Describe and evaluate explanations of insomnia. (8 + 16 marks) Insomnia is a state where an individual experiences difficulties with their sleep. There are 5 types of insomnia; long term‚ short term‚ trouble falling asleep‚ trouble staying asleep and waking up too early. Short term insomnia usually lasts a few days or weeks‚ it tends to be caused by immediate worries such as exams‚ deaths‚ noise‚ jet lag or temporary medical conditions such as colds. Long term (chronic) insomnia is experiencing
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How do the four biological explanations fit together to explain schizophrenia or are they mutually exclusive? The biological explanation can be divided into subcategories to explain schizophrenia; genetic‚ biochemistry (dopamine hypothesis)‚ brain structure and season of birth explanation. Firstly there’s genetics. This view says some people posses certain genes that predispose them to schizophrenia. However‚ if schizophrenia was totally and always inherited then concordance rates between MZ
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Physicalism is “the theory that all information is ultimately physical information‚ information about physical states and physical events‚ couched exclusively in physical terms.” Frank Jackson perspective was that everything that exists is physical and everything also can be explained and described by physical theories. The knowledge argument is one of the most examined arguments on physicalism. The intention of the knowledge argument is to prove that the conscious experience associates with non-physical
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In whatever form it takes‚ aggression‚ whether physically harmful or solely painful to the ego‚ is a significant factor of life (Geen‚ 1991). Recent events have made managers aware that the workplace is not immune to violence and aggression (Denenberg & Braverman‚ 1999). While sensational events such as shootings immediately come to mind (Grunwald‚ 1997; "Rampage Brings Death‚" 1998)‚ the unheralded verbal and passive forms of aggression‚ such as yelling‚ bullying‚ and humiliation can also be extremely
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The determining factors that influence the evolutionary outcome of sexual conflict are the benefits of manipulation and resistance‚ the costs of manipulation and resistance‚ and the feasibility of manipulation (Lessells 2006). Intralocus conflict leads to each sex impeding adaptive evolution in the other sex. By contrast‚ interlocus conflicts occur when there is conflict over the outcome of male–female interactions‚ so that the optimal outcome is different for the two sexes. These types of conflicts
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Darwin founded a new branch of life science‚ evolutionary biology. Four of his contributions to evolutionary biology are especially important‚ as they held considerable sway beyond that discipline. The first is the nonconstancy of species‚ or the modern conception of evolution itself. The second is the notion of branching evolution‚ implying the common descent of all species of living things on earth from a single unique origin. Many people are familiar with how Darwin came up with the theory of
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The non-aggression pact or Molotov–Ribbentrop‚ was a treaty signed between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. This pact was suppose to last for 10 years and would bring peace to the two countries. In the pact the two counties agreed to split Poland in half‚ which would give each side an advantage. The Nazi wanted to push deeper into Poland so there could be more “living room” for their people‚ but Hitler also wanted Danzig a port city lost in the treat of Versailles. Hitler also claimed that the
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Explanations and Treatments of Abnormal Behaviour Problems defining abnormal behaviour: The problems with defining abnormality are that psychologists have to distinguish what is a normal reaction and what is abnormal behaviour; lots of people can react to a situation the same way and because of society norms and values this makes behaviour “normal” however it could still be classed as abnormal however there are large culture differences in a mixed society and what one person feels is abnormal
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Hwk – Outline and evaluate explanations of conformity (8 marks) AO1: Conformity is a form of social influence and is the tendency to copy other people’s behaviour and attitudes from within a group. Normative social influence occurs when a person desires to be liked and accepted by a group. They will publicly conform and change their behaviour but they will still privately reject their views. This change in behaviour is often temporary as this type of social influence leads to compliance.
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enjoy social relationships. According to the mentioned source‚ these individuals prefer to spend time with themselves. In 2015‚ Matthew H. Rosa MD‚ wrote an article published by the Psychoanalytic Review. The article was titled: “Love at Distance: Aggression and Hatred on a Schizoid Personality.” the author deeply analyses the relationship between social relationships‚ feelings and what is perceived as hatred. In order to prove his hypothesis‚ Dr. Rosa
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