Japan’s susceptibility to natural disasters
The majority of Japan’s natural disasters come about as a result of tectonic activity. This includes the direct effects of earthquakes and…
Category: Social Sciences
Classical and operant conditioning
A short answer defining the differences between classical and operant conditioning
DSM-IV
A short definition of DSM-IV
Domestic Coercive Control and the Law
A consideration of whether UK and Welsh law against coercive control contribute to the empowerment and security of women and children
Sociological research paradigms
The positivist method is based on a natural sciences worldview which assumes that everything follows universal rules and laws. It relies on…
What are service users’/carers’ expectations of social workers?
The relationship between social workers and the people they work with can be critical to delivering effective social work interventions…
Challenges and pathways for sustainability
challenges and pathways for sustainability
What do a priori and a posteriori mean?
These are both Latin phrases that are used to describe different types of justification for assertions.
Act and rule consequentialism
‘Consequentialism’ is a term which encapsulates a range of moral theories with one thing in common: that moral decisions should be made…
The different types of families in the UK
The term ‘family’ is increasingly difficult to define in the modern world and statistics evidence an increasing number of family types…