Discuss psychological explanations of any one eating disorder (24) Anorexia has been found in all countries but the frequency of the disorder increases with the levels of Western influence in society. Hoek et al found that white Caribbean’s had higher rates of anorexia than black Caribbean’s‚ presumably because the white population aspired to a more Western lifestyle than the black population. It can be concluded that socio-cultural factors can help explain anorexia. Social learning theory helps
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Social Learning Theory and Its Application to Aggression Social learning theory proposes that social learning occurs when the individual views a modeled behavior that they value‚ observes an act if the model has a role model or admired status‚ and when a person imitates a learned behavior (Bandura‚ & Ribes-Inesta‚ 1976). The basic foundations of the theory are applied to education policies‚ understanding psychological disorders‚ training courses‚ behavioral modeling‚ in the media and has a plethora
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constructed; there are also a lot of biological and genetic factors that contribute. Two biological factors that affect our gender roles are our genes and hormones. When a baby is first conceived it is genderless for the first seven weeks of development and‚ since there is no gender‚ the development for males and females during this period is identical. At seven weeks when the sperm and egg combine to form the zygote‚ the genes activate the babies’ biological sex. Everyone has 23 pairs of chromosomes
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seeing it as a more violent place. In addition‚ they are more apt to respond with aggression to other seven when
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psychoanalyzing was based‚ as mentioned‚ on the idea that what motivate humans to either behave constructively or destructively could be attributable to their conscious or subconscious motivation towards the satisfaction of two innate drives‚ sex and aggression. Mental illness according to Freud emanates from the struggle of these motives seeking satisfaction and social structure and norms that restrain them (Myers‚
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Alcohol & Aggression – The Missing Link? Increasing attention is being paid to the question of what exactly is the nature of the association between alcohol and aggression. There is certainly a need to better understand how some patterns of drinking intersect with some patterns of violence. A desire for some form of intoxication appears to be part of the common personality of human nature‚ one of its universal constants. The cultural manifestations of this drive are diverse‚ but all societies
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Biological Criminal Behavior Jordan Miller‚ Amy Showers‚ Sarah Wilson‚ Myron Reynolds‚ Cristine Saldate‚ Aisha Peeples CJA 314 May 14‚ 2012 Alonzo Medina Biological Criminal Behavior People perceive that crime‚ primarily violent crimes‚ such as murder‚ is the most serious crime society faces in modern times. This has led to efforts by many research groups to attempt to find the cause of such criminal behavior. The focus of such research is biological issues with the belief that a biological
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explaining the biogenic explanation of serial killers. Pasternack (1974) found that every killer he examined in prison had suffered head trauma‚ Ted Bundy‚ Henry Lee and some others were some examples (Holmes and Holmes‚ 1998). It has been said that psychomotor epilepsy and hormonal imbalance is a condition in some serial killers. Likewise the intuition and impulse theory raises the question of whether humans have an inherent quality that leads to become aggressive personality. Biological overall refers
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the major schools of thought in psychology‚ which are “the psychodynamic‚ behaviorist‚ cognitive‚ and evolutionary perspectives” (Kowalski & Westen‚ 2009‚ p. 12) and examine their major underlying assumptions. Additionally‚ to identify the primary biological foundations of psychology linked to behavior. Psychodynamic The Psychodynamic perspective was developed by Sigmund Freud and is based upon three major points. “First‚ people’s actions are determined by the way thoughts‚ feelings‚ and wishes
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Biological Theories and Criminal Behavior Biological theories address deviant behavior as a relationship between biological factors‚ and social norms in respect to crime. The theories address behavior of an individual based upon his or her biological impact. Schmalleger‚ (2008) points out a connection to social environments and the impact upon human behavior. The connection has validity because of human thoughts and activities are constantly flowing through the brain providing an impact relating
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