OUTLINE AND EVALUATE EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS OF FOOD PREFERENCES (4 MARKS + 16 MARKS) Outline (A01) Tastes experiences come from our taste receptors. These make us sensitive to a range of taste qualities. For example‚ sweet foods are usually associated with carbohydrates that are a great source of energy. Sour food allows us to identify food that has gone off and would therefore contain harmful bacteria. Salt food is vital for the function of our cells. Bitter tastes are associated with
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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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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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Outline and evaluate the effect of anxiety on eyewitness testimony AO1 AO2 Yerkes Dodson law – states that there is an optimum level of anxiety for accurate eyewitness testimony. I.e. People who are not at all stressed‚ and people who are very stressed will be less accurate eyewitnesses that those who are under a moderate amount of stress. Loftus carried out a study of the ‘Weapon effect’. She set up two conditions of the experiment. In both conditions‚ participants heard a discussion in the
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Effects of Multi-Disciplinary Approaches There are various ways to approach and solve problems. Such approaches include multi-disciplinary perspectives and strictly disciplinary perspectives. To effectively solve a problem a person should gather an array of information from a series of different sources. When a person takes this approach towards a certain problem or situation‚ they are taking a multi-disciplinary approach. As defined in the Webster’s American Dictionary: College Edition‚ multidisciplinary
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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 research into cultural variations in attachment Due to the fact that the ways that people bring up their children can be very different all over the world as we share different attitudes‚ values and beliefs etc. People emphasize on developing distinct skills and qualities‚ so attachments formed can be different. For instance‚ countries like America and Germany would value personal independence and achievement more‚ whereas interdependence between people is valued more in China
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1. Evaluate Lincoln’s major strengths and weaknesses as a wartime leader. Summarize the major crises and decisions he faced. Strengths: 1) Clarity of vision. He wanted to save the union first and foremost but some of his staff and generals couldn’t "get" it. Read how angry he got when one general chased the CSA to the Potomac and then stopped‚ stating "We have run the rebels from our country". That general did not understand that it was ALL "our" country. 2) Strength of character. Lincoln had
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MEMORY MEANINGFUL FRAMEWORK There are so many people who use schemata to organize current knowledge and provide a meaningful framework for future understanding. In psychology and cognitive science‚ a schema (plural schemata or schemas) describes an organized pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them.[1] It can also be described as a mental structure of preconceived ideas‚ a framework representing some aspect of the world‚ or a system
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of student and details are stored in different parts of the site and so takes a long time to retrieve the data. It takes a long time to find the information about a relevant person. 1.2. Scope The scope of the project will illustrate the business model architecture of Student Accounts and Record Management System (SARMS) that will corresponds to solution proposed to the school‚ project development requirements‚ system requirements‚ development plan estimation and responsibilities. SARMS will be
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