Discuss the biological approach in psychology. Refer to at least one other approach in your answer. (12 marks) The biological approach focuses on both the physiological and evolutionary aspects which explain human behaviour. The causal level of analysis incorporates physiological explanations‚ such as the effect of nerves and hormones on behaviour. According to biological psychologists‚ behaviour is controlled by the nervous system‚ which consists of the central nervous system (the brain and the
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Is the Internet – a blessing or a bane? Discuss In this current era‚ internet plays a very important role in our society. Yet what is internet? Internet can be defined as a tool that able to link together all the people around the world‚ or we can also say that internet is a global network connecting millions of computers from different countries all over the world. Furthermore‚ in this high-tech society‚ the computer is no longer an advocate of the internet; we can also surf internet by using
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Discuss the Psychoanalysis Treatment of Abnormality Psychoanalysis is based on the idea that abnormal behaviors and feelings could be caused by factors in our unconscious that we are completely unaware of. These may be the result of unresolved conflicts or repressed memories from childhood. The therapist uses several techniques to uncover these factors or memories from the unconscious. The treatment involves a patient and therapist meeting regularly‚ possibly several times a week for several years
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Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages for men and for women‚ of being single (=unmarried‚ unattached). Are these different in different countries? It is a common saying that if someone is being single‚ that people is a loser. However‚ there are a lot of people keen on being single even if someone who is married or attached for the advantages of being single. It should not be taken granted that every single people are loser or having good life. For people come from different countries
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“Ethical language is meaningless” Discuss Ethics is concerned with what is right and what is wrong. Meta-ethics however looks at the language‚ it asks “What does it mean to say that something is right or wrong”. In the words of Pojman‚ "normative ethics is a philosophical examination of morality‚ meta-ethics is philosophising about ethics -that is‚ about the very terms and structure of ethical theories." I aim to explore the claim that all ethical language is meaningless by looking at some of
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Discuss Berlioz’s contribution to the symphony Berlioz is often overlooked as an influential composer; however the reality is that he was one of the most important due to his developing ideas of how orchestration could be expanded‚ how symphonic form could be developed and how music would be written in a programmatic style. Above all this‚ Berlioz was one of the pioneers of the Romantic period‚ inspiring through his innovation of ideas such as the ‘idée fix’ and as some saw it‚ his disregard for
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Task 2/Scenario 1: A patient has entered the hospital and needs urgent attention. The doctors and nurses rush to him and soon realise he is deaf. This is a major problem as the communication cycle is broken‚ as they can’t understand what the deaf person is trying to say. A communication cycle involves a kind of a code that has to be translated. You need to work out what the other person behavior really means. Communication is a cycle because when two people communicate they need to
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This report will define the four types of abuse. The professional will discuss the causes‚ impacts‚ symptoms and strategies which are used by professionals using a multi-agencies approach through legal requirements‚ made through legislations to promote good practice‚ to support and empower children and their families. There are four main types of abuse including‚ emotional abuse where children are consistently in an emotionally unstable environment‚ which can lead to physical abuse‚ sexual abuse
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The initial review of Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker generally followed a pattern: the brilliance of the actors was celebrated and the questions of influence‚ primarily Beckett’s‚ were linked to discussions of the relationship between the comic and serious elements in the play. Interpretations of the ’meaning’ varied from the literal to the fully allegorical‚ by way of generalized abstract tags. Subsequent academic criticism‚ deriving from textual study rather than stage performance‚ has early always
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Discuss the possible consequences of privation. Refer to the Romanian Orphan Studies in your answer. AO1 Privation is the failure to form an attachment‚ this may be due to extremely poor parenting or prolonged stays away from a potential attachment figure. Possible consequences of privation are intellectual retardation‚ anti-social behaviour in later life an inability to form relationships and lack of guilt. Rutter investigated the progress of 111 Romanian Orphans who were brought to Britain for
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