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    1. Explain the terms social drugs and medicines. People take social drugs to help them relax or occasionally give themselves the feeling of having more energy (BBC 2013). Social drugs are also known as recreational or non medicinal drugs. These types of drugs are used for recreational purposes and without medical justification. There are two types of social drugs‚ illegal and socially acceptable drugs. Illegal social drugs include heroin‚ cocaine‚ cannabis and LSD. Examples of socially acceptable

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    Durkheim who was a functionalist‚ there is Merton who doesn’t totally agree with Durkheim but adopted his theory on ’Anomie’ and made it his own. Michelle Deluce Tutor: Joanne Green CRIMINOLOGY Page 1 CRITICALLY COMPARE AND CONTRAST FUNCTIONALIST AND TRADITIONAL MARXIST PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME There are many theories on why crime exists as well has who is committing the crimes and the underlying reasons behind it The two main perspectives being Traditional Marxist and Functionalist both with different

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    MacLennan E (2009)‚ HNC in Social Care Student Book‚ Heinemann http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/labelling_theory.htm INSTITUTIONALISATION Institutionalisation is used to refer to the process of committing a particular individual to an institution‚ such as a mental institution. To this extent‚ institutionalisation may carry negative connotations regarding the treatment of‚ and damage caused to‚ vulnerable individuals by the oppressive application of inflexible systems of social‚ medical‚ or legal

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    The Social Cognitive Perspective The Social Cognitive Perspective is a psychological theory on personality founded by Albert Bandura that paved the way for Behaviorism. In short‚ the perspective basically states that we learn by observing others or conditioning and model our behaviors after those situations. Mental processes are also emphasized in this theory‚ hence the “cognitive” aspect. Bandura’s perspective focuses on how we interact with our environments and the events we experience. Several

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    Social Structure Theory In today’s society we have seen the increasing amounts of crime either in the newspaper‚ news in media‚ or even experience it on our own. The government questions what are the reasons people develop criminal behavior which more than likely leads to criminal activity. The social structure theory has created surveys and information regarding to the people’s reactions‚ feelings‚ knowledge and economic class that makes them develop the urge to get involved in crime. Social structure

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    Social structure is the way society is organized into predictable relationships. There are five elements when you break down social structure. The first being status. We usually associate having a status to the amount of influence‚ wealth and fame. But sociologists use the term status to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society‚ from the lowest to the highest. Examples of this are being a son or daughter‚ dental technician or the president of the

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    Theory of knowledge essay “The knower’s perspective is essential in the pursuit of knowledge.” To what extent do you agree? In investigating how the knower’s perspective affects the pursuit of knowledge‚ there are several keywords to define and explore before going in-depth. This process will lead to an overwhelming agreement‚ validation of the statement and exploration of the implications and different knowledge issues. The knower is the one who seeks‚ perceives‚ understands and interprets information

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    The paper will consist of a television show that displays social deviance. I will explain why I selected this video and I will identify the people who are being label as social deviants and identify those who do the labeling. I will also explain how we can use the three perspectives to get an understanding of social deviance. The show is crime scene investigation Las Vegas and titled “Dune and Gloom”. The show focuses on three veterans with mental problems and passion for the car racing industry

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    There are 3 elements in the behaviourist perspective‚ which are classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning and the social learning theory. The main assumptions made by the behaviourists are • That scientific methods should be used to study only behaviour that is observable • The environment (i.e. the people or events in it) causes our behaviour • The two ways in which we learn from the environment are through classical and operant conditioning. The classical conditioning theory was developed

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    strict diet. Those who are passionate about their sport are willing to do just about anything to improve performance‚ but just how far are athletes willing to go? With recent advancements in sports science‚ it has become possible to alter some elements of human physiology. The human body has been meticulously studied over the years‚ and as a result we are able to comprehend how complex systems function enabling the human body to perform simple everyday functions‚ as well as‚ impressive athletic performances

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