Describe and evaluate the Behaviourist Approach The basic assumption of the behaviourist approach is that all behaviour is learned through experiences a person has in their environment. From this we know that behaviourists are on the side of nature in the “nature vs. nurture” debate. In comparison bio psychologists will be firmly on the side of nurture. There is also the argument between behaviourists to whether behaviour is learnt better through positive or negative reinforcement. Positive
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Assess critically three causes of the First World War The First World War began in Europe in 1914‚ after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. This trigger action caused the involvement of Germany‚ Russia‚ Serbia and Austria-Hungary. However‚ the war itself was caused by nationalism‚ alliances and Germany’s fear of encirclement. Nationalism was the central cause of World War One because‚ due to the nationalism of the Slavs‚ the Balkan states became a powder keg. Austria-Hungary
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Outline and evaluate research into the duration of memory (12 marks) Peterson and Peterson researched into the duration of the STM. They used trigrams and asked their participants to recall them after a retention interval‚ the retention interval was different every time. They found that after 3 seconds participants could recall about 90% correctly but after 18 seconds only 2% could be recalled correctly. Peterson and Peterson concluded that the STM has a limited duration and when rehearsal is
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Outline and evaluate the psychodynamic approach to abnormality The psychodynamic approach to abnormality assumes that unconscious desires and memories influence behaviour and may lead to abnormality. It claims that personality develops in the childhood through a number of psychosexual stages and that too much or too little pleasure at one of these can lead to fixation and abnormal behaviour. For example‚ between the ages of two and four‚ children are in the anal stage- too much focus on holding in
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The biological approach to aggression includes the belief that genetic factors play a role in aggressive behaviour and lies within an individual’s genetic make-up. There is supporting evidence of a genetic component of aggression. Psychologists have looked at twin studies to try and find evidence for a genetic basis o compare the degree of similarity of aggression between sets of monozygotic (MZ) twins and dizygotic (DZ) twins. In general it was found that aggressive behaviour is more highly correlated
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Critically Asses The Views Of Paul Tillich On Religious Language Paul Tillich was a renowned American Protestant theologian born in Prussia 1886. As a self-proclaimed philosophical theologian‚ Tillich saw the very nature of Christian faith expressed in religious symbols that demanded constant reinterpretation. He was famous for believing that it is possible to speak meaningfully about metaphysical concepts and therefore came up with the theory that religious language‚ because it is symbolic in
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Clinical Psychology Assignment Evaluate the evidence for a psychological intervention for schizophrenia. Is there sufficient evidence to justify its use? There are perhaps two main prongs to the development of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as an intervention for schizophrenia‚ the first being based upon the sizable research that centre on family interventions‚ which have been successful in reducing patient relapse in schizophrenic families (Pilling et al.‚ 2002). Family interventions are important
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Outline and evaluate the biological model of abnormality (12 marks) The biological model of abnormality is the idea that all behaviour is rooted in underlying physical processes. The biological model of abnormality assumes that there is a physiological reason for psychological disorders. The disorders are considered an illness and supposedly make a person with these ’disorders’ abnormal. The model indicates that mental illnesses resemble physical illnesses and are thought to be treated in a similar
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CRITICALLY EXAMINE WHY THERE ARE MORE SMALL WARS IN AFRICA African history has gone through three major phenomena that are the slave trade‚ colonization and decolonization. Each has its positive and negative impacts on the people‚ the shape of the continent and her economic resources. Slave trade robbed Africa of its best brains as those sold were mainly targeted after challenging the chief an action that by then was a preserve for those with the morale courage to question decisions from the highest
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rebecca O’Neill X1783213 Evaluate the claim that Britishness is an ethnic construction Introduction The purpose of writing this paper is to analyze and evaluate the argument that ‘Britishness is an ethnic construction’ from the perspective of both its advocators and opponents. The discussion will include evidences that support the claim and also those who go against it in relation to the cultural and ethnic dimensions of britishness in order to provide a better understanding of the events
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