Biological Approach to Depression The biological approach is based on the idea that depression has a physical or organic cause. One explanation suggests that some people are simply more genetically inclined to develop depression‚ as Hecimovic suggested that it was caused by a mutation in the 5-HTT gene‚ which was responsible for coding for serotonin production‚ and that this mutation is inherited. Family studies‚ twin studies and adoption studies have all helped support the role of genetics in
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What is family and why can defining it be problematic? Family is 2 or more persons who are related by birth‚ marriage‚ or adoption who live together as ONE (no matter the how the relation) Family is a SOCIAL INSTITUTION Family can serve as an agent of social placement‚ helps build relationships outside your family (social networks) Can have an economic effect (gov’t benefits) The problem can be that it varies between cultures and even different families‚ varies from being so diverse to so specific
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The role of education is to socialise young people into their future roles. Discuss to what extent this is true. The education system is one of the most influential institutions throughout society. Pupils from ages 5 to a minimum of age 16 are bombarded with a vast amount of knowledge‚ attitudes and skills which are acquired either through set lessons or the hidden curriculum which explains the processes involved in being ’schooled’ and the various interactions which take place whilst in school
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‘Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the usefulness of Marxist approach to an understanding of crime and deviance’ (21 marks) There are numerous Marxist theories that help us to understand crime and deviance in different ways‚ however they are all based around the same ideas. They believe capitalism causes crime in three different ways including‚ selective law enforcement‚ criminogenic capitalism and ideological nature of the law. Traditional Marxists believe that crime is
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their interest have become aligned with that of an ordinary citizen. Studies from the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts show that the choice of roles is relative to functions of social relationships and role commitments. Symbolic interactionists emphasize adult work and family roles in explaining the transition away from crime.
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SLA: It acts as a constraint on linguistic forms and their acquisition‚ and it represents a type of communicative knowledge and object of L2 learning in its own right. The first role of pragmatics is evident in functionalist (Tomlin 1990) and interactionist (Long 1996) views of SLA. The second role puts pragmatics on a par with morphosyntax‚ lexis‚ and phonology in that inquiry focuses on learners’ knowledge‚ use‚ and acquisition of L2 pragmatics. It is the latter sense of ‘pragmatics and SLA’
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Ch13: What are the similarities & differences between the symbolic interactionist‚ functionalist and conflict perspectives on the elderly? Which of these provides the most accurate explanation for you? Please explain. There are three main perspectives that describe how the elderly are perceived by others and themselves. The first is symbolic interactionism. Symbolic interactionism stressed that age has no inherent meaning and that how the elderly are perceived as well as how we perceive our own
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course of its development with a view of evaluating the current validity of the theory. Interactionist approaches to SLA moved united aspects of the behaviourist and mentalist traditions. Whilst mentalist approaches were concerned with learners’ innate language learning abilities and behaviourist considered cognative processing to be at the forefront of second language acquisition (SLA)‚ the interactionist theory is concerned with the impact of interaction and the linguistic environment on SLA
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1. Functionalist questions a. What are the functions of Wal-Mart for society? Wal-Mart is an American multinational retail corporation and one of the leading discount department retail stores (Wikipedia). It is the highest- grossing company in the United States (Fortune 2008a)‚ and is by far one of the most successful companies worldwide. Wal-Mart offers a place to buy the majority of our goods under one roof like electronics‚ furniture‚ clothing‚ pharmacy‚ sports‚ food‚ books etc. Wal-Mart sells
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3.1 Teacher Expectancy Effect When we discuss about the interactionist (or symbolic interactionist) view in the context of educational institutions‚ teacher expectancy effect would be one of the major areas affecting the growth and improvement of students both in academically and in extra-curricular‚ mentally and physically. In other words‚ teacher expectancy effect is something that ties closely to the social development of the students as a whole. Teacher expectancy effect is defined as “the
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