This paper compares the perspectives of evolutionary psychology and social structural theory on sex differences in jealousy‚ mate preferences‚ and aggression. These two theories shed somewhat different lights on the origins of sex differences between men and women. Both theories discuss sex differences in mate preferences‚ jealousy‚ and aggression. Explanations from the two theories are compared and contrasted. Explanations for Sex Differences Evolutionary psychologists have developed
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An Examination of the Cause of Gender Differences in Aggression and Violent Behavior through Sociocultural and Biological Factors It may not come as a surprise to many that there exists a significant difference in the gender of perpetrators of violent crimes. For example‚ in tracking the perpetrators of homicide in the United States by gender and year‚ one can find that males outnumber females many times over‚ with over 15‚000 more males than females committing homicide in the early 1990’s
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Critically evaluate the claim that infants have an innate knowledge of object properties. Use evidence to support your arguments. Object properties have been systematically associated with the Piagetian approach of cognitive development and in particular the sensorimotor period. Until the 1970’s‚ Piaget’s influential stance that knowledge of object properties is only learned from around nine months old had not been questioned. However‚ due to more contemporary studies there have been claims that
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Many psychologists have researched into the effect of day care on both aggression and peer relations in children. Day care is a form of temporary care not given by a family member or someone known to the child. It usually takes place outside of the family. There are many forms of day care but the most common ones are nursery and childminders. Some research has shown that day care has negative effects on the social development of infants‚ however most importantly several factors have been identified
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Aggression is defined as “behaviour directed towards another individual carried out with immediate intent to cause harm.” {Anderson and Huesman‚ 2003} Explanations for aggressive behaviour fall under two main categories: the biological and social explanation. The biological explanations have three main approaches: psychodynamic theory‚ ethology and evolutionary social psychology. In contrast‚ the social explanations include: frustration-aggression hypothesis‚ excitation transfer model and social
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Strategies for Parenting Children with Difficult Temperament Children are born with an inborn temperament‚ a preferred style of relating to people and events. Temperament is indicated by behavior that clusters into three categories: easy‚ slow-to-warm up‚ and difficult. No category makes a child good or bad. They merely describe a child’s response patterns. Some children (approximately 10-20%) are born with “difficult temperament.” Traits include: high‚ often impulsive activity level; extra
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In your own words ‚ detail the “for “ and “against” arguments with regard to innate and learned behaviour .Feel free to include your own opinion ‚ but be sure to justify it. Try to include an equal amount of information for both sides . Use at least 500 words for your answer . There are two types of behaviour Innate and learned . Some people called Nativists believe that a child’s behaviour is innate. Innate behaviour is defined as a natural and instinctive and is present at birth ‚ for example
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“Art” has no innate meaning or value. What is “art” and who is an “artist” are defined by those in the art world - gallery owners‚ curators and academics. Discuss with reference to specific artists‚ artworks and/or institutions. Word Count: 2954 Cultural Studies: Visual Culture BA Creative Direction for Fashion Sofia Ochoa Neven Du Mont OCH10304854 Art is often regarded with the ‘charismatic‚ romantic notion’ (Webb‚ 2002: 167) of the artist ‘as independent
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How research by Bandura and colleagues on social learning and aggression has contributed to our understanding of children’s behaviour This report aims to: • Give an understanding of what Bandura and colleagues experiment (1963) entailed • Explain how the results are important in gaining understanding of children’s behaviour Albert Bandura was a Canadian psychologist with a keen interest in social learning (Oates‚ 2012). In 1963 he‚ together with Dorothea Ross and Sheila Ross‚ conducted an
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http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/causes.htm Without the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact there would have been no war in Europe. To what extent is this statement accurate? Within Europe leading up to World War II‚ the Nazis and Soviets made the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression pacts which negligible of the pact it seems inevitable that the war would have existed as there were many other major factors that provoked the war in Europe. These factors include the unresolved issues of World War One‚ with
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