Discuss one or more evolutionary explanations of group display in humans. (25 marks) Group display in humans has been studied by a variety of psychologists both classic and contemporary. Psychologists such as Le Bon believe that crowd behaviour is explained through the individual taking on the ‘psychology’ of the crowd’. Essentially‚ the actions of a crowd can be explained through situational factors‚ such as convergence in one location‚ or the result of normless situations where people look to
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Hypothesis combines linguistic relativity and linguistic determinism. Adherents of the hypothesis follow these two principles to varying degrees producing gradient interpretations from weak to strong versions of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. Cognitive linguists are among the only linguists to take this “mentalist” position seriously‚ and most linguists of any orientation reject a strong version of the hypothesis. The linguistic determinism portion of the original hypothesis stated that language determined thought
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Part I: Background Research on Criminology Ashlee Fiataugaluia CRJS 131 Criminology Westwood College 9/2/12 Criminology is a term used for the study of criminal behavior including factors and causes of crime. This study also deals with the social impact of any crime of the criminal itself and on the victim and his or her family. There are two major classifications in this discipline of social science. First is classicistic approach while the other is known as positivist approach of criminal
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What‚ if anything‚ has the discipline of criminology learned from the inclusion of a gendered perspective? Gender and Crime Module: Soci308 Deadline: 13/01/2014 Assignment 2: 2‚500 words Word Count: 2‚500 Module Leader: Dr Karen Evans Student I.D. 200187509 What‚ if anything‚ has the discipline of criminology learned from the inclusion of a gendered perspective? In order to whether the discipline of criminology has learned anything from the inclusion of a gendered perspective‚ this essay
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One of the main divisions between mainstream and critical social psychology is that of the methods adopted. Discuss with reference to the cognitive social and at least one other social psychological perspective. Social psychology has existed for about 100 years‚ before which psychology was a branch of philosophy. Social psychology studies individuals in their social contexts. It is a diverse discipline made up of many theoretical perspectives and variety of different methods are used in social
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The real thing: Author: Henry James First Published: 1892 Type of Plot: Social realism Time of Work: The 1890’s Setting: London Characters: The narrator‚ Major Monarch‚ Mrs. Monarch‚ Oronte‚ Miss Churm Genres: Psychological fiction‚ Social realism‚ Short fiction Subjects: Class conflict‚ Art or artists‚ Success or failure Locales: Europe‚ London‚ England‚ United Kingdom It is frequently difficult to pin down what a work by Henry James is about‚ not because his stories have no plot‚ but
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is the result of a causal illusion‚ and it is nearly impossible to pinpoint that our thoughts have caused our actions and not vice versa. It seems as though Nichols clearly and intently devised his plan to set fire to a house while five people were inside‚ especially with his strategy to block all exits. However‚ Wegner & Wheatley (1999) would argue that it was an illusion‚ and Nichols might have acted before he thought. One of the main issues with this is the idea of determinism (Wegner & Wheatley
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Harry Frankfurt’s article‚ “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person‚” discusses how the structure of an individual’s will becomes the basis for whether or not that individual can be considered a person. Frankfurt begins the article by describing two common‚ yet insufficient views of the concept of a person. The first is P.F. Strawson’s explanation‚ which states that the concept of a person refers to an entity with a mind and a body. Frankfurt shows how this view falls short by pointing
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Hughes presents a case for talking about technological momentum as a point between two opposite ideas; social constructivism and technological determinism. This raises questions as to what exactly the relationship is between technological momentum and soft determinism. Both ideas deal with the effect society has on technology and the effect that technology has on society. I will argue that while both ideas seem to be the same‚ there are important distinctions to make between the two. One is that
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Strawson sets up a debate between an optimist and pessimist. The argument is about the thesis of determinism. Strawson tries to find a common ground between the two‚ so he compares and throw different ideas of each sides’ concepts and practices. The concept is moral obligation and more responsibility and the practice is punishment‚ blaming‚ expressing moral condemnation and approval. An optimist says determinism may or may not be true‚ but the concepts‚ they know‚ have genuine application and justified
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