Essays on Theory

During class discussions, we have examined several approaches to sexuality and sexual practices. Queer theory is an extremely interesting but somewhat confusing topic to grasp, however, it is an important concept to understand. There are many queer theories, and various scholars are concerned with queer...

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...

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries represented a period in which radical changes took place in society. John Locke’s theory of tabula rasa described how the “mind was like a blank sheet of paper upon which ideas are imprinted” . In short, his theory rationalized that...

As research has risen, it has turned out to be progressively evident that immature sentimental connections warrant substantially more consideration than they have generally been given. They assume a critical job in young people’s everyday lives, and significantly affect their current emotional well-being, their progressing...

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...

While the effect appears impossible at first sight, it has been seen in numerous experiments, was reported on by Aristotle, Francis Bacon, and Descartes, and has been well-known as folklore around the world. It has a rich and fascinating history, which culminates in the dramatic...

According to Dortha Orem every human need to do some tasks in everyday life that are important for their survival these tasks called selfcare. Problem develop when that human is un-able to perform that task on its own or without any other person assistance, this...

For this session, we began discussing the characteristics of scientific observations and experimentation, on the other hand, we conversed about the place of theories and models in science and the society. We kicked of the discussion with a bit of historical knowledge, learning about Greek...

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...

In this assignment, I will focus on different objectives that a business may have, including whether profit maximisation is always the objective of a firm. I will take into account alternative aims a business may have depending on a range of factors and responsibilities.Profit maximisation...

Thomas Mappes developed his theory of sexual morality through a Kantian sexual ethic, by following the logic that one should never treat someone as a method to our own ends, we must treat others as an end in themselves. The Kantian principle is embedded with...

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...

In 1959, Frederick Herzberg, a behavioral scientist proposed a two-factor theory or the motivator-hygiene theory. According to Herzberg, there are some job factors that result in satisfaction while there are other job factors that prevent dissatisfaction. According to Herzberg, the opposite of “Satisfaction” is “No...

No one can deny that learning is a very deep concept, and each person have a different overview about it, because it is related to how did every person learned. In simple words the way or the methods that they learned from. Furthermore, we can...

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...

“Truth is relative” (Velasquez, p. 433, 2017). The meaning behind this statement is the fact that there is no objective truth in the world, humans only have a few ways to gauge their own subjective truths through life experience. Two major theories of truth are...

Leadership has been a mysterious and controversial topic of discussion. Researchers have tried to discover, what factors determine how a leader acts and what traits, abilities, behaviors, sources of power or aspects of the situation determine how well a leader is able to influence followers...

For this lecture, I arrived a bit late because of the inclement weather. However, I did not miss much since the lecturer began with a revision of where we left off from last session. The lecture continued with us being presented with the approach that...

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...

Dr Geert Hofstede, after a decade of research, studying people who worked in IBM in more than 50 countries, initially identified the four dimensions model that could distinguish one culture from another on 1970s. The first one is Power Distance. It refers to the social...

In this paper, I shall examine three major characteristics of the current dominant economic theory and discuss what I have counted to be its three major assumptions. This theory can nowadays be understood in neoclassical [or neoliberal] economic terms. It is a tridimensional-based theory: people’s...

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...

Kolb came up with a theory that has widely been used today. In his study, he came up with the theory of learning cycle which states that we learn from the experience that we gather from our day to day activities. In that sense, the...

It’s a method of learning that depends on rewards and punishment for behavior. This type of learning where the behavior is controlled by consequences. The Burrhus Frederic Skinner is an American psychologist, he developed the learning operant conditioning theory. Skinner’s theory based on the environment....

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...

Introduction Learning is something that happens quite certainly and goes by often undetected in many circumstances. Any theory requires a clear idea of what the theory is trying to explain. But when a particular concept or word is used, people usually assume everyone has the...

Abstract The general purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between feminist theories and the field of communication. I will use the feminist belief of challenging traditionally accepted ideas. As a basis for understanding, I will first discuss the definition of feminism, a...

How selfish so ever man be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. That’s what is...

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...

Plume origin is unknown but it probably originates at the core of the mantle boundary where there is a variation in topography of a few hundred meters and where the convecting liquid core is losing heat by conduction. This heat source is believed to be...