EOutline and Evaluate Factors Influencing Eye Witness Testimony The term ‘eye witness testimony’ refers to an area of research into the accuracy of memory concerning significant events‚ it is legally considered to be a reliable account of events. However‚ research into eye witness testimony has found that it can be affected by many psychological factors such as‚ anxiety and stress‚ reconstructive memory‚ selective attention and leading questions. Anxiety and stress can be associated with many
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Functionalism is a structuralists theory with the belief that the institutions and organic analogy is what keeps the society in agreement and working properly. Religion plays a big part in the family and society; if a family is religious this will be taught to the new members of family‚ the family may choose to send a child to a religious school‚ which is the family teaching the child the role of religion due to there choice. Law is also an agent of the family’s role‚ the family all have to abide
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Outline and Evaluate one or more explanations of why people obey It has been found by Milgram that people obey for four main reasons these are; legitimate authority‚ the momentum of compliance‚ the agentic shift and passivity. The first reason that Milgram found that people obey is because people feel like they have to obey someone if they have a high social status or a highly respected job‚ this is called legitimate authority. Bickman (1974) supported this theory by doing an experiment on the
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The following is a discussion of my learning on completing the reading of Attachment and Loss by John Bowlby‚ Facilitating Development Attachment by Dan Hughes and Child Development by John W Santrock. I will also further discuss how all of the knowledge and understanding gained‚ informs my practice. Child Development by John W Sandtrock is a comprehensive look at all aspects of child development. In reading this I was able to relate my own experiences of working with children to the descriptions
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Critically evaluate McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. How far is it applicable to management and employee motivation in contemporary Chinese organizations? In the modern corporation environment‚ employees’ motivation plays a pivotal role‚ thus they should be recognised as a significant part of corporations’ financial assets. There are several distinct viewpoints of approaches to managerial strategies about motivating employees‚ one of which is McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. It proposes that
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Outline and evaluate one or more social psychological explanations for aggression. There are many social psychological explanations for aggression that try and explain the cause of aggression. The social learning theory originated from work by Tarde who looked at key characteristics of imitation and the ways in which our social behaviours and responses could be shaped by the actions of others. Bandura developed this theory and thought it had four basic processes; attention‚ retention‚ reproduction
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Outline and evaluate restoration explanations for the functions of sleep [8 + 16] intro: Aleep is divided into several different stages. SWS and REM sleep are associated with particular benefits. Oswald (1980) proposed that each of these had different functions - slow wave sleep enables body repair and REM enables brain recovery. SWS – initiates body repair (Oswald) Growth hormone – important in childhood because it stimulates physical growth. Important throughout lifespan for protein synthesis
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“Psychoanalyst John Bowlby (1988) defined attachment as “any form of behavior that results in a person attaining or maintaining proximity to some other clearly identified individual who is conceived of as better able to cope with the world.” (Post‚ Hohmann‚ & Epstein‚ n.d.)There are 4 stages of attachment Preattachment‚ Attachment in the making‚ Clear-cut attachment‚ Formation of reciprocal relationship. With each stage comes an age when typically developed. Starting from 6 weeks to 2 years of age
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Kohlberg’s Moral Stages Theory An indepth explaination Josh Gallo March 24‚ 2015 Crim. 101-f Dr. Kenneth Minton How exactly do children develop morality? This question has fascinated parents‚ educators‚ religious leaders‚ and philosophers alike for decades. Does society and our surroundings dictate our moral development or do parental influences assume the majority role in which the way we develop our morality? Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg is looked at as one of the staple theorists who developed
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These children fail to establish the most important foundation for healthy development. Because of the lack of a secure attachment the juvenile system as well as our child welfare system with an array of complications. In a positive home prosocial values are learned. Prosocial values‚ behavior‚ and attitudes that are very important for a stable well rounded child. The United
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