions for society...

Attachment Theory and Bowlby

this event led to Johns insights as an adult when studying the attachment of children to their mothers. He stated that "for a chil...

A New Motivational Framework

The writer reviews motivation theory, focusing on the content and process theories, utilizing the existing knowledge to create a n...

Theory Practice Educational Leadership

the mindsets of subordinates, building trust, and encouraging followers to be leaders (Lulee, 2011). In todays educational system,...

Delinquency Topics

to the ways in which individuals rationalize their behavior when their personal choices go against societal norms. Matza and his a...

Orem, Watson/Caring in their Theories

prompts nurses to cultivate the "conscious intent to preserve wholeness; potentiate healing; and preserve dignity, integrity and l...

Jurisprudence - Criticism of Austin’s Command Theory

deemed to be sovereign (Strauss, 1996). The law is then issued by that sovereign and will have the power of threat and force, wit...