Discuss Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia [8+16] AO1: The cognitive approach acknowledges the role of biological factors. Frith 92 found a disconnection between frontal areas of the brain concerned with action and the posterior areas of the brain that control perception‚ explaining auditory hallucinations. This causes a split from reality where sz are unable to distinguish between actions brought by external forces and those generated internally this then causes the positive symptoms of
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Is an invitation to treat an offer? Discuss? Answer: Section 2(a)‚ Contracts Act 1950 provides that ‘when one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything‚ with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to the act or abstinence‚ he is said to make a proposal’. Case: M N Guha Majumder v R E Donough [1974] 2 MLJ 114 Facts: Property owned by the defendant was advertised for sale‚ and written offers to purchase were invited. The plaintiff viewed
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Discuss the rationale behind the WS and PS curves (12 marks) Keynesian macroeconomics assumes that markets are imperfect and this as the result of lack of competition. The implication of imperfect market is that agents are no longer price takers as in perfect markets‚ but become price setters. In product markets the firms are price setters considering the elasticity of demand which is partly dependant on competition. In the labour market‚ workers are the wage setters. Through collective bargaining
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Discuss the biological approach in psychology. Refer to at least one other approach in your answer. (12 marks) The biological approach focuses on both the physiological and evolutionary aspects which explain human behaviour. The causal level of analysis incorporates physiological explanations‚ such as the effect of nerves and hormones on behaviour. According to biological psychologists‚ behaviour is controlled by the nervous system‚ which consists of the central nervous system (the brain and the
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Discuss the effectiveness of tradable permits in correcting market failure. Tradable permits are a cost-efficient‚ market-driven approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Tradable permits allow polluters to emit a certain amount of pollution and if un-used or partially used can be sold to others. A government must start by deciding how many tons of a particular gas may be emitted each year. Increased carbon emissions are an example of market failure. This is where the free market fails to
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Discuss the Male Reproductive System The reproductive system is questionably the body system that is the most important influence on life as we know it. It is the w ay in which we procreate and ensure our existence as a species. However‚ the penis is only one part of the male reproductive system‚ which constitutes of a series responsible for generating‚ storing‚ and transporting the genetic material contained in the sperm cells. The main organs include: testicles (or testes)‚ the epididymides
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What is Westminster system? The Westminster system is a democratic parliamentary system of government created after the politics of the United Kingdom. In this system‚ there is a head of state‚ which is also known as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in Malaysia who holds the executive power legally. There is also a head of government‚ known as the prime minister which is appointed by Yang di-Pertuan Agong in this system. A prime minister is the eldest minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government
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Discuss the role of language in relation to the construction of social reality. The focus of your essay may be on ONE only of the following topics; the banking crisis‚ war‚ human sexuality‚ patriarchy‚ psychological language. Talk about The power and role language has and its relationship to social reality and also link to patriarchy. Not to use in essay. Just to get a better understanding.If so paraphrase. E.g. Chomsky (1982) argued that….. or Research has reliably demonstrated that complex
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explored at various levels of depth by pupils of differing abilities. Each Case Study contains materials for pupils to use in the classroom as well as teachers’ notes and lesson plans. Most of the Case Studies‚ but not all of them‚ require access to some form of ICT. Each Case Study took about 18 months to develop. In addition to fieldwork tests by its developer‚ each one was subjected to ‘action’ tests in two ‘cold trial’ schools by independent evaluators; the feedback from the trials was used for further
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Describe and Evaluate the Psychodynamic Approach to psychology. 10 Marks The psychodynamic approach was proposed by Freud‚ an Austrian neurologist turned psychologist. It focuses on the unconscious mind‚ and states that our behaviour is determined by instincts‚ such as the aggressive (Thanatos) and sex (libidinal) drives‚ which energise the unconscious mind. Many people will ask ‘What is the unconscious?’ The psychodynamic approach suggests that when people make important decisions in life‚ instinctive
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