Theory Essay Examples

Leon Festinger created the cognitive dissonance theory as an attempt to explain why people desire to have consistency between their behaviors and actions. Cognitive dissonance is the distressing mental state people feel when they find themselves doing things that don’t fit with what they know, or having opinions that do not fit with other opinions […]

It is the goal of many researchers interested in health behavior to understand both the determinants of health behaviors and the process of health behavior changes. One key route has been the development and empirical testing of Health Behavior Theory (HBT). Research in this area has implicates including (1) a better understanding of health behavior, […]

Induced fit theory is a variation of the lock-and-key theory of enzymatic function. It is proposed that the substrate causes a conformational change in the enzyme such that the active site achieves the exact configuration required for a reaction to occur. The overall effect would be a tighter binding for the substrate and enzyme. Think […]

The classic film centers on the predicament of Andy Dufresne who is ultimately found guilty of murdering his wife and receives a life-sentence; all of this occurs with little circumstantial detail given to the viewer of his innocence or guilt initially. Dufresne arrives at the infamous Shawshank correctional facility where he seems to take on […]

Psychoanalysis is a comprehensive theory about human nature, motivation, behavior, development and experience. And it is a method of treatment for psychological problems and difficulties in living a successful life. As a general theory of individual human behavior and experience, psychoanalytic ideas enrich and are enriched by the study of the biological and social sciences, […]

While the practice of leadership has been around since time immemorial, its concepts have developed through time.  The idea of leadership is subjective as situations vary from one point to the other.  Nonetheless, the idea that leadership is a constant process remains the same.  People grow while the demands of the time change.   With […]

James Wertsch pointed out that mediated action has various implications and conveys a lot of meaning from the one who owns the meaning to the receiver. In using language, cultures assume that there are three (3) issues of Bakhtinian approaches to meaning.  First is the rejection or association of self image.  Second, is recognizing the […]

Nursing has been one of the oldest professions and yet as a scientific discipline it is still in the process of building knowledge and theories. One of the most important of which is coming up with a concept of nursing that would help define and standardize the profession. Many theorists have come up with conceptual […]

The Ancient philosophers wrestled with the problem of change. There were two prominent philosophers: Heraclitus and Parmenides.Heraclitus argued that the fundamental character of reality is change itself. Everything in reality, said Heraclitus, is changing. “One cannot step into the same river twice,” he wrote, since it is endlessly flowing. Thus, he denied any permanence or […]

In this article, the diversity in financial reporting system of Mexico is identified from three different aspects – historical influences, cultural influences and current influence. In terms of the historical aspect, this report draws a picture on the Mexican political and economic system, legal and taxation system and corporate financing system; for cultural aspect, the […]

Super’s Life Span, Life Space model of career development has five stages – Growth, Exploration, Establishment, Maintenance, and Disengagement. According to this theory, in his career, a person develops interests, skills, and values in his childhood; he then explores work opportunities available to himself and tries out various options; next he chooses one of these […]

Like most other personality theorists, Freud thought that it was essential for a comprehensive understanding of personality to have a statement of the source of motivation for human actions. Freud postulated that this source of motivation was a unitary energy source, called psychic energy, which can be found within the individual. Freud held that human […]

Since the Education Reform(1988) there has been a compulsory national curriculum in place, which sets out guidelines for all state schools which they must follow, though Independent schools are free to set their own curriculum. Prior to this act, a school was free to set its own internal curriculum, allowing students and teachers to teach […]

What is the Significance of the role of the Fool in ‘King Lear’? `The role of the Fool in ‘King Lear’ is essential to the cause of expressing knowledge and understanding of the plot, and the themes and ideas which Shakespeare used to express his views on the context and nature of the whole idea […]

Six Recommendation on Motivation theory The Goal of this Article is to analyse the various Motivation Theories for employees in the workplace environment. It attempts not to just present yet another theory of work motivation, rather focusing on metatheory which is the processes through which we can build more valid, more complete and more practical […]

The public relations practitioner as cultural intermediary. Author: Cornelis A. Coetzee Table of Contents 1. Introduction2 2. Literature review3 3. Theoretical approach3 3. 1 Theoretical perspective3 3. 2 Research approach4 3. 2. 1 Interpretive approach5 3. 2. 1. 1 Hermeneutics as a metatheory6 4. Postmodernism, globalization and culture in communication: a brief discussion6 4. 1 […]

This paper deals with uncertainty reduction theory from its origin to date. Ever since uncertainty reduction theory was first created, many researchers have examined it by comparing it with other theories. Uncertainty reduction theory had been tested across different cultures in order to confirm its generalizability. It had also been applied to real life situations […]

In recent years the concept of Leader-Member Exchange theory has gained greater prominence in the field of contemporary management practices. Using evidence from management research consider the extent to which LMX theory may be useful when applied to the role of the Manager of the Student Center. Although Leader-member exchange (LMX) has its limitations, when […]

Cultural Diamond in 3D? (Diamond in the Rough): Clarifying the Relationship between Media Studies and Cultural Sociology By Peter Brinson The nascent field of cultural sociology can be described as anything but unified. Its multidisciplinary roots and influences have left a lasting imprint on scholarly activity in this broad field of study: classical social theorists, […]

Abstract The intent of this paper is to discuss some of the current research and opinion concerning, and to compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of, one of the more common theories of motivation, the Equity theory. In addition, this paper will compare and contrast the Equity theory with another popular theory of motivation: […]

In the film Roger and Me, Michael Moore tells the story of the exploitation of the numerous workers in his hometown, Flint, Michigan. He follows the numerous employees of General Motors who have lost their jobs and consequently, tries to contact the power steering CEO of General Motors, Roger Smith. Smith closed down a large […]

3 Major Theoretical Approaches to Sociology Functionalism (a. k. a. Structural Functionalism, Functional Analysis, Positivism): Until relatively modern times the prevalent sociological perspective was Functionalism, a paradigm which analyzes social structures (such as religion, schooling, or race relations) to deduce what social functions (such as marriage conventions, college attendance, or hiring practices) derive from them. […]