Essays on Theory

There are five different theories that categorize the different reasons why find things humorous. The Relief Theory claims the cause of laughter is the release of tension caused by one’s fears makes one laugh. The Superiority Theory states a sense of superiority causes one to...

The question, “Who am I?”, can be answered depending on a person’s particular beliefs. For example, it depends on what a person believes makes up their personal identity, such as; personality, values, etc. This question can also be answered by determining which personal identity theory...

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is considered to be the founder of English empiricism. He belonged to a noble English family. Bacon’s father was a major dignitary – the guardian lord of the great royal seal. Bacon spent his young years in France, where he witnessed the...

“Provability is a weaker notion than truth.” suggests that provability, in other words proving a theory with evidence is not necessarily better than the truth which in case of sciences set conclusions by scientists or philosophers or any expert in science go beyond the evidence...

American comedian Victor Borge rightly said “Laughter might be the shortest distance between two people”. Laughter is a component of human experience that is universal in nature and occurs in all the cultures. It is one of the first social vocalizations in infants and the...

Nature vs. nurture is an age old debate dating back to the 1800’s. There have been hundreds of psychologists, scientists, religious leaders and even ordinary people who argue their view on the subject. John Locke was one of these people, a renowned British philosopher, who...

Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were 17th and 18th century scholars with comparable yet differing hypotheses about human nature. Rousseau’s theory is based on man living in a state of harmony with nature while Hobbes theory assumes that human nature is naturally violent and competitive....

Hobbes has been influenced by the state of nature. He is most known for being a modern philosopher as well as his book Leviathan. The social contract of Hobbes states that everyone agrees to create a government in which they are working towards one goal...

Social contract theory allows people to cohabitate in society, on the bases of a mutual agreement that limits rational persons to moral and political standards. Some philosophers, like Hobbs, and Rawls’ believe that we live morally according to these social contracts chosen by society, rather...

It is human nature to want to explain the unexplainable, to understand how and why things happen. Theories ranging from topics of evolution to dark matter to cognitive behavior look to explain how aspects of the world function. Similarly, geographers look to understand exactly how...

The word ‘metaphor’ is originally a Greek work. This word could be literally translated as ‘transport’, where we can transport some features of one thing to another thing. Metaphor has firstly gained attention by the well-known philosopher Aristotle. In the 4th century in his work...

Is time travel real? Mary Pope Osborne is the author of the renowned ‘Magic Tree House’ series. In which Mary writes about a brother (Jack) and sister (Annie) duo, who go on adventures through time to inform the youth who read light novels about that...

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a Black American sociologist who prioritised the matter of race and racism unlike other traditional sociologists during and prior to his time. Dubois focused on the ‘double consciousness’; what it meant to be black and American and the experiences...

Elton’s Life Professor George Elton Mayo was born in Australia on December 26, 1880 (Elton Mayo: The Hawthorne Experiments Thinker). He was the oldest son of a civil engineer and a stay at home mom (Bourke, H. ). Initially after graduating high school he went...

Conflict theory has been used to provide a wide scope of social phenomena inclusive of wars and forcible overthrow of governments, abundance of money and state of being extremely poor, discrimination and behaviors involving physical force with intent to hurt, damage or kill. It attributes...

In the words of Dr Meredith Belbin, a Team Role is “A tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way. ” The concept originated in a study conducted at the Henley Management College in the UK. The Belbin Team Role model...

Development refers to the process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage). Again, development in relation to economy is the shift from low and labour intensive productivity to high production and technology intensive activities. The...

The primary role of this paper is to study recent literature research assessing the useful impacts of psychological well-being and how has it been conceptualised theoretically. The paper closes with a brief consideration of the similarities and differences between primary and secondary approach and several...

The theory of plate tectonics was not always accepted in the scientific community. The theory would originate from Alfred Wegener and his theory would initially be known as continental drift. It would serve as the basis for the theory of plate tectonics. The evidence that...

The prose by Virginia Woolf is outstanding with the wide amount of senses and their deepness that one can see in her literary works. One can see no wondering in the fact that the literature works with such wide and deep sense can include evidence...

Introduction Shakespeare’s Othello provides insight into the potential negative aspects of the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory when the leader-follower relationship becomes an in-group or coalition of conflicting interests because of competing goals that can arise in a political framework. In Northouse’s Leadership Theory and Practice...

According to John Locke’s philosophy a new-born baby is born with a ‘tabula rasa’ which is Latin for ‘blank slate’. From birth the child imprints knowledge from their experiences to extend their ‘tabula rasa’. Children continue to learn from experiences with friends, family and teachers,...

According to the Oxford dictionary motivation is defined as ‘A reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way and the desire or willingness to do something. ‘ An example of motivation for me is getting up early in the morning to catch...

To meet current challenges of business organizations, companies have recognized the need to make necessary arrangements to meet organization and employee needs in order to get maximum benefit out of it. Successful work-life integration has resulted in the form of many benefits for employees including:...

Mental illness is among one of the highest growing psychological disorders worldwide these days. People can be diagnosed with a mental illness due to many different conditions which may include social, cultural and environmental situations. Today my personality essay assignment is about my brother who...

It was years later that Charles Darwin was finally prompted to tell the world about his work that had been hidden for so long. This event could not have taken place without the amazing works of a man named Alfred Wallace in which chapter 2...

As readers, we generally presume journalists are a reliable source for news and information. Given this general assumption, it is important that journalists uphold a certain standard of ethics to ensure they are a trustworthy source for their readers. Spreading false information or withholding certain...

Rape is an issue that feminist across the globe have had their legal, social, and philosophical perspectives on in the past years. For many years, the interpretation of rape as well as the laws pertaining to it has been based on traditional sexist perspectives that...

Set in the backdrop of the colonial times, ‘Water’ highlights the life of widows in India. Chuiya a young eight-year-old girl is sent to a widows’ ashram after her husband’s death, as per the norms of the society. Unaware of the fact Chuiya believes that...

The Theory of Change (ToC) is a simple and logical representation of the estimated or realized impact of an organization. It is also “a set of beliefs and assumptions about what changes need to happen and how to bring them about to reach a stated...