EVALUATE THE WORK OF THE WTO. The WTO (World Trade Organisation) is an international body dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. The function of the WTO is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly‚ predictably‚ and freely as possible. The WTO members now account for over 97% of the international trade indicating that there is no other international organisation whose policies and actions have as wide an economic and social ramification and impact as the WTO. Decisions in the WTO
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Evaluate the Settlement of 27BCE The primary concerns of Octavian were the glory of the empire‚ the glory of Rome and most-importantly self-preservation. In January 27BCE Octavian announced to the Senate that he was renouncing all his powers and provinces‚ placing them at the disposal of the people‚ an attempt at ‘restoring the Republic. The results of this can be seen to fulfil Augustus’s concerns‚ reflected in his retention of high status and importance as well as increased safety in his position
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Describe and evaluate two or more theories for the formation of romantic relationships (8+16 marks) The similarity theory by Byrne et al 1986 explains the formation of relationships. The essence of this view is that similarity promotes liking. Firstly‚ you will sort potential partners for dissimilarity‚ avoiding people who you perceive as a different personality type and attitudes to yourself. Then you chose someone who is most similar to yourself from the remaining. Couples with similar attitudes
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Rebecca Sullivan Evaluate theories of cognitive development and learning There are a range of psychological approaches linked to the study of education. The development of cognitive theories and behaviourist theories are used to evaluate and explain the learning process and how these can be linked to education. Piaget’s (1952) theory of cognitive development‚ suggests that children think in different ways to adults‚ due to cognitive development and the stages individuals develop at. Piaget (1952)
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Describe and evaluate social explanations of aggression. Aggression can be defined in many different ways. Bandura suggests that it is the intent to cause harm to another human being who is motivated to avoid such treatment. One of the main social psychological explanations of aggression comes from Bandura and Walters in 1963. He suggests that aggression is learned either indirectly; through observational learning and only replicated if vicarious reinforcement occurs‚ or directly- where aggressive
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Describe and evaluate the theories of Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic approach as an explanation of human behaviour. In the evaluation summarise and evaluate one other approach as an alternative explanation of human behaviour. This essay aims to describe in detail the theories of Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic approach to the explanation of human behaviour. The writer will evaluate these theories and present them in terms of their strengths and weaknesses. The essay will also include a brief description
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Outline and evaluate sociological views on the role of the family in society (33 marks) There are three main different sociological view points on how sociologists view the family these are Functionalist‚ Marxist and Feminist Views. The functionalists think the role of the family is extremely important and that the nuclear family is the best form‚ they think the nuclear family runs more smoothly as they learn the correct norms and values so our society can live in a consensus
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What is beauty? There are two ways you can judge beauty‚ by appearance (external) and inner (internal) qualities. The noticeable beauty is what is visible on the surface; it does not have as much value as the beauty that is unseen which comes from within and glows outward. Therefore‚ judging people by looking at their appearance is irrelevant because beauty is more than what we look like. Our experiences in life‚ our self-confidence and our character traits define who we really are as individuals
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Evaluate the arguments‚ for and against GM crops Genetically modified organisms are organisms in which DNA has been changed in a way that does not occur naturally. It is often called genetic engineering‚ and it also allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one organism into another. Such methods are used to create/grow GM crops. However the use of GM crops has been very controversial; in the UK an argument has been out forward that growing these GM crops will cause more harm to
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intense dispute around his model called "rational system" theory was tremendously raised by considering famous studies of sociologists following the opposite system known as "natural" or human relation school. This essay will therefore critically evaluate Weber’s Understanding of Bureaucracy through the aspect of Weber’s ideal types that reflect the structures of bureaucracy‚ the growth of bureaucracy or bureaucratization‚ and the effects of bureaucracy on individual and end with an application of
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