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"Social Development", 2008.
A thoughtful review of James Midgley's "Social Development: The Development Perspective in Social Welfare."
2,947 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper discusses James Midgley's book, "Social Development: The Development Perspective in Social Welfare." The paper discusses Midgley's arguments and concludes that his means do not seem to justify his ends, as he fall short in comprehensively expounding and discussing the framework and conceptual dynamics of how exactly social development and policies in social welfare development can be integrated to have a mutually reinforcing effect and role with economic development.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Overview and Structure of the Book
Discussion and Review
Conclusion
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"The term "development" has been widely used in the last couple of decades. Its meaning for most people, involves a general idea of progress and change accompanied by industrialization and improvement in social wellbeing, and in effect, an enhancement in people's income, educational levels, housing, and health care. Mostly though, regard development as economic development. And in the decades following World War II, there have been significant levels of economic development with adoption of economic development prescriptions as in the Martial Plan, and subsequent application of principles to the third world. With this, levels of social welfare have also improved significantly compared to the situation at the end of the nineteenth century. But the social achievements of the recent decades have been mixed with grinding poverty, and homelessness, and lack of education, characterizing the lives of billions of people in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This is what James Midgley terms distorted development; pointing to the need for social development to counteract this phenomenon."
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Social Development.
This paper discusses social development, including the development theory, the cognitive theory, and the moral theory.
3,285 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This paper explains that social development, consisting of two interconnected characteristics, learning and application, can be defined as a method of systematizing human energies and activities at higher levels to attain superior results. The paper points out that, if parents do not dominate the minds of their children, children will learn from peers, will not become clones of their parents, will reduce their dependence on their parents, and will develop interests different from their parents. The paper relates that Vygotsky's theoretical structure of social development theory states that social relations perform a primary role in the development of cognition.
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Introduction
Role of Parenting in Social Development
Role of Peers
Role of Family
Role of Teachers
Role of Workplaces
Human Growth
Social Development Theory
Cognitive Theory
Moral Theories
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"One method of parenting will not work in all situations. But, in majority of the cases, commanding parenting works better than most other parenting styles in bringing about the development of social competence in children at home as well as in the peer group. Elevated levels of nurturance merged with medium levels of control assist adults to become responsible child rearing people for their children and make provisions for children to become mature and capable members of society. With a slight luck, the children of commanding parents should enjoy more than their share of success in their circle of friends."
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Social Development of Children with Bipolar Disorder, 2002.
An examination of the phenomenon of Bipolar Disorder (manic depression) in children, focusing on how this affects children's social and behavioral development.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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Bipolar disease in children, its prevalence, signs and symptoms, and treatment are discussed. No specific drugs are mentioned as the crux of the paper relates to the social development of these children. Specifically, the paper provides a quick definition of what is ?normal? social development, the consequences of ?abnormal? social development, and lastly what specific abnormalities or obstacles of social development affect children with bipolar disease.
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"Everyone can elicit some happy memory from childhood. For most individuals, an account of a favorite birthday party, camping trip, or other social event can be easily recollected. For some, this is an especially difficult challenge, and not because of an impaired memory or other cognitive deficit. They simply lack those memories; feelings of happiness, belonging to a peer group, or simply of having friends elude them. Bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depression) is a fairly well known illness that affects millions of adults worldwide and is now being diagnosed among children, some as young as 5 years old. Children with this condition are especially vulnerable, as it is during these years that their social development and interpersonal relationship skills are critically defined. Normal children do not have to consciously think about or make a coordinated effort to ?make friends? usually; it is a process that seems to happen effortlessly. Bipolar children are not as fortunate, as the physical and psychological manifestations of the disease, coupled with the stigma that is usually attached to them, make healthy social development almost impossible. In response, the standard of care treatment of this disorder, at any age, is usually pharmacotherapy. But can this really help a lonely, depressed child, in their struggle to find a place in the world and be accepted?"
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Social Development, 2006.
A study of social development throughout the lifespan.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper studies social development, which is the process that enables people to form friendships and intimate relationships, to get married and to build families. According to this paper, social development begins in infancy and continues through late adulthood, with marked changes occurring at each stage. The paper traces social development through each of the following stages:Iinfancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood and late adulthood. For each stage, the paper defines and notes the dominant characteristics of development, offers the author's personal observations as it relates to these characteristics, and cites relevant research.
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"In early childhood, children become more social and interact more with other children in the form of play. As a child develops, the way the play changes as they become more and more social. The first stage is nonsocial activity, where children play on their own. This changes and becomes partly social children begin parallel play. This means that they play near other children and often play in similar ways, but do not actually interact with the other child. The next stage is associative play, where children begin to interact by swapping toys and talking to each other about their play, but still do not actually play together. The final stage is cooperative play, where children share playing. For example, they might build something with blocks together. I have observed this in children and have seen how younger children will watch each other and copy each other, but will not actually play together. I have also noticed that young children often don't seem able to manage playing with other children. For example, I have seen an older child try to join in with a younger child and help them build a castle with blocks. The younger child didn't seem to understand this and became upset. It seemed that the younger child assumed that the older one was taking their game away from them. Another way that social development changes in early childhood is that the child begins to form friendships. As Berk (251) notes, "As yet, friendship does not have a long-term, enduring quality based on mutual trust." Instead, a friend is just someone you play with, share with, and spend time with. Berk does note that early friendships provide social support to children and helps them to fit in."
