Discuss the use of psychoanalysis to treat psychological disorders The aim of psychoanalytic therapy is to uncover the repressed material to help the client come to an understanding of the origins of their problems. There are several techniques available to the therapist: free association‚ Dream analysis and projective tests. Free Association Within free association the client is encouraged to express anything that comes into their mind. Each incident may then‚ through free association of ideas
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Sports and Aggressive Behavior Sport and aggressive behavior‚ Do sports create aggressive behavior‚ or simply attract people who are already aggressive? Aggression and sport have gone together as long as sports have been around‚ be it the players themselves‚ to the parents‚ coaches‚ or spectators‚ they just seem to be an inseparable part of each other. The term violence is defined as physical assault based on total disregard for the well being of self and others‚ or the intent to injure another
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WITH AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR Introduction There are many perspectives on how children develop aggressive behavior and how this all comes about. The first perspective is the classical theory‚ which relies on utilitarian concepts of reason and free will‚ and is used to explain theory and other modern understandings of aggression and anti social behavior in children. The second perspective is the more modern theory of biological factors‚ such as how biology and brain chemistry can explain aggression
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Explain what is meant by the nature-nurture debate with reference to psychological theories and/or studies. Nature versus nurture debate is based on people’s beliefs of whether heredity and genes or environment and upbringing are responsible for physical and behavioural characteristics of a person. This argument started as early as Shakespearean times and had many philosophers and behaviourists arguing and standing by their own opinion. This is still the case today. Going back to the seventeenth
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What are the psychological explanations for why people commit terrorist acts and up to what extent do they explain these people’s behaviour. Miller (2006) states that the word terrorism derives from the Latin word terrere which means to frighten. Merari and Friedman (see Victoroff 2005‚ p.3) claim that terrorism existed even before recorded history. This is echoed by Miller’s (2006) claim that terrorism is as old as civilization and has existed since people discovered that they could influence
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evaluate one social psychological theory of aggression (24) One social-psychological theory of aggression is Bandura’s Social Learning Theory (SLT)‚ which suggests that people learn behaviour by not only direct reinforcement and punishment but also by observing the behaviour of others. If a person observes aggressive behaviour from a model figure‚ they may imitate this behaviour‚ especially if they identify or look up to the model. This does not necessarily mean that the aggressive behaviour is copied straight
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The uses and gratifications approach places power in the hands of the audience and is a helpful perspective when trying to understand media usage‚ exposure‚ and effects. However‚ while the uses and gratifications approach has been applied regularly to traditional media‚ research explaining why people use new social media networks as well as the gratifications they obtain from them is scarce at best. This thesis provides a comprehensive overview of the uses and gratifications approach as well
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Self-verification is a social psychological theory that asserts people want to be known and understood by others according to their firmly held beliefs and feelings about themselves‚ that is self-views (including self-concepts and self-esteem). Because chronic self-concepts and self-esteem play an important role in understanding the world‚ providing a sense of coherence‚ and guiding action‚ people become motivated to maintain them through self-verification. Such strivings provide stability to people’s
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Passive-Aggressive Disorder Passive-aggressive personality disorder is a psychological condition in which a person may seem willing to carry out a request‚ but actually reacts negatively and resists passively. The client who is passive aggressive is often cynical‚ feels under-appreciated‚ and may be resentful of the demands of others. Causes The exact cause of passive aggressive behavior is unknown. However‚ the following factors are thought to play a role: Genetics Environmental Factors Risk Factors
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A: Explain Kant’s theory of ethics Kant was born in 1724-1804‚ he was a German thinker from East Prussia (now Russia)‚ and he spent his whole life in his hometown. Kant wanted to create a logical‚ stand-alone theory that wasn’t just based on assumptions‚ he believed in an objective right or wrong that is decided on reason and that we shouldn’t do the right thing just because it’s right and not to fulfil our desires. Can we lead a life following his ideals are there not some situations where a perfect
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