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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(Sub) There’s many subcultures to be apart of in the Super Earth but the main three that stand out are Achromatic‚ Triadic and Monochromatic. Each sub cultures are named by their specific color schemes that they use: Achromatic is a more neutral color scheme consists of black
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‘Racism; a controversial subject in which we all are part of.’’ How can you possible talk about racism without entering to any controversial point? First; we must see what racism is: racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others. Racism and discrimination have been used as a powerful weapon encouraging: fear or hatred of others in times of conflict
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Research Paper Rice yields in Ghana: Macro-level response and some prescriptions Accepted 14 October‚2013 Boansi David Center for Development Research‚ Department of Economic and Technological Change‚ University of Bonn‚ Germany. Author E-mail:boansidavid@rocketmail.com Tel.: +4915218152877 With local rice production lagging well behind demand as a result of low productivity of farmers’ fields‚ this study analyzed the response of rice yields in Ghana using national level data
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Outline and evaluate research into institutional aggression deindividuation include being in a large crowd‚ anonymity due to wearing a uniform and altered consciousness due to drugs or alcohol. Deindividuation leads to reduced inner restraints and therefore an increase in behaviours that are usually inhibited and also reduces the fear of negative evaluation from others. This leads to an increase in aggressive behaviours. Recent changes to this theory focus on the importance of private self-awareness
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Outline and evaluate the biological approach to psychopathology (12 marks) The biological approach to psychopathology states that abnormal behaviour is a result of the brain not functioning correctly. This approach treats psychological disorders in the same way as physical orders. It suggests 4 main causes of abnormality: brain injury‚ infection‚ neurotransmitters and genetics. Brain injury Brain injury is deterioration or fault of brain cells can cause memory loss often present in Alzheimer’s
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Outline and evaluate two models of abnormality (12 marks) The essence of a psychodynamic approach is to explain behaviour in terms of its dynamics – i.e. the forces that drive it. The best known example of this approach is Freud. Freud believed that the origins of mental disorder lie in the unresolved conflicts or childhoods which are unconscious. Medical illnesses are not the outcome of physical disorders but of these psychological conflicts. Conflicts between the id‚ ego‚ and superego create
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Outline and evaluate research into the factors involved in the formation of relationships: Attraction and the formation of relationships in today’s society is an everyday happening for most people and therefor it’s not surprising that numerous amounts of psychological research into interpersonal and social relationships has centred on romantic relationships. Researchers have found a number of likely factors that play a vital role in the formation of relationships‚ these being physical attractiveness
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To What extent are subcultures such as Goth‚ Dance or Hip Hop‚ types of consumption of media popular culture‚ rather than styles of resistance? One problem in analysing a type of youth culture is measuring the extent to witch it is a response to a culture deliberately manufactured for marketing and consumption of cultural products. I would say to some extent all subcultures consume part of popular culture‚ but it does vary from which culture a person is apart of‚ E.G you can look at the Goth type
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Outline and assess the view that crime and deviance are socially constructed There has been a pleather of research regarding the issue of crime and deviance. A definition of crime and deviance can be explained in relative terms which are dependant on any particular society’s interpretation of crime and deviance. Cultures differ from one society to another and the general consensus of right and wrong can also evolve throughout time. Definitions of crime and deviance can evolve with factors such
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