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    Outline and evaluate two or more definitions of abnormality? (12 Marks) Deviation from social norms is a definition of abnormality. The word ‘deviation’ in this definition is referring to deviant behaviour (behaviour which is considered anti-social or undesirable by the majority of society members). In society there are social norms (standards of acceptable behaviour that are set by the social group). These standards are often in place for good reason. An example of a social norm is politeness as

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    Evaluate the claim that identity is determined by relationships. Introduction The aim of this essay is to evaluate the claim that identity is determined by relationships. This will be done through descriptions of identity and relationships’ and how they are intertwined with each other to form an individual who is unique. There are many theorists who have worked extensively on theories of identity and this essay will only cover a small sample of these to evaluate the claim. Firstly a definition

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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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    TOPIC: Discuss the relationship between the Imagination and childhood in Wordsworth’s poetry. Romantic poets of the seventeenth and the eighteenth century expressed nostalgia for childhood. They revered it as a period where an individual secured joy‚ innocence and security. Childhood was not a transitory period in an individual’s life but rather; it was a state of mind. In the Romantic’s protest against this Age of Reason that brought widespread enlightenment and rationalism‚ the child was praised

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    Outline and evaluate the evolutionary explanation for gender roles Gender refers to culturally constructed distinctions between femininity and masculinity. Individuals are born female or male but they become feminine or masculine through complex developmental processes that take many years to unfold. For example‚ women usually look after babies while men are the providers. The evolutionary approach argues that gender role division appears as an adaptation to the challenges faced by the ancestral

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    Outline and evaluate fators that affect eating behaviours.” There is huge debate as to which factors affect the eating behaviours of an individual. A key issue is whether our food choices are down to innate behaviours and our genetics or whether they are an outcome of the environment in which we are brought up in‚ such as our cultures and socio-economic circumstances. One key factor which affects our food choices is our mood. It is generally accepted that food can be comforting when we feel upset

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    Joseph Nicolosi Instructor: Mallen English Composition 9/24/2014 First essay Little Drummer Kid Back when I was a child I never asked for much. I never had much of an interest in toys and spent most of my time alone. Even at the age of 8 I was a deep thinker‚ always questioning why things happen the way they do. I was constantly observing the world around me as if I was on the outside. I learned to appreciate silence at such a young age and didn’t speak much. I only spoke when I was spoken to

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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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    The foundation of the essay will be based on Bourdieu’s theory “habitus is a set of dispositions” and “dispositions are acquired through a gradual process of inculcation‚ in which early childhood experiences are particularly important”. (Bourdieu & Thompson 1991‚ p12). Dispositions would be best described as a perspective or frame of mind with regards to the essay’s context. Bourdieu continues to elaborate that an individual’s habitus is the “internalisation” of their surroundings and that habitus

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    Asses the view that childhood is not a fixed universal experience- Sociologists believe that childhood is not a fixed universal experience‚ this is called social construct‚ meaning that the idea about childhood is varied according to time‚ place‚ gender‚ ethnicity and social class. The definition of childhood is a state or period of being a child. Many children in today’s society do not experience this and in the past too. Aries (1960) suggested that today childhood is only a recent social invention

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