Theorists who did think both parents contributed some material elements generally assumed that blending inheritance held true: the parental contributions were believed to blend together so that the offspring's characteristics were usually intermediate between those of the parents. If one parent had a sho...
Behavioral and social-cognitive learning theorists emphasize how a child's gender development is influenced by the messages he or she is exposed to and the way they are treated by adults. Describe some of the influences and their ...
The home setting also provides a cultural context and the insights offered by sociocultural theorists bring together these different strands. For Vygotsky (1978), learning originates in social situations: we make a shift from new ideas we are exposed to that exist between people towards forming ...
Explain how some symbolic interactionist theorists view the family in relation to socialization. Is Bowen's family systems theory long-term or short-term counseling? How is conflict theory linked to social stratification? How are functionalism and conflict theory similar? How is biological anthropology...
In the domain of sign language research, the cognitive, usage-based view has proceeded on a few fronts. First, linguists researching iconicity in sign languages have built from the observation that signs often exhibit a puzzling “dual” character: sign forms often evoke their meanings in some ...
Beni Prasad stated that “Rights are nothing more nor less than those social conditions which are necessary or favourable to the development of personality” Other moral theorists like Isaiah Berlin defines rights in terms of positive liberties and negative freedoms. A positive right is an entitlement...
Social role theorists assume that men’s and women’s psychological differences solely result from sex role socialization processes and sociopolitical power differentials, and, as a consequence, social role theorists further assume psychological sex differences will be smaller in cultures with more ...
These theorists posit that students’ beliefs about their competence to complete a given academic task impact their motivation to do the task as well as different achievement outcomes. Students’ competence-related beliefs, such as their self-efficacy, are shown to predict strongly their grades, ...
Understanding Learning Learning occurs when experience causes a relatively permanent change in an individual’s knowledge or behavior. Theses changes can be deliberate or unintentional, but to qualify as learning the change must be brought on by experience. Ex. Young child learning wor...
What is identity and role confusion in Erikson's psychosocial stages of development? Explain. Briefly describe one developmental theory from the following list: - Erikson, - Levinson, - cognitive developmental theorists, - Kohlberg, - behavioral theorists, - Bronfe...