Outline and evaluate the behaviourist approach to abnormality The behaviourist model explains abnormality as learnt behaviour. The behaviourists explain this learning as being a result of our environment. It has two ways to explain how abnormality can be learnt. It also argues that people do not have free will and that the environment determines their behaviour by making them behave in certain ways Classical conditioning is about an association made between a stimulus and response. In a
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important discovery does Wilson make in this chapter? How does he react? Wilson discovers that his wife had an affair. He believes that Myrtle is unworthy. He needs money so he can go out West. 4. What things has Tom discovered about Gatsby’s business dealings? Tom perceives Gatsby as a low-class hustler‚ a bootlegger who will never be able to distance himself from his past. In Tom’s selective mind‚ Gatsby is common and therefore his existence is meaningless. He comes from ordinary roots
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Research Methods – Sociology Unit 2 Sociological Approach Sociological Research is important as it gives a more common sense understanding of the social world in which we live. Quantitative Approach = involves collecting numerical data and social facts establishing correlations (statistical relationship exists between two things) and searching for ‘cause and effect’ relationships (one thing directly leads to the other). Qualitative Approach = sees reality as objective and measurable through
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3 Evaluate two strengths and two weaknesses of the behaviourist approach One strength of the behaviourist approach is that it is scientific in its nature. This is because this approach is very scientific with everything proven and supported by lab experiments. Behaviourist believe that through the use of scientific methods‚ we can analyse and compare behaviour. Control over variables can see cause and effect. Behaviour should be studied objectively and variables should be operationalized (breaking
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COGNITIVE A main strength of cognitive psychology is that this approach has tended to use a scientific approach through the use of laboratory experiments. A strength of using laboratory experiments is that they are high in control therefore researchers are able to establish cause and effect. For example Loftus and Palmer were able to control the age of the participants‚ the use of video and the location of the experiment. All participants were asked the same questions (apart from changes in the
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Approaching Research Evidence and structure are the keys to constructing a convincing and logical argument in support of the idea‚ insight‚ contention or recommendation you want to make. In today’s business environment it is unlikely that you will be able to find the answer to your question in a single source. You may not find any articles that directly address your question. Therefore‚ you need to research…. and I do not mean being able to use Google Like a good lawyer‚ you have to bring together
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industry grew‚ more specialized companies developed to produce specific components. It¡¦s a pretty simple strategy‚ but at that time it went against the dominant. In Traditional Business Model we can use following flows to describe the relationship beyond different partners and the information flow and physical goods also follow the same route. Ü Suppliers > Manufacturer > Distributors > Customers In Dell Business Model The direct model has allowed Dell to leverage their relationships with both
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in the economic literature. The Man-Power Requirement Approach - forecasts the manpower needs of the economy. The approach focuses on 3 main elements‚ namely: 1. Specification of the composition of manpower need at some future date e.g. 2015- 2020. 2. Specification of man power availabilities e.g. in 2010. 3. Specification which reconciles the former specification with the later. Advantages of Man-Power Approach 1. Man-Power could usefully call attention to extreme
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DOING GENDER ARTICLE • 1960s‚ 1970s- sex: ascribed to biology by anatomy‚ hormones and physiology. Gender: achieved status: constructed through psychology‚ cultural and social means • Sex didn’t seem given in ambiguous / conflicting criteria‚ gender less achievement in ant/psyc/social imperatives- division of labour‚ formulation of gender identities‚ social subordination of women by men • Gender socialization theories: gender achieved by age 5 was fixed‚ unvarying and static like sex • Purpose:
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Key Words: Cycles approach‚ speech sound disorder‚ intelligibility‚ phonological intervention‚ pattern-based targets‚ children Introduction According to Prezas & Hodson (2010)‚ the fundamental objective of therapy for a child with highly unintelligible speech “should be to expedite intelligibility gains in an optimal and efficient manner and to develop accurate underlying phonological representation.” Traditionally‚ the method of articulation remediation entailed training and drilling a child to
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