few months of life‚ nearly all of an infant’s perceptual abilities improve dramatically. One of the most important perceptual abilities is to be able to decide accurately how far away a person or object is. This is very valuable as infants move around‚ because they are likely to fall and hurt themselves if they do not know how far away various objects and obstacles are. This depth and distance perception allows us to change 2D information from the retina‚ into 3D information. We achieve this by using
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psychological characteristics may have evolutionary explanations. How do biopsychologists explain human behaviour? Biological psychologists explain behaviour by trying to relate it to the functioning of the brain and nervous system. The brain can be subdivided into many different areas and structures and biopsychological explanations often focus on which brain areas are responsible for which types of thinking or behaviour and how they connect with other functions and brain areas. For example
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Someone with OCD can feel isolated‚ they can feel embarrassed and anxious to let people know how they are feeling and consequently worried about whether they will be supported by their friends and family or misunderstood and laughed at. This is when the anxiety can become too much and lead to depression. Q4 If you live with OCD you might experience some or all of the following: Thinking you’re crazy – when you keep having obsessive thoughts which intrude on your everyday life‚ along with strong urges
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during the 20th century concern meta-ethics and meta-physics‚ where the meaning of what is said takes central stage. For instance what is the nature of language and how can statements be shown to be true or false? If we want to fully understand morality we must analyse the meaning of the key moral terms used‚ what it means‚ what it does and how it may be verified. Take the word ‘good’; we may describe it in an absolute way‚ “this is a good essay” or in a relative way‚ “compared to the previous one‚ this
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Exploration in the commonly accepted sense began with people like the sea-faring Columbus when‚ in the middle ages it was realized that the earth is a globe‚ not flat. It held a crucial role for centuries in colonization and trade expansion. In the 19th century startling results were achieved by wealthy and gifted amateurs. However quite early in this century virtually the whole of the earth’s surface had been mapped in outline‚ and most of it surveyed by explorers on foot. The process has more recently
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Compliance is where a person carries out a request to do something under direct pressure. For example‚ when people comply to buy certain products‚ even though the direct pressure may not be necessarily be perceived by them. This contrasts with conformity‚ which does not use direct pressure‚ but pressure is often perceived by individuals as influencing their behaviour. Compliance is the cornerstone of advertising and marketing‚ where sale tactics are examined on the basis of what would persuade the
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important to understand the biological causes of addiction‚ tolerance and withdrawal. The chapter discusses the different ways drugs can be administered and absorbed. Further it talks about the different ways drugs are metabolised and excreted and how drugs affect the central nervous system. Lastly it examines tolerance and withdrawal as understood from the biological perspective. There are many different ways to administer drugs. Some are through injection or inhalation‚ orally or through mucous
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Positivist theories. This means that philosophies are built by using scientific research methods to create structural perspectives. Positivism is called macro sociology because it looks at society holistically; it also emphasises the power of Society and how this effects man’s behaviour. Positivism was a philosophy from the Modern Era when society was industrial‚ England’s culture untolerating‚ the mass media conservative and pro-establishment. Role in society was extremely important; it was traditional
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Describe and Evaluate the Psychodynamic Approach to psychology. 10 Marks The psychodynamic approach was proposed by Freud‚ an Austrian neurologist turned psychologist. It focuses on the unconscious mind‚ and states that our behaviour is determined by instincts‚ such as the aggressive (Thanatos) and sex (libidinal) drives‚ which energise the unconscious mind. Many people will ask ‘What is the unconscious?’ The psychodynamic approach suggests that when people make important decisions in life‚ instinctive
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is one of their functions to direct audience sympathies it is clear that the audience is supposed to see that Helen is untrustworthy and to blame for the war. Later they call her the ’bride of spears and blood’ and ’blood flower’‚ more references to how she is to blame for the ’death of men and cities’ through her betrayal. This is shown in Clytaemestra’s actions when she ’goes to bed with the wolf‚ when her proud lion ranges far away‚’ cheating on Agamemnon with Aegisthus. Also Clytaemestra performs
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