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Social-Emotional Development, 2006.
A discussion on positive social-emotional development in children.
2,850 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
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This paper focuses mainly on the psychologist Erik Erikson's eight stages of social-emotional development. The paper explores each of these eight steps of development. The author discusses further methods of encouraging a child's positive emotional and social development, for example, showing respect, encouraging communication, building trust and competence and providing honest recognition and praise to children. In conclusion, the paper expands on the importance of the implementation of these strategies and methodologies into the school and home environments.
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"In a less broad sense, teachers must be aware of the individual emotional needs of their students in order to help them develop positive emotional health. Assessing and targeting specific covert and overt behaviors for improvement for individual students will aid in fostering positive emotional health. For example, the student who puts herself down may need to receive a reprimand for speaking poorly of herself. Or, the teacher of this same student may need to make a conscious effort to praise her in the areas in which she exhibits low self-esteem in an attempt to increase self-esteem. Or, the teacher may need to utilize a token reinforcement strategy and reward the student with token reinforcement when the she speaks positively of herself (Bray, Kehle & Marini-Scully, 2000)."
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Economic Investment and Social Development in Kerala, India, 2004.
A discussion of the causes for the divide between economic investment and social development in Kerala, India.
4,629 words (approx. 18.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 119.95
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This paper discusses possible causes for the disparity found in Kerala between economic and social development. The principle causes examined here are socialist- and communist-influenced government policies, the impact of migrant remittances, the influence of labor unions, and the overall lack of infrastructure in the economy to facilitate investment.
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"Historians, development experts, and political scientists praise the accomplishments of the Indian state of Kerala. Once home to poor education and healthcare, Kerala now boasts literacy rates and life expectancy rates surpassing all the states of India and on par with the developed world. What Kerala lacks, however, is a developed economy able to financially sustain its population without outside assistance. Kerala has an abundant supply of educated, healthy individuals but not enough demand for skilled labor to support an industrial, self-sustaining economy. The main reasons behind the disparity between the high degree of social achievement in Kerala and the low degree of economic achievement are government policies influenced by socialist and communist ideologies, the impact of migrant remittances, the power of labor unions, and a poorly developed overall economic infrastructure."
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Smith and Marx?s Theories of Social Development, 2001.
Comparison of Adam Smith and Karl Marx's theories of social development.
1,278 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper compares and contrasts Smith and Marx's theories of social development, siding with Smith's structures rather than those of Marx.
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"While Smith and Marx?s theories of social development comprised many of the same stages, their differences are ultimately greater than their similarities. Smith?s model is the more realistic of the two. It is more realistic than Marx?s firstly because it is based on a more accurate consideration of human nature; it rightly acknowledges human greed, that people always desire more, and that people want to work to catch up to those directly above them and not to those very much wealthier. Smith?s theory of social development is secondly a better model in that it recognizes the multi-causal nature of shifts in society. Finally, Marx?s model has at least two fundamental flaws aside from those related to his misjudgement of human nature. For one, Marx?s theory of social development could not be applied to Asia, which, as we shall see, is a flaw that cannot be overlooked and that undermines the entire theory. Secondly, if his first stage, that of primitive communalism, was one of equality, it should not have ever ended; if classes came about once, there is reason to suspect they might come about again, and so again his theory seems problematic."
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Social and Emotional Development of the Child, 2007.
An argument discussing the importance of consistent and predictable care for the social and emotional well-being of children.
1,657 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This essay discusses the way in which consistent and predictable care is essential to the social and emotional development of the child. It then describes how the understanding and implementation of this care within a childcare setting, can lead to building a positive emotional base within developing children. Finally, the paper considers how early attachment reflects on later social and emotional development.
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Introduction
Building Fully-Developed Human Beings
Conclusion
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"Research has shown that it is during the first few years of a child's life that cognitive capabilities, relational understanding, language, motor skills and emotional regulation are all developed and enhanced, and that each of these element acts as an important influencing factor in character formation and development. In fact, these first experiences, according to many professionals, are significant building blocks that form the foundation from which springs all future individual development (Barnes P., Personal, Social and Emotional Development, 1992)."
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Conduct Disorder and Social Development, 1998.
Discusses how Conduct Disorder (CD) in children is influenced by deficits in empathy and "mentalizing" ("Theory of Mind") in their immediate environment.
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 43 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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Conduct Disorder involves a constellation of behaviors including violation of the basic rights of others, aggression toward people and animals, damage to property, lying and stealing, and/or serious violation of rules. Children with conduct disorder have been shown to have significant problems in social interaction. The present paper provides a general overview of conduct disorder, while focusing on possible factors in social and emotional development that have been shown to contribute to it. Specifically, this paper suggests that deficiencies in empathy and "Theory of Mind" are significantly associated with the development of this disorder, but not causes of it.
