Outline and assess Functionalist explanations of crime and deviance. This question includes assessment of your understanding of the connections between crime and deviance and sociological theory. Functionalist explanations of deviance begin with society as a whole looking for the origins of deviance in the nature of society‚ not the biological or psychological make up of an individual. Functionalists favour quantative methods to look at society‚ using statistics to see society as a whole‚ rather
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Lecture 1 Research Basics • Definition o Process of applying creative thinking in a logical way o Acquisition & creation of knowledge informed by theory & practice • Misconceptions o Not simply gathering existing information o Not merely gathering new data o Not necessarily the production of something original o Not always involving a problem • Knowledge-driven o Explores o Speculates o Describes o Explains o Predicts o Evaluates • Purposes o Role expectation o Current information
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Outline and evaluate research in to the duration‚ capacity and encoding information in short term memory. Introduction Memory is divided into three categories. These categories consist of: sensory memory‚ short term memory and long term memory‚ out of these short term memory is the main focus in this essay. It has been widely researched due to interest of how much memory can be stored‚ how long this memory can be stored for and what information is memorised. Duration Short term memory is a
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Isabella Imbuido 5/18/15 English IV Sem 2 5.2.7 Practice: Research Outline I. Spice‚ also known as “fake pot” or “synthetic marijuana‚” is a highly addictive drug because of the chemicals mixed with the herb and the effects it gives people when inhaled or ingested. II. The chemicals that make up spice are somewhat similar to marijuana but at the same time are beyond it. A. There have been reports of bags having chemicals like nail polish remover‚ cement mixture‚ and other dangerous artificial chemicals
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Last Name‚ First Name Research Outline 1 Due Date: 4/5/2013 I. Introduction A. Human Interest Story B. Background Information C. An increase in harsher punishments for violent crimes will result in a decrease of violence in American society. D. Proofs (in one sentence) II. Body Paragraph 1 A. By severely punishing violent students who have played a role in school violence can help create a less violent adult. B. Billitteri‚ Thomas J. "Discipline in Schools." CQ Researcher 15
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Justin Wolf 2/4/15 Mr. Wimmer US H Research Paper Outline I. Introduction A. Did Lee Harvey Oswald work alone in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy or was he involved in a conspiracy? B. Lee Harvey Oswald was the only man ever arrested for shooting President John F. Kennedy but he C. Lee Harvey Oswald was involved in a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy with one of the following: the Soviet Union‚ the CIA‚ or the Cubans/Fidel Castro. II
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Outline and Evaluate Two Theories of Relationship Formation (24 marks) Byrne and Clores Reward/Need Satisfaction theory states that we will become attracted to a partner based on how that person makes us feel. Mutual attraction will occur when each partner meets the others’ needs. Stimuli in our lives can usually be seen as rewarding or punishing‚ rewarding stimuli making us happy and punishing stimuli having the opposite effect. We can also be attracted to someone through association of events
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Outline and Evaluate the Behavioural Approach to Psychopathology The behavioural model concentrates only on behaviours and the responses a person makes to their environment‚ these can be external or internal. Behaviourists have tended to focus their attention on the role of external events and behaviours as these are more observable and therefore make gaining results easier. This means that not all aspects of abnormality are considered‚ a weakness of the approach as it is selective in its research
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Outline and evaluate the role of neural mechanisms in eating behaviour AO1: One way in which eating behaviour is controlled is by a process called homeostasis. This involves mechanisms which both detect the state of the internal environment and also correct the situation to restore that environment to its optimal state. The body has evolved two separate systems‚ one for turning eating on and another for turning it off. Glucose levels play an important role in producing feelings of hunger. When
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Outline and evaluate restoration theory as an explanation of the function of sleep (8+16 marks) Sleep is believed to function as a means of restoring the biological system to a better working order this is the basis of the restoration theory‚ Sleep is divided into several different stages such as SWS‚ and REM sleep‚ Oswald proposed that each of these sleep stages has a different restorative function. SWS enables the body to repair itself and REM enables brain recovery and memory consolidation
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