Psychoanalytic Theory Essays and Term Papers
549 Essays on Psychoanalytic Theory. Documents 76 - 100
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The Trait Theory and the Social Cognitive Theory
The Trait Theory and the Social- Cognitive Theory differ in several ways. The Trait Theory suggests that people are who they are born with certain traits or characteristics. Inherited traits determine who you are and what you are. There are five trait clusters that are used to categorize a person. This suggests that people belong to one of the personality types; however the traits are measured in different degrees. This all probably means that you
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Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development Jean Piaget was born on August9, 1896, in the French speaking part of Switzerland. At an early age he developed an interest in biology, and by the time he had graduated from high school he had already published a number of papers. After marrying in 1923, he had three children, whom he studied from infancy. Piaget is best known for organizing cognitive development into a series of stages- the levels
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Marxist Theory and Sport
This essay will be an attempt to bring together the ideas from our class readings about the Marxist sociological perspective as well as insight from other readings to further my understanding of Marxism and its applications to sport. I will lay the groundwork for the theory then proceed with how his theory is applied to accessibility issues in sport, distribution of power in sport and commercialization of sport. Basics of Marxist Theory The most widely
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Attachment Theory Developed by John Bowlby
Attachment theory, developed by John Bowlby presents a set of organizing principles for understanding various facets of human psychological aspects. The theory offers a wide spectrum, which encompasses comprehensive theoretical paradigm for understanding diversities amongst relationships. Bowlby rejecting the old theories of attachment highlighted that attachment is not merely an internal drive to satisfy some need. This paper will focus on the seminal work and the principles on which the attachment theory is based. A
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Psychoanalytic Analysis of Shakespeare's Hamlet
If one wants to truly understand the psychological implications of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the primary focus should be on the character Hamlet, and how he develops and modifies throughout the play. Using the fundamentals of the psychoanalytic perspective of critical evaluation, one would be able to truly identify and explore the true nature of Hamlet, and the effects that his character has on the situation surrounding him. In order to gain a true understanding of
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Expectancy Theory
wo simple eyeblink conditioning experiments with random intermittent reinforcement schedules were performed. In Experiment 1, subjects had to rate their expectancy for an unconditioned stimulus (US) on a seven-level scale prior to each trial. As anticipated, expectancy for US increased with a successive conditioned stimulus (CS) alone, and decreased with successive CS-US pairings. However, Experiments 1 and 2 showed that the frequency of eyeblink conditioned responses (CRs) evolved in a direction opposite to that of
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Grounded Theory Study of Unethical Labour Practices Associated with Global Brands in Developing Countries
(2006, 2845 words, 80%) Abstract This is a grounded theory study about unethical labour practices associated with global brands’ operations in developing countries. The research paper develops a substantive theory or at least a set of propositions explaining the wider contextual underpinnings of unethical labour practices deriving from the operations of global brand companies. The grounded theory method chosen to undertake the research necessitates theoretical sampling of global brand companies that can substantiate the phenomenon
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Applying Motivation and Emotion Theories
Applying Motivation and Emotion Theories in an Analysis of Scrooge’s Behaviour Motivation and Emotion Theories 2 In the past many theories have been put forth in an attempt to understand the motivations of an individuals behaviour and the emotions involved. According to Reber & Reber (2001) emotional states tend to have motivational properties and the elements of a motivation will often have emotional ties. In addition, theorists have identified that physiological structures usually appear to
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War in Iraq and Just War Theory
• Just cause: In my opinion, the United States had no right to go into Iraq based solely on a theory that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. According to the Just War Theory, war is permissible only to confront “a real and certain danger," to protect innocent life, to preserve conditions necessary for decent human existence and to secure basic human rights. • Competent authority: Just War Theory states that “War must be declared
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Understanding Germ Theory with Kuhn
Germ Theory The germ theory began in the late 1880s and began as the understanding that organisms beyond the view of man could exist. Bacteria were the first found microscopic items, and took a decade to prove. Job Lewis Smith, a pediatric doctor in the late nineteenth century began studying outbreaks of cholera. No other doctors were able to explain why the children were getting ill. He worked in the slums of New York and
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Coevolutionary Gaming Theory Can Facilitate Decision Making
How Coevolutionary Gaming Can Facilitate Group Decision Making Introduction: Coevolutionary war gaming is an unconventional scenario planning process put forward by Jeff Cares and Jim Miskel in their article "Take Your Third Move First" which essentially builds on the argument that planning and subsequent decision making should not be conducted in a vacuum, i.e., it is not enough to just look at the current facts and historical data to make decisions and plans and just
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Theory of Leadership
While I would like to believe I am a transformational leader, there are times I find that I demonstrate the characteristics of the transactional theory in my everyday practice in formal leadership roles. Transformational leadership theory, as I understand it as described by James Burns, "looks for potential motives in followers, their needs, values, and morals" and "involves attempts by leaders to move individuals to higher standards of moral responsibility". James Fisher describes the transformational
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
The Hierarchy of needs theory is a formation of the needs of an individual person. Basically this hierarchy are based on five level which is classified into Physiological needs, Safety needs, Love/Belonging needs, Esteem needs and Self-actualization needs. It can be illustrated with a diagram 1.0 The Diagram of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. This is diagram are has been developed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper of A Theory of Human Motivation which he
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Mutually Assured Destruction: In Theory and Practice
By definition Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy in which full-scale use of nuclear weapons by both sides would effectively result in the destruction of both side. It is not a complicated concept. An elementary school child could understand that the two biggest kids in the class don’t openly brawl because both would suffer unacceptable damage as well as put third parties in the danger of the crossfire. The concept of
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Immigration Theories
Despite on all complexity of political life in the modern world, the variety of political parties and public organizations has already been defined for couple of centuries by authority of liberal and conservative doctrines. Both liberalism and conservatism represents the complex of political principles, which have experienced crucial historical changes. These contrast ideologies not only will be defined in the essay, but also the origin of them will be explained. Some state that “all modern
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Guns Germs and Steel, Theories Explained.
