Discuss issues of reliability and validity associated with the classification and diagnosis of phobic disorders (24 marks) The biological explanation for the acquisition of phobic disorders establishes that phobias are caused by genetics‚ innate influences and the principles of biochemistry. This theory recognizes that an oversensitive fear response may be inherited‚ causing abnormal levels of anxiety. This is illustrated in the basis of inheritance‚ particularly the adrenergic theory that convicts
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Discuss sex differences in parental investment? Trivers (1972) “Parental investment is the investment a parent makes in an indiviual offspring that increases it’s chances of survival at cost of the parent’s ability to invest in other offspring.” The beneifts of parental investment increases survival of the offspring which comes from survival of the fittest developed from the evolutionary theory. There are sex differences in parental investment because the initial investment made my females is
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Discuss the ethics of allowing advertising in schools. Is there an appropriate age in which advertising could be considered? Advertising should not be allowed in schools. The reason it shouldn’t be allowed is that it directly affects children that haven’t developed the intelligent capabilities‚ mental ability or maturity to make educated consumer decision. I think an appropriate age in which advertising could be considered would be age 18 because young people at this age is capable of accepting
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Discuss Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development Cognitive Development can be defined as the development of thought processes. This includes thinking‚ concept understanding‚ problem solving‚ and decision making and remembering from childhood on to adulthood. There are two theories of Cognitive development that offer us two different ways of understanding it. The first is called Domain general. This theory states that one line of development determines all of the changes in a child’s intellectual
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Discuss the timeless quality of Shakespeare’s sonnets Shakespeare’s sonnets are lively reflections on love and time‚ these two themes seem to be the principal themes of Shakespeare’s sonnets and he returns to them again and again each time exploring them in a lively and personal matter. The theme of love and time are two themes that are timeless and still today‚ appeal to the modern reader. Shakespeare reveals how nerve wracking a relationship can be‚ but he also shows how love is ultimately the
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Discuss the consequences of disrupting biological rhythms Biological rhythms are controlled by endogenous pacemakers‚ which are our internal biological clocks and these rhythms are also affected by exogenous zeitgebers‚ for example light‚ food and noise. The most common disruptions of our biological rhythms occur due to aeroplane travel‚ which results in jet lag‚ and also due to shift work‚ resulting in shift lag. (AO1) Shift work described a type of job in which individuals have to be alert
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Discuss Tennessee Williams’ use of symbolism in "The Glass Menagerie" Tennessee Williams’ memory play "The Glass Menagerie describes three separate characters‚ their dreams and the realities they face in a changing world. The play is set in an apartment in st Louis during the American depression. The Glass Menagerie exposes the lost dreams of a southern family and their desperate struggle to escape reality. The play "The glass menagerie" itself is a symbol Williams uses to represent the broken
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Discuss the influence of childhood on adult relationships (8 +16) Childhood is the early ages in a person’s life. In childhood we all have difference experiences that shape who we become and how we interact. There are multiple explanation into the influence of attachment styles and interaction with peers on relationships as an adult. Bowlby proposed the internal working model to explain the influence of childhood on adult relationships. He suggested that the type and quality of relationship that
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Student name: Nguyễn Đức Huy Class: FB6B Lecture: Mr. Hoang Anh Duy Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy Date: 15th December‚ 2014 Phase 1: Individual Assignment Consumer Behaviour 1. Identify and discuss how holiday decision-making as described in the case‚ is different from the traditional problem-solving models of consumer decision-making. It is clearly that holiday decision making process is different from the traditional problem-solving of consumer decision-making
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Discuss the Spanish Colonial Role in Chamorro Vermin Magellan was the first European to set foot in the Micronesian Islands. He was a Spanish explore who was assign to discover goods for his kingdom. He was travelling to Philippine where he will do discovering mission. As they were sailing through the pacific for so many days‚ they ran out of supplies and from distances they discover the biggest island in the Micronesian Ocean‚ Guam. Guam is the biggest island in the Marianas and in the Micronesian
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