‘The Outsiders’ is an often studied novel written by S.E. Hinton and follows the story of Ponyboy and his involvement in ‘Greaser’ gangs and gang violence with the ‘Socs’ groups‚ in small town America‚ in the 1950’s. The novel explores the concepts of gang membership and the need for many young people to belong to gangs or groups in order for them to feel accepted in society. Through the novel‚ Hinton strongly portrays the need for the young to be part of a gang to gain acceptance‚ security and a
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In The Outsiders‚ Ponyboy is the only character who changes In ‘The Outsiders’ Ponyboy has changed a lot after the events of what has happened ‘The Outsiders’ written by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy’s personality has changed a lot‚ he wasn’t the only person who changed‚ Darry changed too. Darry’s personality also changed. Another main person who changed is Johnny‚ he changed emotionally and physically. There were physical changes and emotional changes. Ponyboy realises in the end people are just
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LO 1 Define psychology. “The study of behavior & mental process” LO 2 Describe the scope of psychology and its subfields. “The psychology is a broad field that includes many perspectives and SUBFIELDS. APA the American Psychological Association and the APS The Association for Psychological Science. Psychologists conduct two major types of research Basic research which is “often done in universities” and focuses on collecting data to support (or refute) theories and gathers knowledge for the sake
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experiments in social psychology drawing on the cognitive social perspective and one of the other three perspectives in the module (discursive psychological‚ phenomenological or social psychoanalytic). This essay will provide a description of the experimental method for both the cognitive social perspective and social psychoanalytic perspective. A compare and contrast will be given for the two perspectives in a critical evaluation as an approach to doing research in social psychology. The cognitive
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Who really is the hero in the Outsiders? Is it Johnny‚ He saves the kids in the church‚Is it Dallas? He saved Ponyboy from the church‚ or is it Darry‚ Who stay with his brother instead of becoming a socs.Well Ponyboy is the real hero in the Outsiders. When Ponyboy and Johnny were in the church johnny dropped his cancer stick on the floor and made the church burn. A hero makes mistakes sometimes but this hero burns a church and a hero does not burn churches. Johnny did go in the church to save the
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Quiz 2 Ch. 15: PP 467-70; 471-73; 474-77; and 480-83 Ch. 16: PP. 497-501; 505-510. Chapter 15-Health Psychology * Health psychology: a field that explores how biological‚ psychological‚ and social/environmental factors interact to influence physical health * Factors that affect health (they all interact with each other): * Biological factors (genetic makeup‚ age‚ gender) influence on our susceptibility to disease * Environmental factors
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is designed to assess your ability to apply the social psychology theories discussed in lectures to real world situations. Social psychology is NOT a purely academic area – it is essential that you are able to understand how social psychology operates in the wider world. We cannot test the applications of social psychology in an exam so this assignment aims to give you an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to recognise social psychology theories in action by completing a simple yet interesting
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control. These four types of conflicts are man versus another man‚ for example in The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ a major man versus man conflict are the rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. Another conflict is man versus nature‚ where a person is in trouble with a force of nature‚ like a tornado‚ or in this case a fire. Man versus society is where a character has conflicts with society’s views on “outsiders” and people who do not fit in. An man versus self‚ is where a character struggles against
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Section One – 1 When psychology first began to become a science in 1860‚ it was more of a field of philosophy than an actual medical study. It dealt with a more abstract concept than other medical fields; the human body is something concrete that you can physically look at and study whereas‚ at the time‚ you could not physically see the mind. In Ancient Greece thinkers such as Aristotle and Plato could only come up with theories as to how the mind works. Plato believed that some knowledge is
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development. Also‚ his theory includes eight stages instead of five. Erikson ’s stages are basic trust vs. mistrust (birth to 1 year)‚ autonomy vs. shame and doubt (1 to 3 years)‚ initiative vs. guilt (3 to 6 years)‚ industry vs. inferiority (7 to 11 years)‚ identity vs. role confusion (12 to 18 years)‚ intimacy vs. isolation (the 20 ’s)‚ generativity vs.self-absorption (late 20 ’s to 50 ’s)‚ and integrity vs. despair (50 ’s and older.) According to Erikson‚ if a 2-year-old is trusted and allowed to explore
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