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    Explain how psychological perspectives have been used to criminal behavior Biological approaches: (P1)The biological approach means that our behavior is the cause of biological factors. This approach looks at our genetics to construct a reason why we act the way we do and why we develop abnormal behaviors. The brain and nervous system are the biological approach and so are chemical changes in the body .This can mean chemical reactions in the brain. For instance‚ in eating disorders - twin studies

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    Charlotte King Orion 12 Psychology EXAM QUESTIONS Evaluate methods used by the psychodynamic approach. One of the methods used by the psychodynamic approach is case studies. Case studies are used to practice their therapy on to see if it actually works. The therapy created by Sigmund Freud‚ is called psychoanalysis. An example of one of the case studies would be the case study of Little Hans. Hans was at the age where he noticed he had a penis and therefore played with it a lot. His mother

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    Exercise 1: Data Interpretation Table 1: Water Quality vs. Fish Population Dissolved Oxygen 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Number of Fish Observed 0 1 3 10 12 13 15 10 12 13 1. What patterns do you observe based on the information in Table 1? As dissolved oxygen is increasing the number of fish are being observed more. When dissolved oxygen is at 12‚ the number of fish observed peaked at 15 and then falls. 2. Develop a hypothesis relating to the amount of dissolved oxygen

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    Assistant Professor of Finance • What can you say about the abstract of the article? @ 10 points the abstract summarize the main points that the article is talking about‚ such as how the sensitivity analysis is used and its purpose in this case. • The article contains how many sections? How many pages? @ 5 points The article contains an introduction‚ 5 parts‚ and an appendix. The article is 20 pages with its abstract and references. • How many studies are cited in the reference list

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    sufferer’s problems continue unabated. We will pretend that you have the general set of symptoms described above. Ahh‚ but which of the two syndromes are causing your symptoms: the disorder (ADD) or the trait (ADT)? We’ll approach your problem using scientific methodology—developing a question‚ a hypothesis‚ an experiment‚ and a control for the experiment. Let’s share this assignment. I will supply both the initial question and the experiment we’ll perform on you. Your job is to state the hypothesis

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    Scientific Investigation: Designing an Experiment Jeremy Barrett BIO-101-C02 February 4‚ 2015 Introduction Different parts of the body of an organism have been observed to grow at different rates during development. When parts of the body grow disproportionately to one-another‚ we call it allometric growth. The term‚ isometric growth‚ is used when describing body parts which maintain the same ratio throughout development. The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether two chosen body parts

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    Death and Decay 1 – How can insects be used to establish Post Mortem Interval (PMI) Introduction Post mortem interval (PMI) is the amount of time that has elapsed since a person died. Establishing the time of death is important‚ especially if it is suspected that the victim may have been murdered. Having a time of death helps investigators centre their investigation on suspects who cannot confirm

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    results to my hypothesis. 4. What are the independent and dependent variables? The independent variables would be the dissolved oxygen and the dependent variables would be the number of fish observed. 5. What would be your control? No control is used in this experiment. 6. What type of graph would be appropriate for this data set? Why? Bar graph‚ because there is no relationship between each area observed. 7. Graph the data from Table 1: Water Quality vs. Fish Population (found at the beginning

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    Reliability of Forensic Tools What’s reliable and what’s not so scientific when it comes to forensic tools? Forensics is relating to the use of science or technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law. Forensic tools examples are forensic photography‚ forensic ballistics‚ forensic toxicology‚ computer forensics‚ hair analysis‚ DNA analysis‚ and fingerprint evidence. Forensic tools can be used rhetorically in debate or argument. There are American TV shows

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    INDEPENDENT STUDY UNIT Purpose: To learn a new activity/sport‚ associated skills‚ and drills that promote the learning of that activity. Requirements: 1. Choose an activity 2. Research the activity: * fitness components * unique principles (i.e. buoyancy‚ friction‚ rotation etc..) * theory or background * skills and mechanics If a sport‚ choose 3-5 skills to master. If an activity‚ develop a 3 minute routine/demonstration of

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