Describe and evaluate two pieces of Psychological Research In 1963 professor Stanley Milgram carried out a ‘Study of Obedience to Authority’ in which he aimed to answer the question‚ “Could it be that Eichmann and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were just following orders" (Milgram‚ 1974). To do this. Milgram elaborated on two theories‚ one of which was Solomon Asch’s 1956 ‘conformity experiments’. In 1963 Milgram put out an advertisement asking for men‚ aged between 20 and 50‚to volunteer
Premium Asch conformity experiments Milgram experiment Stanford prison experiment
An Eyewitness Account of the Napoleonic War At the age of nineteen‚ Jakob Walter is enlisted in the French Army‚ under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Napoleonic period is often described as the rise of French Nationalism and the dissolution of absolutism in Europe (Backman 604). Throughout his three campaigns for the Napoleonic Army‚ Walter keeps a journal to portray his thoughts about the war; in this journal‚ he also shares his experiences away from home. Walter thoroughly explains the true
Premium Napoleon I of France Napoleon I Napoleonic Wars
“Describe and evaluate two approaches to the treatment of self-defeating behaviour. The approaches should be selected from those introduced in module 5” Any behaviour you engage in that is self-sabotaging‚ that takes you away from what you want‚ or that distracts you from your goals is behaviour that is self-defeating. These behaviours zap your vitality‚ leaving you exhausted and without access to the powerful energy you need to create your best life. Self-defeating behaviour is the idea that
Premium Psychology Management Scientific method
1. Describe and evaluate the notion that adolescence is a period of ‘storm and stress’. Adolescence is a period of time in an individual’s life when they undergo the transition from childhood to adulthood. During this time there are a number of changes that occur within a person which can characterise the remainder of their life. Throughout history many intellectuals have made attempts to gain a better understanding of this time and a plethora of different theories on the subject now exist
Premium Adolescence
Eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions in the United States. After DNA testing came out‚ 72% of convictions were proved to be wrong because of false eye witness testimonies. Eye witness testimonies are the accounts given in the courtroom during a grand jury or trial by a witness at the event of a crime. False eye witness testimonies convict innocent people into prison. Out of the 80‚000 prosecutions a year that rely on eye witnesses‚ about half get convicted
Premium Crime Prison Criminal justice
Hello ladies and gentlemen of the jury my name is Brittany Marroquin. I am a hair analysis expert. I am here today to determine whether or not the suspects are responsible for the crime that has been committed. I have here the lab results depicting the crime scene. The trace evidence (small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene) found at the crime scene was the killers hair‚ and the victim’s own hair to exclude any hair samples found similar to the victim
Premium Eye Skin DNA
Describe and evaluate two approaches to the treatment of self-defeating behaviour. “Pain is inevitable… Suffering is optional.” Buddhist Scripture Introduction Self-defeating behaviour (maladaptive behaviour) is the idea that people knowingly respond to stimuli that will cause them to fail or bring them trouble. It is defined as “any deliberate or intentional behaviour that has clear‚ definitely or probably negative effects on the self or on the self’s projects” 1. Psychologists have examined
Premium Psychology Psychotherapy
experiences. Therefore what we get out of a relationship must exceed what goes in. Walster et al believed that social interactions involve an exchange of rewards‚ like affection‚ information‚ status. The degree of attraction or liking reflects how people evaluate the rewards they receive in relative to those given. SET is therefore an economic theory explaining relationships in terms of maximising benefits and minimising costs. The “Social exchange” is the mutual exchange of rewards between partners; like
Premium
Eye Witness Testimony “Eyewitness testimony is so unreliable that it should never be used in convicting criminals”. Eyewitness testimony is a legal term. It refers to; an account given by person(s) of an event they’ve witnessed. Eyewitness testimony is admissible in a court of law to assist in the conviction of individuals. In 1976‚ the Devlin report examined over 2000 identity parades in the U.K. Of the 2000 parades‚ 45% resulted in a suspect being identified and out of these‚ 82% were eventually
Premium
Describe and Evaluate 2 theories of relationship formation (24 marks) One of the theories of relationship formation is the filter process model. This model is brought about by Kerckoff and Davis 1962; they said that there are 3 filters that a potential relationship goes through‚ in order to be a strong‚ long term relationship. They said that the ‘field of availables’ are the potential partners the individual could have a relationship with‚ then as they filter out the potential partners it becomes
Premium