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"A similar and related concept of empathy is ?theory of mind? or ?mentalizing?. Happe and Frith (1996) define theory of mind as ?the ability of normal individuals to attribute mental states to themselves and others in order to explain and predict behavior? (p. 386). Several researchers (e.g., Frith, Morton, & Leslie, 1991) have attempted to distinguish theory of mind from empathy by claiming that mentalizing is an implicit and unconscious rather than a conscious phenomenon."
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Globalization: Economic Growth or Social Development, 2002.
A look at the economic effects of globalization.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper examines globalization. It acknowledges that economic growth is a consequence of globalization and freer trade. However, it questions the connection between social development and globalization and the changing relationship between transnational corporations (TNC) and national governments.
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The Effects of Religion on Politics and the Social Development of Nations and Cultures, 2002.
An examination of Christianity, Buddhism and Islam and their connection to social organization.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, $ 63.95
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Examines Christianity, Buddhism & Islam & their connection to social organization. Historical development & influence of the 3 religions & their appeal to the masses. Examines establishment of the 3 religions in different parts of the world, their growth & doctrines.
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"The three great proselytizing religions of the world -- Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam -- spread throughout major portions of the world and had enormous effects on the political and social development of nations and cultures. The degree of interpenetration between social organization and religious life varied in these three cases, however, and they demonstrate that the establishment of a religion that is intrinsically connected with a form of social organization tends to produce the firmest, most lasting type of religious orientation in a society.
From the fourth century the Roman Emperors in the West had taken a strong interest in the affairs of the Christian Church in the hope that unified belief would aid them in unifying the people of their disintegrating empire. But the invasions of the Germanic tribes, and others, brought about the fall of the..."
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Adolescent Social Development, 1990.
This paper reveiws the developmental theories of Jean Piaget, Laurence Kohlberg and Erik Erikson about adolescent stages of moral and psychosocial development and its impact on adulthood.
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"Intellectual growth from birth to old age is now known as cognition. The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (b. 1896) was the first to develop a method to study the way in which infants and children see and understand the world. He was also the first to offer the conclusion that these ways of seeing and understanding are quite different in the infant and child than they are in the adult. His was also the first account of the process of mental growth from infancy to adulthood. This paper will briefly discuss Piaget's theories as a way of leading into the work of Laurence Kohlberg and Erik Erikson. An analysis of Kohlberg's moral reasoning theories and Erikson's eight stages of human development theory will be rendered with a focus on adolescent social development.
Piaget believed that mental growth involves major qualitative changes. Previously, both the empiricists and nativists saw the child as being similar to the adult: the first saw him as an adult-in-training; the latter as an adult-in-miniature. Piaget used qualitative differences to try and map the orderly progression of human intellect as the child grows into an adult. Piaget argued that "mental development is characterized by qualitative changes." He proposed four main stages of
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The Development of Feminist Social Theory, 2000.
A look at the evolution of feminist social thought up to the present day.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 8 sources, $ 55.95
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This paper looks at how feminist social theory has developed, starting with Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", the first major work of feminist theory. Male theorists who developed and enforced the natural rights doctrine are discussed. The women's rights movement is seen to have its origins in the antislavery movement. The theories from the first and second waves of feminism are discussed as well.
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"Feminist social theory has begun to have an impact on sociology in terms of the validity of issues of sex, gender, and oppression; demanding the analysis of patriarchal power, social class and the definition of entitlement to the natural rights of a person. Gender along with age, ethnicity and class is regarded as one of the major dimensions of social inequality in human societies."
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Cognitive Development Theory and Social Learning in UK Education, 2001.
A discussion on Piaget's and Bandura's child development theories.
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 37.95
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This paper compares Piaget's theory of cognitive development to the social learning theory. This paper examines Piaget's child development theory that mains that children have ability to construct meaningful concepts and representations all through a series of various stages. In addition, it analyzes Bandura's theory which contends that children learn new behaviors by observing other people and model their own behavior and develop their own beliefs and standards that eventually impact their progress in the educational system. The author concludes that these do not contradict each but rather complement each other.
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"In recent years, the field of education has been transformed by intensive theoretical and practical research into the ways that children develop the cognitive capacity for handling complex learning tasks. Some researchers have focused more upon the natural, or biological, aspects of cognitive development, which can be generalized across all human cultures; others, more upon the social aspects, which are culturally conditioned. The challenge for educators in the UK is now to integrate this vast body of theory and research into curriculum and classroom practice. Most researchers in the field agree that a Piaget-derived developmental learning theory must be augmented by some appreciation of the way that concrete social interaction guides and shapes children?s acquisition of skills. A pedagogical approach drawing at once upon developmental and social learning theory may be the best way to achieve society?s educational aims, while at the same time encouraging creativity and exploration on the part of children. While it would not be possible to exhaust this topic in a short paper, I propose to briefly consider the theories of Piaget and Bandura in the context of children?s development of the ability to handle language (in particular, in the area of literacy)."
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Developing Social Services, 2002.
Developing social services in an urban environment.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 15 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper examines a theoretical attempt to establish public services in an urban environment. It examines transit policies and attitudes to expressways in the 1950s and the current era.
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