Social Behavior Theories
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Describe how role theory, learning theory, and cognitive theory explain social behavior. Take a particular example from contemporary social issues or from everyday situations and use all three theories to explain the same actions.
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This solution of 316 words provides Insight on how to integrate role, learning, and cognitive theories into social behavior and a societal issue using real-life examples. It also provides brief instructions to frame the example and the suggestion of a topic, focusing on domestic violence in social situations.
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For this discussion I would start with a thorough definition of social behavior and include relevant social behavior theorist and their ideas and theories. I would then thoroughly define each theory: role, learning, and cognitive and different theorist ideas for each as well. Next is integrating the theories into social behavior. For example, cognitive theory focuses on how thoughts can elicit feelings which can cause different behaviors. So if you take a ...
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