Whether studies investigate attitudes as inner cognitive states and processes or as evaluations of a constructing nature within speech and writing‚ the importance remains equal within social psychology. These two types of perspectives‚ cognitive or discursive‚ will be explored‚ in relation to attitudes. Both approaches share the view that social attitudes should be an essential study in any scheme of social psychology‚ but the way these attitudes are perceived differs greatly. The difference in perception
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TMA 05 Write an essay of 2000 words on the following: Billig has evaluated Tajfel and Turner’s theorising of intergroup conflict as limited because of the emphasis placed on cognitive processes. Discuss Billig’s evaluation and assess his arguments for a discursive psychological approach. The study of prejudice and intergroup conflict within social psychology became a priority in response to the experiences of genocide in the Second World War (Dixon‚ 2007‚ p.147). Examples of prejudice and
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A discursive investigation to explore people’s perception of attitudes towards singleness since the war Abstract Previous work‚ for example Wetherell and Reynolds‚ into this topic are has shown that the socially constructed nature of singleness has polarized interpretative repertories; two are positive as in independence or self-actualisation and negative as in deficit or social exclusion. Research carried out by Edley and Wetherell identified two interpretative repertories; Jekyll or sensible
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Animal testing has for a long time been a much debated moral issue. For many‚ this kind of testing has been the only kind of hope for developing new medicines and treatments for illness. For others‚ it is an unacceptable and unnecessary cruel way of exploiting animals for our own purposes. Treatments for illnesses such as tuberculosis‚ diabetes‚ kidney failure and asthma have all been discovered‚ and vaccinations against polio‚ diphtheria‚ tetanus and measles for example have all been found. There
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DISCURSIVE WRITING An issue that creates heated debate almost anywhere you go is the legalisation of cannabis. There are two different opinions: one‚ that cannabis should not become legal because it leads on to the use of harder drugs and causes more petty crime. The second view is that if it became legal then fewer people would have to sneak around to get cannabis and therefore not get caught up in the underworld of drugs‚ and that would stop the lead on to harder drugs. Also cannabis can be used
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Is it fashionable to be so skinny you’re ribs stick out? How far is too far to go for fashion? Is it beautiful to starve yourself? Studies have shown that girls as young as 8 are dieting or have tried to diet. This short essay will‚ look at the two main illnesses of anorexia and bulimia‚ and also have a look at some examples from the media‚ where fashion inadvertently causes these illnesses in youths. Firstly‚ the two main disorders are anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia is an eating disorder‚ which
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Methadone Maintenance Treatment versus Rapid Opioid Detoxification Amber Dawn Phillips University of Phoenix The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that close to three million people in Europe and the US are addicted to some type of opiate‚ and in the US alone‚ over two million people are addicted to prescription opiates‚ and opiates make up 83 percent of admissions
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Abortion is an issue that people have been questioning for generations. It is often a very hard personal decision to make; you must consider all sides of the issue. Abortion is the removal of a foetus before it has been born. Some call this murder; others say it is a matter of personal rights. Here I will explore all the arguments for abortion‚ leaving you to make this decision for yourself. Many women have abortions for many different reasons. Some because they feel they are too young‚ they do
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South African writer Alex La Guma was an active member of his country’s non-white liberation movement. One of the 156 people accused in the Treason Trial of 1956‚ La Guma wrote his first book‚ "A Walk in the Night and Other Stories"‚ in 1962 (Wade 15). "The Lemon Orchard‚" a story which appeared in this debut work‚ is a gripping piece about the horror and cruelty of racism. In the story‚ La Guma describes in chilling detail how a black teacher (who had sought legal redress for being beaten up by
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A discursive essay is a piece of formal writing that presents a discussion on a particular topic. Discursive Essay: Structure Introduction – in this section the topic to be discussed is clearly stated. Main body – it consists of several paragraphs‚ which describe a particular exemplified or justified point. Conclusion – the main points of the essay are summarized; the author’s opinion is stated/restated; balanced consideration of the topic is provided. Discursive Essay: Main Types 1. Opinion
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