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Social Exchange Theory

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Looks at social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties; behavior is a consequence of the cost-benefit analysis.

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Task-Centered Practice

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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.

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Feminist Theory

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Examines women's social roles and lived experience; it emphasizes the importance of gender as a category of analysis and critiques power inequalities.

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Psychodynamic Theory

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Derives from Freudian thought, it focuses on how internal processes such as needs, drives, and emotions motivate human behavior.

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Social Learning Theory

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Developed by Albert Bandura, which states that learning occurs in a social context by observing and imitating the behaviors of others.

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Strengths-Based Practice

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Focuses on the inherent strengths of individuals, families, groups, and organizations to support recovery and empowerment.

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Ecological Perspective

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Focuses on the interaction between people and their physical and social environments; it's often applied through Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory.

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Humanistic Perspective

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Centers on empathy and stresses the good in human behavior; it holds that people have the capacity for self-actualization and creativity.

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Systems Theory

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Explains human behavior as the intersection of the influences of multiple systems that surround the individual; systems are interrelated parts comprising an ordered whole.

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Conflict Theory

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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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