Describe and evaluate social influences on gender roles (25 marks) Bandura and Walters (1963) proposed the social learning theory initially to explain aggression in children‚ yet they argued it can be readily applied to any behaviour. SLT suggests we acquire new behaviours via observing others‚ then modelling the observed behaviour. We are more likely to model behaviours if the behaviour is rewarded‚ via indirect‚ vicarious reinforcement. We can also learn new behaviours via being reinforced
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Outline and Evaluate Biological Explanation for Mental Illness The Biomedical model of Mental Illness states that metal illness is caused by either a physical problem with the brain‚ for example that some schizophrenic patients have parts of there hippocampus missing. Genetics‚ meaning that you inherit a genetic pre-disposition to depression or some other mental illness as someone in your close family had that mental illness‚ or down to neurotransmitter (serotonin‚ dopamine...) imbalances in
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Outline and evaluate the biological approach to abnormality? The biological or medical approach regards abnormality as illness or disease. Mental illness is thought to be related to the physical structure and functioning of the brain. There are four possible causal factors of abnormality: brain damage‚ infection‚ biochemistry and genes. The first factor is brain damage. Abnormal behaviour may occur if the structure of the brain is damaged in some way. Once disease or brain damage has caused mental
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blindfolded to the “prison”‚ stripped and sprayed with disinfectant‚ given smocks to wear and their prison number to memorize. There were guards on duty and they wore green khaki uniforms and aviators and carried wooden batons. There was no physical aggression allowed. The guards then ended up harassing and humiliating the prisoners and each conformed to their perceived roles‚ this caused the experiment to be discontinued after six days‚ out of the original two-weeks. The prisoners rebelled against the
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interaction and cooperation. A secondary group is based upon a more temporary‚anonymous and larger then a primary groups. 3c} My family is a primary group and this sociology class is a secondary group In my life. 4a}The intent was to study the social connection on social networks. 4b} The concept that emerged was called the small world phenomenon or the six degas of separation. 5a}The dysfunction of this organization is lack of communication between units. Because each unit is just transferring and
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Outline and evaluate the biological model of abnormality (12 marks) The biological model of abnormality is the idea that all behaviour is rooted in underlying physical processes. The biological model of abnormality assumes that there is a physiological reason for psychological disorders. The disorders are considered an illness and supposedly make a person with these ’disorders’ abnormal. The model indicates that mental illnesses resemble physical illnesses and are thought to be treated in a similar
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Obedience is when an individual responds to an order from an authority figure. A key study that has looked into research is one carried out by Milgrams in 1963. The aim of the experiment was investigate whether ordinary people will obey a legitimate authority figure even when required to injure an innocent person. Milgrams recruited 40 male participants by advertising for volunteers to take part in his study. Each participant would be paid $4.50. The experiment consisted of one ‘real’ participant
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in the development of psychology‚ the process of growth and maturing has been earlier associated only with childhood. Erik Erikson was one of the first theorists‚ who believed that development continues throughout life. Erikson developed his theory of psychosocial development taking into account the specific cultural context. According to him‚ each stage in life corresponds to certain expectations the society might have. Erikson introduces eight stages of the life span of every person: Trust
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Describe and evaluate the frustration-aggression hypothesis AND Berkowitz’s (1989) reformulation of it. Social psychology has attempted to explain the origins and cause of aggression because of the consequences of violent behaviour in our society. This essay will begin with a definition of aggression and frustration in order to describe the frustration-aggression hypothesis by Dollard‚ Doob‚ Miller‚ Mower‚ and Sears (1939) which‚ proposes a relationship between frustration and aggression‚ and that
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Evaluate the functionalist theory of the family In this essay‚ I intend to analyse some of the theories behind the functionalist perspective of the family‚ it is my intention to look at two main theorists in this field‚ Murdock and Parsons. I to analyse their theories and give objective argument for the pros and cons of the functionalist family. I intend to break this down by looking at the theorists separately and then looking at arguments against the functionalist family. Sociology‚ second edition
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