Activity theory (AT; Russian: Теория деятельности) is an umbrella term for a line of eclectic social-sciences theories and research with its roots in the...
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The activity theory of aging, also known as the implicit theory of aging, normal theory of aging, and lay theory of aging, proposes that aging occurs with...
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Routine activity theory is a sub-field of crime opportunity theory that focuses on situations of crimes. It was first proposed by Marcus Felson and Lawrence...
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Internet theory is a conspiracy theory that asserts, due to a coordinated and intentional effort, the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically...
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from Intensify Cultural activities, activities referred to culture. Activity theory, a learning theory in education Social activity (disambiguation), several...
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Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) is a theoretical framework to conceptualize and analyse the relationship between cognition (what people think...
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Criminology (redirect from Criminal theory)
activity theory is used to examine all low-level street crimes such as theft. Much of the crime in rural areas is explained through routine activity theory...
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routine activity theory which focuses on the characteristics of crime rather than the characteristics of the offender. This is one of the main theories of...
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of places and times; investigators may invoke routine activity theory and rational choice theory in relation to the location of crimes. Crime patterns...
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In the framework of the Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) the leading activity is the activity, or cooperative human action, which plays the...
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The continuity theory of normal aging states that older adults will usually maintain the same activities, behaviors, relationships as they did in their...
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Lev Vygotsky (section Cultural-historical theory)
in children and creating the framework known as cultural-historical activity theory. After his early death, his books and research were banned in the Soviet...
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sociological theories of social action, such as the action theory established by Talcott Parsons. Nor should it be confused with activity theory. Basic action...
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Genre studies (redirect from Genre theory)
within activity systems is closely related to Activity Theory, in which the interactions of different spheres of activity are examined. Activity theory, according...
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criminal activity. Geographic locations, urban or rural environments, and community infrastructure can all influence how routine activity theory applies...
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Gerontology (section Activity theory)
and women as they age. Activity theory was developed and elaborated by Cavan, Havighurst, and Albrecht. According to this theory, older adults' self-concept...
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emphasis on the activities that a user would perform with a given piece of technology. ACD has its theoretical underpinnings in activity theory, from which...
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as opposed to wrapping user experience around a finished framework. Activity theory: utilized in HCI to characterize and consider the setting where human...
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two major psychosocial theories are the activity theory and the continuity theory, and the disengagement theory comes to odds with both. Cumming and Henry...
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people also engage in sexual activity for reasons associated with self-determination theory. The self-determination theory can be applied to a sexual relationship...
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Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design (2009) and Activity Theory in HCI: Fundamentals and Reflections (2012). These works discuss activity theory and...
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Connectivism (redirect from Connectivism (learning theory))
zone of proximal development (ZPD) and Engeström's activity theory. The phrase "a learning theory for the digital age" indicates the emphasis that connectivism...
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Russian developmental psychologist and philosopher and a founder of activity theory. He was born and died in Moscow. Aleksei Leontiev's life was closely...
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to the theory crime happens when the activity space of a victim or target intersects with the activity space of an offender. A person's activity space...
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Actor–network theory (ANT) is a theoretical and methodological approach to social theory where everything in the social and natural worlds exists in constantly...
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whether, as activity theory implies, greater social activity is linked with well-being in adulthood. Selectivity theory mediates between the activity and disengagement...
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Ukrainian-American psychologist, was the founder of the Systemic-Structural Activity Theory (SSAT). He developed the qualitative and quantitative methods of the...
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Appropriation of knowledge (section Activity theory)
Appropriation in education is often understood and analyzed through activity theory. This theory was developed by Aleksei N. Leontiev and focuses on understanding...
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Organization (section Theories)
coordination) and loss of interaction. Among the theories that are or have been influential are: Activity theory is the major theoretical influence, acknowledged...
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Spoon theory is a metaphor describing the amount of physical or mental energy that a person has available for daily activities and tasks, and how it can...
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