The book Guns, Germs, and Steel is about how many different things attributed to the succession of societies versus the destruction of other societies. The book starts out with the author, Jared Diamond, in New Guinea talking to a New Guinean politician named Yali. Yali asked Diamond “Why white men developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea where we black people had little cargo of our own?” Diamond was determined to
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Schutz’s Theory
In today's paper, I will be analysis personal relationship using Schutz's theory of interpersonal needs. According to Communication Making Connection by William J. Seiler and Melissa L. Beall, Schutz's theory implies that we have three needs: the need for affection, the need for inclusion, and the need for control. According to Schutz's theory, the need for affection is the need to feel likeable or lovable. If various people like a specific person, that person has
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Ethics Theories Table
When I began thinking about enrolling into college, I was sitting in my office at work, contemplating whether I should make the phone call. In my younger years, when people would ask me if I was in school, I would become irate because I thought that was not the only thing important in people’s lives. Now, I think differently and have become that person who asks others if they are in school! Being in college
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Theories of the Origin of the Universe
THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE 1. Steady State Theory – based on the perfect cosmological principle that the universe looks the same from any location at anytime. This theory holds that the universe is unchanging, it has no beginning and no end. 2. Big Bang Theory – presupposes that the vast universe grew out of something where all matter and energy were compressed to infinite density and heated to trillions of degrees (a
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Theory and Practice of Outsourcing
Outsourcing is the practice of charging external service providers with the task of performing in-house activities. Outsourcing has drawn attention with regard to its role in achieving effective logistics integration by which inter- and intrafirm activities are integrated to enhance customer satisfaction and competitive advantage (Bolumole, Frankel, and Naslund 35). By understanding the theoretical perspectives attributed to outsourcing, managers can identify and evaluate strategic reasons specific to their company, and analyze the cost and benefits
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The Expectancy Theory
Using an example of your choice apply the expectation theory of motivation. You should consider both its strengths and weaknesses as a theory. Arguments will be presented to show, how the expectation theory of motivation can be used to measure the force of motivation for a student to study, to achieve a high grade in his or her math’s test. This example will be relevant as the expectation theory can look at whether the reward
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Cognitive Developmental Theory
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a biologist who originally studied molluscs (publishing twenty scientific papers on them by the time he was 21) but moved into the study of the development of children's understanding, through observing them and talking and listening to them while they worked on exercises he set. "Piaget's work on children's intellectual development owed much to his early studies of water snails" (Satterly, 1987:622) His view of how children's minds work and develop
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Global Warming Theory
In recent years, advocates of the global warming theory have convinced many Americans that virtually any weather-related calamity is evidence that human-induced global warming is underway. One has only to look at the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - the United Nations body tasked with coordinating a world response to the threat of global warming - to understand why global warming theory advocates have been so successful. Among the
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Ethics Theory Table
University Of Phoenix Material ETHICS THEORIES TABLE Directions: Fill in the brief definitions and sub-theories of each ethical theory, and match the real-world examples listed below the table to the corresponding theories. Finally, come up with your own workplace example that fits each theory. Ethical Theory Brief Definition Sub-theories Real-world Example Workplace Example Duty-based Ethics Deontological ethics is the focus on rightness or wrongness of the action itself rather than the consequences of those actions.
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The Development of the Quantum Theory of the Atom
The Development of the Quantum Theory of the Atom The early beginnings of the quantum theory of the atom start with Niels Bohr, a German physicist. Many problems existed with the theories of the atom at his time, but many resources also existed for deriving more improved models. History previous to this needs to be covered in order to show how the Bohr model began and led to better models J.J. Thomson proposed that an
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