Describe and evaluate the evolutionary theory of food preferences According to an evolutionary approach current human behaviour can be understood in terms of how it may have been adaptive in our ancestral past. Evolutionary theorists are concerned with behaviour which is adaptive and having survival value‚ these researchers look for ultimate explanations. Current behaviours may be maladaptive and dysfunctional but can be understood as having been adaptive and functional in some way. To undertake
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Briefly describe the difference between intrapersonal and interpersonal approaches. What are the advantages and disadvantages of both? The difference is that interpersonal refers to relationships or actions that take place between two or more people while intrapersonal refers to things that go on exclusively within one person. Inter is a prefix meaning between. Similarly‚ we have interpersonal relations that are between two or more people. Intra is a prefix meaning within. In schools‚ we sometimes
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Describe a range of negotiation styles and evaluate their effectiveness Definition Negotiation‚ according to Tubbs and Moss (2006) is a “set of methods for resolving conflicts between and among people”. They also quote Walker and Harris (1995) who define negotiation as “the process of resolving differences through mutually acceptable trade-offs”. To define conflict‚ Tubbs and Moss choose a definition by Wilmot and Hocker (1998): “an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent
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Describe and Evaluate the Multi-Store Model of Memory The multi-store model of memory (MSM) is an explanation of the process of memory. Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin first illustrated the multi-store model‚ in 1968‚ it explains how we hear‚ see and feel many things but only a small number are remembered and other aren’t. There is strong evidence of three different stores suggesting that the basis of the MSM is reliable. However there has been some criticism of the MSM‚ most importantly
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Stephanie Martin Higher Level Teacher Training Course Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector Unit 1 Assignment Q1. Understand own role‚ responsibilities and boundaries of role in relation to teaching. The main role of the teacher is to communicate information in such a way that all students understand what is being said. To ensure this‚ the teacher must understand how people learn and assess the various learning styles within a group. Are
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inferred‚ such as thoughts and dreams’. This definition corresponds to more modern definition of psychology. Zimbardo defines psychology as ’scientific study of behaviour of individuals and their mental processes’ (1992). There are several major approaches in psychology: psychodynamic‚ behaviouristic‚ humanistic and cognitive. This essay focuses on psychodynamic and cognitive approach. Psychodynamic approach was started by Sigmund Freud. In 1900 he published psychoanalist theory of personality
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Essay Describe and evaluate the synaptic homeostasis model of sleep The synaptic homeostasis model of sleep (Tononi & Cirelli‚ 2003) explains memory consolidation as a by-product of synaptic downscaling that occurs during sleep. This essay will describe the synaptic homeostasis model of sleep and evaluate how valid its predictions are in the face of empirical research. According to this model‚ synaptic potentiation is associated with the homeostatic regulation of slow wave activity‚ which
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Describe and Evaluate one or more definitions of Abnormality One definition of Abnormality is deviation of Social Norms. Social norms are accepted ways of behaving within a society. They are the unwritten rules that members of a society regard as being normal and acceptable‚ and any deviation from them can be regarded as abnormal behaviour. Examples include ways of dressing‚ such as women wearing feminine clothing and men wearing masculine clothing‚ not appearing naked in public‚ saying ’please’
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DESCRIBE AND EVALUATE THE MULTI-STORE MODEL OF MEMORY (25 MARKS) The multi- store model of memory is an explanation to how memory processes work‚ we hear‚ see and feel many things but only a small number are remembered‚ the model was first introduced by Atkinson and Shiffrin in (1968)‚ whereby they explained tat the multi-store model of memory has 3 stages which is sensory memory‚ short-term memory and long-term memory‚ this information processing approach to Cognitive Psychology‚ describes the
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Describe and evaluate the learning theory for attachments. The learning theory suggests that we are born with a blank slate which means everyone starts off exactly the same‚ and then we learn all of our behaviours once we are born. The learning theory is split into two areas‚ Operant and Classical conditioning. Operant conditioning is one part of the learning theory to describe attachments. This states that attachments are formed through positive and negative reinforcements. An example of positive
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