Psychology AS Level Guy Webber The Biological Approach What assumptions do biopsychologists make? Psychologists from the biological approach assume that behaviour and experiences are caused by activity in the nervous system of the body. The things that people think and feel‚ say and do are caused‚ one way or another‚ by electrochemical events occurring within and between the neurones that make up their nervous system‚ particular those in the brain. Many biopsychologists also agree that
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The puritans used many different weapons to hunt their prey or even shooting there enemies. The puritans had many different tactics for hunting and they trapped too. The first weapon I am going to tell you about is the sword they used the sword for cutting in battle and to clean animals they used this a lot since they hunted a lot. The next weapon they used was a musket the puritans used their muskets for hunting and used in war which it took a while for them to load since they only had one shot
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Forgetting is the inability to recall or recognise information that was once stored in the memory and is now not available or cannot be accessed. There are four main theories to forgetting; trace decay‚ cue dependant‚ displacement and interference. Displacement seeks to explain forgetting in the short term memory. According to Shiffrin and Atkinson’s model of memory‚ the short term memory has certain characteristics such as limited capacity so if information is not rehearsed‚ it would be forgotten
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Types of transition table. Types of transition Description of the transition Explain (how to give adult support for each transition) Physical transition A physical transition is something that every child goes through in their life‚ for example “Children attending a setting for the first time” (Walker‚ 2012‚ p44). You could support a child going through this transition by staying with the child at the setting‚ until they are settled in to a activity or tell them that mummy or daddy will be
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The scope of ethics indicates its subject matter. Ethics as normative science deals with moral ideal or the good in order to enquire the nature of our conduct. It enquires into the nature of the springs of actions‚ motives‚ intentions‚ voluntary actions and so on. It determines rightness or wrongness of human actions. It does not enquire into the origin and growth of human conduct. As a science of morality ethics discusses the contents of moral consciousness and the various problems of moral consciousness
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During infancy‚ a baby will have four main reflexes; the movements made in reflexes are inborn and automatically without thinking to help protect the baby and/or help it feed‚ learn and develop. These reflexes are rooting‚ grasp‚ walking and Moro reflexes and most if not all new-borns have them. Rooting reflex is when you touch the baby’s cheek and their head will move in that direction‚ their mouths opened wide‚ this ensures successful breast feasting. They do this‚ hungry or not as a reflex. The
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The five relationships of Confucianism are father and son‚ elder brother and younger brother‚ husband and wife‚ older friend and younger friend‚ and ruler and subject. Confucius believed in these relationships as the building blocks of a civilized society. He also believed that a particular set of behaviors must be maintained in each relationship‚ which usually comes from the development of deliberate traditions. Without them‚ he believed humans would return to anarchy. Being morally upright means
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The shoulder is a key attribute to the performance of athletes in all sports. As the shoulder is ball and socket joint‚ ROM plays a huge role in the ability of the shoulder. The Labrum in the shoulder is the fibrocartilage that is attached to the rim of the socket which keeps the ball of the joint in place (Hopkins Medicine‚ n.d.). The labrum is key to the stability of the shoulder. A torn labrum occurs when the cartilage that is attached to the rim ruptures. The labrum can tear a few different ways;
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Describe the world you come from; for example‚ your family‚ clubs‚ school‚ community‚ city‚ or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations?(*) (200-250 words) Growing up in an immigrant Russian Jewish family resembles a chess tournament. All pieces have their precise position‚ movements and strategies; all my family members work together to achieve an ultimate goal of making it in this wonderful county. This puts enormous pressure on me since I am the oldest child‚ holding the
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My mother’s optimism and pure heart has enlightened and enriched me throughout the entirety of my life. Even in my darkest of times my mother has guided me. Were it not for my mother I could not even dream of the person I have become. At two years old‚ my family divided itself. My brother and I were forced to live out of our duffle bags and travel back and forth from our mom and dad’s house. This division created confusion for my brother and me. Both my father and mother were always
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