An Examination of the Cause of Gender Differences in Aggression and Violent Behavior through Sociocultural and Biological Factors It may not come as a surprise to many that there exists a significant difference in the gender of perpetrators of violent crimes. For example‚ in tracking the perpetrators of homicide in the United States by gender and year‚ one can find that males outnumber females many times over‚ with over 15‚000 more males than females committing homicide in the early 1990’s
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ORGANIZER: IB Psychology – ABNORMAL (Day 2 – Option) Learning Outcomes General framework (applicable to all topics in this option): MAIN INFO: Theories/Topics/People/Studies/Methodology/Notes Text (pgs) |To what extent do biological‚ cognitive | |136-137 | |and sociocultural factors influence |*Behavioral measures (like intelligence and short-term memory)
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To summarize‚ Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory is based on children’s learning and embedding upon their cultural environment. It’s central focus is the show of “information and cognitive skills from generation to generation” (Rathus (2016) pg. 238). In details‚ Vygotsky wants to focus on how the child interacts with adults can affect her cognitive skills. In this theory‚ there are two main concepts‚ which are the zone of proximal development (ZPD) and scaffolding. ZPD is referred to the amount of
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Human Resources from an Organizational Behavior Perspective: Some Paradoxes Explained Jeffrey Pfeffer American workplaces exhibit three facts which‚ taken together‚ could constitute anomalous or paradoxical organizational behavior‚ especially when seen through the lens of the rationality and competitive market efficiency concepts so often used in economic theory. First‚ workplaces in America and elsewhere show pervasive job dissatisfaction‚ distrust‚ and disengagement‚ with the evidence
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The sociocultural environment encapsulates demand and tastes‚ which vary with fashion‚ disposable income‚ and general changes‚ can again provide both opportunities and threats for particular companies (Thompson‚ 2002; Pearce and Robinson‚ 2005). Over-time most products change from being a novelty to a situation of market saturation‚ and as this happens pricing and promotion strategies have to change. Similarly‚ some products and services will sell around the world with little variation‚ but these
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human thoughts‚ behavior‚ and feelings. However‚ abnormal pyschology is the study of abnormal thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors‚ and it deviates from what is expected and normal. it is true that we all have an experience with people who behave differently than us‚ and it is often said we live in a narcissistic culture. For example‚ imagine you are in a class and somebody stands up and starts yelling at you even though there are no reasons. Do you still agree this is a normal behavior? I believe that
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Everyday violence occurs‚ but what exactly causes people to have a violent outburst. Psychologists have developed five perspectives to help understand behavior; Neuroscience‚ behavioral‚ psychodynamic‚ cognitive and humanistic. I believe neuroscience is the best option to understand why people do violent actions. I choose the neuroscience perspective because it focuses on the facts and can be proven through a series of tests. Neuroscience is the study of the nervous systems. It includes the operation
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ABNORMAL NOTES Discuss the extent to which biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural influence abnormal behavior Introduction 1. What is abnormal behavior‚ and how it can be looked at under biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural viewpoints * Its hard to diagnose and fully diagnose a person as there may be: cultural differences‚ different cultural beliefs‚ cultural bound syndromes * Hard to classify abnormal‚ some say abnormal is something away from the normal‚ so someone
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Lev Vygotsky and the Sociocultural Theory Lev Vygotsky {1896-1934} was a Russian psychologist and a contemporary of Piaget. He believed that children are active and constructive beings‚ but unlike Piaget‚ he thought that children’s cognitive development was a socially facilitated process. He had a theory that children acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that make up a community’s culture through cooperative dialogues with more knowledgeable members {adults‚ teachers‚ peers}—in other words
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Comer (7) Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present Practice Questions 1. (2) One who systematically gathers information in order to describe‚ predict‚ and explain abnormality is a clinical: A) mentalist B) legalist C) scientist* D) practitioner 2. (2) R. D. Laing said‚ “Insanity—a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.” This statement illustrates: A) how dangerous most mentally ill people actually are B) that abnormality is situational* C) that everyone is
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