Outline and evaluate learning theory as an explanation of attachment. Classical conditioning - Before attachment is learned‚ the infant gains pleasure through being fed. Food is the unconditioned stimulus and pleasure is the unconditioned response. When the infant is being fed‚ the infant associates the person providing the food with the food. The primary caregiver is the neutral stimulus‚ which becomes associated with food (the unconditioned stimulus). When the attachment has been learned
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Outline and evaluate Functionalist views of the role of the family in society. (33 marks) Functionalist macro theory looks at the society as a whole‚ and analyses how it fits together. Functionalist view of the role of the family in society is that it maintains social order‚ and it’s a tool for socialisation and a key social institution in sustaining the value consensus‚ which is harmony in the society as well as social solidarity. Functionalists focus on the positive functions of the family such
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football team; all of these identities make up the individual. Structures such as gender and class‚ influence‚ encourage or prevent individuals from identifying with certain groups and therefore shaping the identity. The class structure always involves some degree of inequality‚ usually involving material recourses. There are two main traditions within the concept of class and its effect on identity. The Marxist theory of class clearly shows that the class a person belongs to is the fundamental part
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English 121 Paper #2: Subcultures There are many kinds of subcultures in the world today. Be it a high school classroom‚ or an alley behind a bar‚ or even a neighborhood swimming pool‚ different people from different backgrounds with completely different interests‚ can claim or be claimed as part of a subculture. But what is subculture? How do they affect our lives‚ and day to day activities? The answer lies buried within the question. We are all part of subcultures‚ which are subdivisions
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Essay#1 Being a mother is the most important subculture that I am a part of. It is what I spend most of my time doing. It is a twenty-four hours a day seven days a week job‚ but it is something I would not change for the world. Regardless of your background‚ all mothers would agree that the perception of being a mother thrives on being the best mother you can be to the best of your ability. Most people who are mothers have the same values‚ and that is to raise happy‚ healthy and successful children
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Hwk – Outline and evaluate explanations of conformity (8 marks) AO1: Conformity is a form of social influence and is the tendency to copy other people’s behaviour and attitudes from within a group. Normative social influence occurs when a person desires to be liked and accepted by a group. They will publicly conform and change their behaviour but they will still privately reject their views. This change in behaviour is often temporary as this type of social influence leads to compliance.
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Skinhead Subculture A subculture is a group of people with a culture which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong. Many youths tend to join certain subcultures and are identified by which group they are from with distinct styles‚ behaviours‚ and interests. Subcultures offer participants an identity outside of that ascribed by social institutions such as family‚ work‚ home and school. Many youths join subcultures in order to be accepted by people who share the same interests
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Outline and Evaluate research into privation AO1 Privation is when a child has the right to form an attachment to a primary care giver taken away from them; the option to make these crucial attachments isn’t there. If Bowlby’s theory is correct‚ then because of this inability to form attachments‚ infants should grow up struggling to form relationships and attachments to anyone else. AO1 P: Evidence looking at the effects of privation comes from the case of Genie. E: She was 13 years old
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Outline and evaluate definitions of abnormality. Abnormality has three definitions. The first definition is deviation from social norms. Social norms are the approved and expected ways of behaving in a particular society. In terms of social norms‚ abnormal behaviour can be seen as behaviour that deviates from or violates social norms. The key weakness of the deviation of social norms is cultural relativity. Social norms by their very definition are specific to a particular
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Outline and evaluate neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression. There are two main biological explanations to aggression‚ neural and hormonal. The neural explanation is the serotonin and dopamine neurotransmitters and how they affect our aggression; the hormonal mechanisms are the testosterone and cortisol chemicals. Testosterone is a hormone that is more concentrated in men than in women as it is a male sex hormone‚ it is thought to influence aggression from a young age onwards‚ due to its actions
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