1. Describe‚ using evidence‚ any two influences that explain why a person turns to crime. (10) There are three main influences that explain why a person will turn to crime. These are cognitive‚ biological and upbringing. One influence that might cause an individual to turn to crime is upbringing. Farrington (2006) conducted a study in delinquent development to document the start‚ duration and end of offending behaviour from children and to adulthood in families. Farrington’s study concluded that
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differences between male and female promiscuity are a result of the evolving need to ensure reproduction. While traditional female sexual attitudes and values are evolving and females are increasingly becoming more comfortable in expressing sexual aggression or dominance in modern times‚ these traditional differences may be explained from the standpoint of adaptation to reproductive demands as well. Women are more limited in reproductive opportunity than men‚ having a limited number of eggs and a limited
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1. INTRODUCTION Aggression‚ conflict‚ stress‚ frustration‚ anger these and more emotions are all linked to self-defeating emotions that impact on our cognitive‚ mental and emotional capacity to function normally. When aggression is not properly and accordingly dealt with it can lead to various detrimental consequences for the individual and surrounding members. Individuals struggling have an inner urge to cause and inflict pain onto others. One way is via the usage of guns. The usage of guns in
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blank state and that events taking place in our life time can affect and change the way we behave. Behaviour is the the result of stimulus response‚ i.e all behaviour no matter how complex can be reduced to a simple stimulus response. All behaviour is learnt from the environment. We learn new behaviour through classical and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning is stimulus- response. If a stimulus that results in a emotional response is repeated along with another stimulus which does not cause
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the doll. Freud inferred from his observational studies of numerous patients and children that aggression is an inborn instinct. Lorenz too believed that anger aggressions are innate instincts with animals and human beings. This basic anger behaviour should have some outlets‚ such as competitive sports‚ hard labor such as gardening‚ walking‚ recognizing the stimulus that provokes anger aggression‚ a persuasive leader‚ and not rewarding any aggressive behaviour etc. Studies indicated in the
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and still now argue whether behaviours are learned or innate. Innate behaviour is present at birth‚ developmentally fixed‚ instinctive and unchanging inherited through genes. This involves reflexes which are automatic responses to specific stimulus. Examples of these reflexes are blinking the eye‚ swallowing‚ coughing or producing saliva when eating which protect the body from harm. Nativists believe that many aspects of behaviour are innate‚ or occur naturally regardless to environmental influences
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instinct and learning. Instint ● Genetics ● Can’t control it ● Can’t change it Learned ● Must be taught ● Can be controlled ● Can change Section 4 1. What are innate behaviors? Give an example. Innate behaviors are determined by your genes. → Cat using litter box‚ babies nursing 2. What would happen to an individual who poorly performs innate behaviors? May not survive 3. What is an instinct? An instinct is the ability of an animal to perform a behavior the first time it is exposed to the proper stimulus
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Is Intelligence a predictor of job and life success? Over the years‚ intelligence has been defined in many different ways and called many different things. There are the abbreviations: “IQ” (intelligence quotient)‚ “g” (general intelligence)‚ “GCA” (general cognitive ability) and “GMA” (general mental ability). Whatever we call it‚ the way we measure it has not really changed in many years. On how intelligence helps performance‚ most people will suggest that it is by improving things like problem
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Neal Miller and John Dollard Neal Miller and John Dollard were psychologists who spent much of their professional careers working together. Neal Miller lived from the years 1909 to 2002‚ outliving his associate John Dollard‚ who was born in the year 1990 and died in 1980. According to Rolnick and Rickles (2010)‚ the two psychologists dedicated much of their partnered professional time and efforts towards the integration of social learning theories with psychoanalysis. In comparison with the overwhelmingly
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Social psychology Social psychology – Lecture 3 – 5/2/2013 Research methods Selection of participants Representative sample Sampling method Representative sample The sample is the group of people the researcher has chosen to examine The population is the group of people the researcher wishes to understand The sample should be similar to the population you wish to understand – the sample taken from a small bit of country Sampling method A random sample enables each person in the
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