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    Outline explanations of prosopagnosia and evaluate research‚ including case studies. Visual agnosias is the inability to recognise familiar objects presented visually. There are two types of visual agnosias- Apperceptive agnosia and Associative agnosia. Apperceptive agnosia is the physiological type of visual agnosia‚ where it is a failure of recognition due to damaged visual perception. Associative agnosia is the developmental type. It is where perceptual ability is intact‚ but

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    Health Development Agency Tackling health inequalities: turning policy into practice? David J. Hunter and Amanda Killoran i Authors Dr David J. Hunter‚ Professor of Health Policy and Management‚ School for Health‚ University of Durham Dr Amanda Killoran‚ Public Health Specialist‚ Health Development Agency Acknowledgements We are grateful to the authors of the papers commissioned for the seminars. We also wish to thank all the seminar participants who commented on the papers and provided valuable

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    The purpose of this assignment is to explore psychological and sociological perspectives and describe their application to clinical practice‚ assess own communication skills when working in practice‚ explore how psychological and sociological theory can assist when attempting to address a client’s needs‚ and finally demonstrate an understanding of health inequality and relate to own client group and AP (assistant practitioner) role. As the author is a TAP in busy North West Hospital clinical experiences

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    Ticketing Policy Index 2013/2014 Season Section Page number FA Premier League ticketing policy home 2 Home domestic cup matches 3 Away Match FA Premier League ticketing policy 3 Away FA Premier League Match Ticket scheme 4 Away domestic cup Matches (excluding semi-finals and finals) 5 UEFA Champions League ticketing policy home 6 UEFA Champions League Away Match Ticket scheme 6 Duplicate Match Ticket procedure for Home Matches 8 Procedure for Away Match

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    1) Using Item A and elsewhere‚ assess different sociological explanations of suicide Durkheim was the first to study the social causes‚ or facts that he believed led to suicide‚ and these social facts are what shape humans’ behaviour and are external to the individual. He did recognise that some were naturally predisposed to committing suicide‚ but he argue that it was largely a social problem. However‚ many interpretevists contest Durkheim’s findings‚ arguing that the meaning needs to be investigated

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    A sociological perspective to health and illness enables health problems to be viewed as social issues. This essay will describe the "sociological imagination" (Mills 1959 cited in Germov‚ 21) and outline the interrelated historical‚ cultural‚ structural and critical factors of which it is comprised. The journal articles‚ "Researching Aboriginal health: experience from a study of urban young people ’ s health and well being" (Holmes‚ Stewart‚ Garrow‚ Anderson and Thorpe‚ 2002) and "Indigenous women

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    Define Motivation. Critically evaluate contribution of Mc Gregor to Motivation. Asn 4) Motivation is a theoretical construct‚ used to explain behavior. It is the scientific word used to represent the reasons for our actions‚ our desires‚ our needs‚ etc. Motives are hypothetical constructs‚ used to explain why people do what they do. A motive is what prompts a person to act in a certain way or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior.[1] For example‚ when someone eats food to satisfy

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    Critically evaluate the case for social partnership between unions and employers The concept of social partnership originates from the Rhenish model of industrial relations. It has passed in to the British lexicon through the European Union. At a European level the social partners are trade unions and employers federations. However in the UK the employers peak federation the CBI has indicated that it is unwilling to fulfil such a role at a national level. Instead the Anglo-Saxon model of social

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    Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective I. The Sociological Perspective. A. Sociology is the systematic study of human society. B. The sociological perspective helps us to see general social patterns in the behavior of particular individuals. C. It also encourages us to realize that society guides our thoughts and deeds — to see the strange in the familiar. D. Sociology also encourages us to see personal choice in social context. 1. For example‚ Emile Durkheim’s research showed that

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    Outline key features of the evolutionary perspective explanation of attachment and evaluate. An attachment is an emotional bond between two people. It is a two-way process that endures over time. An evolutionary perspective of attachment was researched by the famous John Bowlby in 1969. Bowlby observed both humans and mammals. Bowlby ’s theory is an evolutionary theory‚ he emphasised that attachment had evolved‚ which means it was not something that was taught‚ because of its survival and reproductive

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