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    under stress. If‚ however‚ the individual’s level of brain activity is already highly aroused‚ then the effects of additional dopamine activity may trigger the onset of a psychotic state‚ such as schizophrenia. Seeman (1987) reviewed a number of studies and found a 60-110 density increase in dopamine receptor cells in schizophrenics compared to controls. Wong (1986) found twice the increase in dopamine receptor cells in untreated schizophrenics compared to normal controls and untreated schizophrenics

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    American Constitutional Law Test 2‚ Study Guide: Part II Quizzes and Short Answer Questions by Chapter Chapters 6 and 7 Quiz Questions: 1. In Branzburg v. Hayes the Court ruled that _____. Reporters do not have a privilege that protects them from appearing in front of a grand jury 2. In FCC v. Pacifica Foundation the Court ruled that _____. Broadcast media have the most limited First Amendment protection 3. True or False: As a general rule the Court has upheld content regulations

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    rehearsal for STM retention‚ in contrast to the multi-store model. It is an optional process rather than the only means by which information is kept in immediate memory. The working memory model also explains many psychological observations. The KF case study supports the Working Memory Model. KF suffered brain damage from a motorcycle accident that damaged his

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    Discuss Research Into Obedience (12 marks) Milgram did a lab experiment‚ varying different situational pressures to see which had the greatest effect on obedience. He told 40 male volunteers that it was a study of how punishment affects learning. After drawing lots‚ the real participant was assigned the role of ’teacher’. The learner was a confederate. The teachers job was to administrate a learning task and deliver ’electric shocks’ to the learner (in another room) if he got a question wrong

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    In 1974 the researchers Baddeley and Hitch argued that the picture of short-term memory (STM) provided by the Multi-Store Model was far too simple. Following the Multi-Store Model‚ it is believed that STM holds limited amounts of information for short periods of time with relatively little processing‚ it is believed to be a unitary store. This means that due to its single store it has no subsystems‚ unlike the Working Memory Model which has many subsystems. This proves that the Working Memory is

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    better with their peers and were more independent. Research shows that going to day-care has a positive effect on the child’s peer relations later on in life. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development‚ NICHD‚ did a longitudinal study for twelve years between 1991 and 2003 on a thousand children all from different locations‚ families and cultures. They compared children who went to day-care compared to a control group of children who hadn’t gone to day-care‚ stayed at home instead

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    Functionalism is a consensus structuralist theory‚ which sees the source of crime and deviance located in the structure of society. Although crime and deviance might be stigmatised in society‚ some sociologist think it is important to have it occur and there are some benefits to it. Durkheim (1982) argued that crime is an inevitable feature of social life‚ because individuals are composed to different influences and circumstances‚ and so not everyone can be equally committed to the shared values

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    My name is X and I’m holding a Senior Care Assistant and also Infection Control Officer and Heath and Safety Officer in Y. Kelly D is mainly under my supervision and I have witnessed the way she is assisting the residents and attending to all their needs. K is always explaining to residents that maintaining a good personal hygiene is necesary for many reasons such as personal‚ social‚ health reasons‚ pshychological or simply as a way of life. She always abl to make people understand that through

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    In this essay I will be evaluating the claim that Person-Centred therapy offers the therapist all that they will need to treat clients. I will examine both sides of the theory‚ to include looking at the weaknesses and criticisms of person-centred therapy by other writers and weigh these up‚ along with the strengths of using person-centre therapy and when it will be most suited to treat certain disorders. I will also look at Carl Rogers in more depth with his views‚ responses and

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    Outline and Evaluate research into individual differences in attachment Attachment is when you get a strong reciprocal‚ emotional bond between two people like with a mother and infant. The attachment acts as a basis for further emotional and psychological development. Following on from the study carried out by Schaffer and Emerson (1964) on the phases of development in attachment‚ Ainsworth and Bell (1978) investigated individual differences in attachment using the Strange Situation. They hoped

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