In psychology‚ the experimental method involves the manipulation of some aspect of a situation‚ and observing the effects this has on a particular behavior. In technical terms‚ the former is the independent variable (IV)‚ and the latter the dependant variable (DV). Only the investigations which involve the manipulation of the independent variables is part of the experimental method. Basically‚ in other words‚ we can say that experimental method is the type of research which involves the investigation
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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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The Limitations of the Human Genome Project "I would say that the Human Genome Project is probably more significant than splitting the atom or going to the moon." (Francis Collins) The human genome project‚ started in 1988‚ has mapped all the genes in the human body and sequenced them. Researchers are now working on understanding the function of all the genes. This exciting new development in biology has opened up whole new areas in the genetic world. The Human Genome Project was an enormous
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Maria Theresa became queen of Austria. She took local control away from the regional diets made German the language of the empire‚ created a large bureaucracy taxed the nobility and the clergy took control of the Roman Catholic Church. Limitations 1740 Frederick II became king of Prussia rejected the Pragmatic Sanction and invaded the Austrian province of Silesia this started the War of Austrian Succession (1740-48) 1748 the war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Joseph II
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Discuss the Male Reproductive System The reproductive system is questionably the body system that is the most important influence on life as we know it. It is the w ay in which we procreate and ensure our existence as a species. However‚ the penis is only one part of the male reproductive system‚ which constitutes of a series responsible for generating‚ storing‚ and transporting the genetic material contained in the sperm cells. The main organs include: testicles (or testes)‚ the epididymides
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Discuss evolutionary explanations of human aggression One evolutionary explanation of human aggression is sexual jealousy. Infidelity triggers sexual jealousy which is an evolved adaptive response to infidelity. Men have developed many strategies from vigilance to violence to stop their partner committing adultery. Men never know for certain that the baby is theirs and could be investing in another man’s baby. In a questionnaire‚ if women reported that their partner did not like them talking to
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“The UN is now an outdated body.” Discuss. The United Nations is a body that was set up at the end of WWII to maintain peace and security amongst states. The UN is the successor to what was the League of Nations. The League of Nations‚ set up after WWI by President Wilson‚ had a similar goal to that of the UN’s. To maintain peace and security‚ and at the time‚ attempt to prevent another World War. This of course was not achieved. In regards to the question stated‚ there are differing opinions
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There is no universal category of Childhood. Discuss. To have a universal category of Childhood‚ all first hand and second hand experiences of Childhood must be the same to a certain degree. The term “universal” demands that all definitions and takes on the term must be the same without any equivocation. The interest in the concept of Childhood in terms of Sociology has increased massively since the 1980’s (Mayall 2002‚ James et al. 1998‚ Prout 2000‚ Lee 2001). Many Sociologists have analysed Childhood
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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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stage performance‚ has early always followed the serio-tragical-symbolical-abstract line- what we might call Modern Man in Search of His Insurance Cards‚ or‚ I stink. Therefore I am. The comedy of The Caretaker is not a dispensable palliative. To discuss ’meaning without taking this into account is to distort the play as a whole and devalue its achievement. The combination of the comic and the serious‚ laughter and silence‚ is often deeply disturbing for art audience: but only in confronting it can
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