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Social Exchange Theory
Looks at social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties; behavior is a consequence of the cost-benefit analysis.
Task-Centered Practice
A short-term treatment where clients establish specific, measurable goals with the support of a social worker; it is action-oriented and focused on problem-solving.
Feminist Theory
Examines women's social roles and lived experience; it emphasizes the importance of gender as a category of analysis and critiques power inequalities.
Psychodynamic Theory
Derives from Freudian thought, it focuses on how internal processes such as needs, drives, and emotions motivate human behavior.
Social Learning Theory
Developed by Albert Bandura, which states that learning occurs in a social context by observing and imitating the behaviors of others.
Strengths-Based Practice
Focuses on the inherent strengths of individuals, families, groups, and organizations to support recovery and empowerment.
Ecological Perspective
Focuses on the interaction between people and their physical and social environments; it's often applied through Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory.
Humanistic Perspective
Centers on empathy and stresses the good in human behavior; it holds that people have the capacity for self-actualization and creativity.
Systems Theory
Explains human behavior as the intersection of the influences of multiple systems that surround the individual; systems are interrelated parts comprising an ordered whole.
Conflict Theory
Derived from the ideas of Karl Marx, it emphasizes the role of coercion and power in producing social order, particularly the domination of one group over another.
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