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SOCIAL INFLUENCE THEORIES AND AUDIENCE PERSUASION

The idea behind social influence is that the opinions and enthusiasm of others can encourage, persuade and sometimes force an indi...

Theories of Social Work and America's Teen Violence Problems

an impermeable substance but provides a subjective sense of self-continuity as it symbolically integrates the events of lived expe...

Museum Tour and the Social Class Theory of Karl Marx

In five pages this paper examines how Karl Marx's theory of social class can manifest itself in a museum tour. Five sources are c...

Social Work Practice Based Cognitive-Behavioral Theory

inasmuch as cognitive therapy distinctly addresses the spatial and temporal elements of human existence. Cognitive restructuring ...

Social Contract Theory and the State

In six pages this report discusses the social contract theory in a consideration of how the state concept came into being with Joh...

Religion in the Future and Social Theory

In five pages this paper examines four chapters from The Future of Religion edited by William Swatos in a consideration of the rel...

Social theory and Mass Media

media was in response to meeting the needs of the individual, creating a mode by which information could be conveyed to address pe...

John Galtung/Theory and Methods of Social Research

located outside the social scientist himself, and we shall follow this tradition" (Galtung 9). As this indicates, Galtung does not...

Social Journey of Economic Theory

In six pages the influence of society upon economic theory is considered in a discussion of theories by J.M. Keynes, Karl Marx, Th...

Social Control Theories and Housing

In nine pages this paper examines China / Tibet and the U.S. regarding housing through an application of various social control th...

Social Theory and Deviance

In six pages deviance is considered through various sociological theories from Sutherland until Becker along with Brown's conformi...

Robert K. Merton's Social Strain Theory

In seven pages the delinquency social strain theory of Robert K. Merton is examined in this overview. Seven sources are cited in...

Social Learning Theory in '8 Ball Chicks'

there is nothing else "but us" to provide protection, safety and survival for the girls who join gangs. Within those gangs, they ...

Augusto Pinochet, Social Theory, and Legalism

In three pages this paper discusses dependency theory and formal legalism with regard to the former Chilean dictator's arrest and ...

Social Conflict Theory, A Program Evaluation

This paper is an evaluation of Restoration House's New Hope for Families program, which is a community-based residential treatmen...

Earlly Social Learning Theory

The zone of proximal development is defined as the gap between what a child knows and his potential for the next higher step. Vygo...

Education and Social Theories

This research paper discusses functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism and how these sociological theories impac...

Group Conflict and Social Identity Theory

In five pages social identity theory is examined in a consideration of its various elements as well as group conflict. Five sourc...

Conflict and Social Identity Theory

In five pages this paper examines group social identity in a consideration of the personality conflict perspectives of Carl Rogers...

Theory and Social Control

Social institutions, such as organized religion, the family, educational institutions, and political groups were radically questio...

Social Problems and the Theories of Emile Durkheim

In ten pages the theories of Emile Durkheim inclusive of anomie are applied to such social problems as poverty, homelessness, and ...

Cultural Dynamics and Social Theories of Pitirim Sorokin

In six pages this research paper discusses the career and the theories developed by Russian American sociologist Pitirim Sorokin. ...

Groups, Self Esteem, and Social Identity Theory

In five pages this research proposal discusses the relationship between the desire to belong to a group and low self esteem or lac...

Film Boyz 'N the Hood and the Chicago School Theory of Social Disorganization

The Chicago school's social disorganization theory is applied to Boyz 'N the Hood in a paper consisting of 5 pages. Three sources...

Reality and Western Social Theory

In six pages this paper discusses how Western social theory can assist in the understanding of reality and existence. Ten sources...

Social Contract Theory and John Locke

In five pages this paper examines the views of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes in a comparison of their social contract th...

Ramifications of Social Judgment Theory

level of "ego-involvement" impacts the size of latitudes, in other words, how flexible people are in listening to persuasion (Boot...

Emile Durkheim and the Social Theory of Lyotard

only give rise to institutions in patches--local determinism" (Lyotard PG). II. EXPOSING POSTMODERNISM Postmodernism was t...

Substance Abuse and Emile Durkheim's Social Theories

a biological entity" (Coser, 1977, p. 129). These factors which are external to the individual outlast individuals who die over ti...

Thibaut and Kelley's Social Exchange Theory of Communication

to determine the best possible behavior is not a new idea. This is basically what John Stuart Mill proposed with his philosophy of...