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    When we say that something is divers it means that it has different forms and different variables. This is the same thing with families in the contemporary UK. However regarding the family it’s a difficult to get everyone to accept the different types of diversities. Some people accept and are happy with the diversity whilst there are some people who think there is only one type of family and that all other types of families are unacceptable. There are different thing which makes up divers family;

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    Outline and evaluate one or more theories on institutional aggression (24) One explanation of institutional aggression (otherwsie known as IA) are dispositional factors‚ this means that aggression is determined by a persons pre-existing disposition and personal characteristics that will impact on how aggressive they behave. The theory states that for example‚ if a large amount of people with aforementioned characteristics are in an institution then it is the norm and IA will occur. Furthermore

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    Outline and evaluate psychological therapies as treatments of Sz. (24 marks) There are many psychological therapies used in the treatment of Sz. The use of drugs is common form of therapy however‚ it is thought treatment is more effective when used in conjunction with but psychological therapies which can help people develop the skills and the confidence to live normally in the community. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the main psychological treatment of Schizophrenia (Sz). CBT is based

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    A relationship can be defined as an encounter with another person or with people that endure through time. Two different theories have been proposed; the Reward/Need Satisfaction theory and the Similarity theory. If asked why someone is attracted to their partner‚ they might say because their partner is attentive‚ supportable and caring. This theory proposes we seek positive stimuli and avoid punishing stimuli; this is because positive stimuli produces positive feelings. Support for this theory

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    person feeding the infant will also become associated with the happiness and becomes the secondary reinforce and an attachment will be formed. Another concept of the learning theory of attachment is classical conditioning. Classical conditioning outlines how the infant creates unconditioned and conditioned responses with food and the mother. The infant receiving food‚ which is an unconditioned stimulus‚ produces an unconditioned response‚ which is happiness‚ and the mother feeding the infant would

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    Explanations of Forgetting Forgetting is ‘the inability to recall or recognise material that was previously stored in memory’‚ and there have been several explanations provided from a variety of studies investigating how we forget. Depending on whether information is forgotten from sensory memory‚ short term memory (STM) or long term memory (LTM) it can be due to a lack of availability or accessibility. A lack of availability is where information is not present in STM due to decay and displacement

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    1.0. Introduction. 2.0. Problem solving Situation. 3.0. Concept identified. 4.0. Explanation of the concepts. 5.0. Applications. 6.0. Personal reflections. 7.0. Pressure. 8.0. Key concepts 9.0. Explanations 10.0. Application 11.0. Personal reflections. 1.0. Introduction. Concepts are essential aspects in the life of human beings. They are used to deal with different situations that human beings face. One of the most beneficial uses of concept is solving problems

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    “Assess the Functionalist view that religion benefits both society as a whole and it’s individual members.” According to research carried out by sociologists‚ almost 90% of the world population follow a religion. There are numerous theories that attempt to explain the role of religion in our lives. The Functionalist outlook is a consensus perspective that sees religion performing positive functions for society as a

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    often holds the belief that historical events‚ like revolutions‚ are individual acts‚ while functionalists believe in the fact that revolutions are inevitable and that modernization in blooming societies would eventually lead to revolution. In terms of the Holocaust‚ an intentionalist might argue that without Hitler‚ the Holocaust would never happen since he was the leader of that genocide. However‚ a functionalist would argue that since Hitler had so many followers with the same belief system‚ somebody

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    will compare and contrast the functionalist and conflict perspectives. Both are on a macro level but are different theories with how the sociologists view the social problem of poverty. An examination of the two theories will show the differences of the functionalist theoretical perspective‚ which focuses primarily on the positive and some negative‚ and the conflict theoretical perspective‚ which focuses on the negative. (Leon-Guerrero‚ A ‚ 2013) The functionalist theoretical perspective accepts

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