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    reassuring grin… the kind of person who would give up his seat‚ on a street car‚ for an invalid to sit down (1117). Drakulic is surprised that the man with such boyish features could be a killer. The author seems obsessed with Goran Jelisic‚ repeatedly describing him as a handsome man and not understanding how he could be accused of this crime. She writes “Good looking people are good and ugly people are mean” (1117). She bases Jelisic character on his outward appearances. Throughout the essay

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    Describe two or more psychological explanations of schizophrenia 8+16 marks A01 A02 Sociocultural AO2 Cognitive Introducing Biology The cognitive explanation acknowledges the role of biological factors in schizophrenia‚ suggesting that the basis of the condition is abnormal brain activity producing visual and auditory hallucinations. Further features of the disorder emerge as people try to make sense of the hallucinations. When schizophrenics first experience voices and other worrying sensory

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    Describe and explain how river processes change along the long profile of a river A river changes shape as it flows from its source (where a river starts) to its mouth (where a river flows into a sea or lake). The shape of the long profile (a slice through the river from source to mouth) shows how the rivers gradient‚ height‚ energy and load changes due to erosion processes such as abrasion‚ cavitation‚ attrition‚ hydraulic action and corrosion as well as how the rivers deposition rates fluxuate

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    Activity: Describe and explain how river processes change along a river’s long profile (15 MARKS) Upper - Erosion - Vertical - Weak Erosion but strong Velocity In the upper stage of the river’s long profile‚ there is mainly vertical erosion and by abrasion. Erosion occurs when there are high-energy conditions and discharge are high after heavy rain or ice melt. The rough channel from the high velocity causes turbulence and the large‚ angular bedload is dragged along the river bed‚ causing

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    Explain how human activity can affect water availability and quality. (10) Agriculture plays a significant role in the quality of water and three factors come into play when considering agricultural effects: pesticides‚ fertilizers and the waste produced by farm animals. When pesticides or fertilizers are applied to crops the excess materials will either run off the land‚ or seep into the groundwater‚ with an eventual ending in bodies of water such as lakes‚ ponds‚ or streams.  The excess nutrients

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    The crime cause are best explains by Psychological and social process theory. The principal of psychological theory is behaviorism. This theory cause that the human conducts oneself becomes more mature through our daily learning experiences. The rate at which something occurs of any behavior including criminal or deviant behavior can be increased or decreased through reward or punishment. Also including personality disturbances and diseases of the mind. In behaviorists view crimes as learned responses

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    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

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    Luis Munoz September 27‚ 2010 I was born in Chicago‚ IL on December 26‚ 1992. I have lived in Cicero for almost all of my seventeen years‚ and I have attended public schools since kindergarten. I enjoy listening and playing music‚ mostly Christian rock and worship music. Some of my favorite bands are Hillsong United‚ David Crowder Band‚ Newsboys‚ and Steven Curtis Chapman. This past week I was able to go to the All-State Arena to see David Crowder and Steven Curtis Chapman live in concert

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    Hakim has come to a therapist in order to help overcoming his Cynophobia‚ a fear of dogs. Explain and critically evaluate how learning theory can be used to explain Hakim ’s phobia and also‚ potentially‚ to treat it. This essay will explain and critically evaluate how‚ Cynophobia‚ a fear of dogs can be overcome. The two main points that will be looked at is learning theory in an effort to try and explain how this phobia has developed in Hakim and possible ways of treating it. Classical conditioning

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    our human body. In Ruby‚ everything is an object. Every bit of information and code can be given their own properties and actions. Ruby has features that are similar to those of Smalltalk‚ Perl‚ and Python. Perl‚ Python‚ and Smalltalk are scripting languages. Smalltalk is a true object-oriented language. Ruby‚ like Smalltalk‚ is a perfect object-oriented language. Ruby is "A Programmer’s Best Friend". Question: How will you define Ruby programming Language? Answer:

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