Evaluate two strengths and two weaknesses of the Behaviourist approach One strength of the behaviourist approach (BA) is it can be applied to everyday life and it has its advantages to society‚ for example Aversion Therapy helps stop people from doing unwanted behaviours such as excessive drinking. An experiment was conducted by Duker and Seys which proves this form of therapy works‚ with 7/12 children cured from self-injuring – stopping it altogether – and 3/12 reduced the amount of times they
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given brief introduction of the company and the new product which they want to launch. For the situation analysis‚ I have used porter’s five forces for understanding the important factors and after that there is complete competitor analysis on the two main competitors of the company. After situation analysis‚ I have provided information about the product strategy and the product description and its target market. There Is complete analysis on the distribution‚ promotion‚ positioning and pricing strategies
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and use a new language is a challenge that many have experienced throughout their life‚ whether in education or in their private lives. How often have you been convinced to learn a language because of a lecture‚ discussion‚ or favorable advice? In a TED talk by professor John McWhorter he attempts to influence and encourage a physical and digital rhetoric audience of the benefits received after developing a new tongue. Through his use of overpowering credibility‚ intriguing demonstrations‚ and proper
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EXPLAIN PLATO’S CONCEPT OF THE “FORMS” (25 marks) Plato theorised that beyond the material world there was a “realm of ideas and concepts”; he calls these the Forms. A Form can be described as the “essence” of something‚ the very attributes and characteristics that make something what it is. For example‚ in the realm of the Forms there can be found a form which outlines all that a cat should be. All cats found on earth are in fact imitating this basic form‚ making them dim replications of true “catness”
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I have a confession to make‚ but first‚ I want you to make a little confession to me. In the past year‚ I want you to just raise your hand if you’ve experienced relatively little stress. Anyone? How about a moderate amount of stress? Who has experienced a lot of stress? Yeah. Me too. But that is not my confession. My confession is this: I am a health psychologist‚ and my mission is to help people be happier and healthier. But I fear that something I’ve been teaching for the last 10
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by many theorists. Statistics suggest that working class people commit the most crime and are most likely to be victims of crimes. In the 1980’s there was a general concern of the crime rates‚ and out of this concern‚ theories of realist criminology developed. Here‚ there are two opposing theorists of realist criminology. One of these being Right Realism‚ and the other of this being Left Realism. Right Realists was originated in the USA‚ and emphasised zero tolerance‚ the main supporter of this
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P1: Explain theories of ageing M1: Compare two theories of ageing. There are many different theories explaining different aspects of aging in older adults‚ there are four major theories which are; psychological/social theory‚ stochastic theory‚ non-stochastic theory and biological theory. All theories have different theories included in them‚ I will be discussing one for each. Disengagement theory (Psychological theory) is mostly based upon a gradual disengagement of the individual from the society
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The Ted-Talk‚ “Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali”‚ given by siblings Melati and Isabel Wijsen was seemingly directed towards “all the kids of this beautiful but challenging world”. Therefore‚ centering their audience at all those kids in the crowd that will later become the future “leaders of today”. The main idea that the two sisters draw up within their speech is the concept that “you are never too young to understand” the world around you alongside the fact that making a change “isn’t going
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Ted Talks: About Ted Talks: From Wikipedia: TED was conceived by architect and graphic designer Richard Saul Wurman‚ who observed a convergence of the fields of technology‚ entertainment and design (that is‚ "TED"). The first conference‚ organized by Wurman and Harry Marks in 1984‚ featured demos of the Sony compact disc‚ and one of the first demonstrations of the Apple Macintosh computer.[1][13] Presentations were given by famous mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot and influential members of the digerati
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Causation of Crime The two theories I chose to compare and contrast are the Trait and Choice theories. These two theories explain why people commit crimes but differ in reasoning. I found that the main difference in between the two is that the choice theory states that if people want to commit a crime they will if the benefits outweighs the punishment. The trait theory differs because it deals with testosterone and whether or not people with lower IQ’s are more liable to commit crimes
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