sociologists view the concept of human behaviours or characteristics quite differently. Biological explanations would suggest that it is genes‚ instincts‚ or evolutionary advantages that determine human behaviour. These types of explanations suggest human traits are predetermined and are difficult to change. Sociologists argue these are misguided explanations for human behaviour because this sort of definition takes away from the obviously observable variations in behaviour throughout history and between
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Sociology‚ the scientific study of human social behavior. As the study of humans in their collective aspect‚ sociology is concerned with all group activities: economic‚ social‚ political‚ and religious. Sociologists study such areas as bureaucracy‚ community‚ deviant behavior‚ family‚ public opinion‚ social change‚ social mobility‚ social stratification‚ and such specific problems as crime‚ divorce‚ child abuse‚ and substance addiction. Sociology tries to determine the laws governing human behavior
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The psychologist taking the biological approach would respond with an explanation of how the brain may be deficient in a certain area. He/she may suggest that there is a chemical imbalance in the brain causing the irrational actions displayed by the criminal. There may be any number of chemicals in the brain that could be off and affecting reactions in the nervous system all the way into the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system. Additionally‚ the psychologist may attribute genetic markers
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Outline and evaluate explanations of eating disorders based on the biological model of psychological abnormality [18] Explanations tend to fall into four categories: • Evolutionary • Genetic • Neuroanatomy • Biochemical Evolutionary explanations of behaviour are based on Darwin’s theories of natural and sexual selection. These theories have been applied to eating disorders. It is suggested that the ability to control ones appetite and ignore hunger when food supplies
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Antisocial behaviour is any aspect of behaviour that disrupts social relationships. Edgar (1988) notes that in every country that has TV‚ it has generated social concern‚ making the public blame the media for any rise in aggressive behaviour in young people. Huesmann and Moise (1996) give five ways that exposure to media violence may lead to aggression. One of these five ways is observational learning and imitation which is linked to the social learning theory that Bandura put forward. Huesmann
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Aggression is defined as “behaviour directed towards another individual carried out with immediate intent to cause harm.” {Anderson and Huesman‚ 2003} Explanations for aggressive behaviour fall under two main categories: the biological and social explanation. The biological explanations have three main approaches: psychodynamic theory‚ ethology and evolutionary social psychology. In contrast‚ the social explanations include: frustration-aggression hypothesis‚ excitation transfer model and social
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Outline and evaluate research into Conformity as an explanation of Human Social Behaviour “Conforming” is when a person changes the way they act and think to fit in with the majority of people in a group to gain acceptance. Kelman (1958) said that there are 3 types of conformity‚ Compliance‚ which means going along with others to gain approval and avoid rejection and accepting the group view in public but not private. Identification is conforming to someone who is liked and respected and Internalisation
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Sexuality is a phenomenon that goes beyond its common perception as something solely biological or a jumping off point for marketing. In short‚ I am inviting you to join me in discovering what makes sexuality sociologically interesting. This course is divided into five parts. In Part I‚ we will explore the different ways people have thought about sexuality across time‚ from framing it as purely biological to how it is socially produced to how queer theory burst onto the scene. In Part II‚ we
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Early Biological (sheldon and lombrosso) • Nature nurture argument - Early biological theories support the nature side of the nature nurture argument because they assume that offenders have physical abnormalities were more commonly included in criminals •Lombross presents the first biological theory where he basically states that individuals that indulged in crime were more likely to show physical abnormalities when compared to others than his control group which consisted of non-criminals.
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Socio-cultural .Where different social classes spend their time and money 1. Social classes in Australia. Societies are divided into different social classes. In Australia‚ 。。。 2. Where different social classes spend their money . Every family spent money on four ways: 1) visible products‚ 2) insurance‚ 3) entertainment‚ and 4) food. The individual’s consumption patterns can correctly signify family’s class position. The lower class spend the biggest percentage on basic living‚ to be more
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