those members of the community may live their lives. In the long run‚ conformity restricts both individualistic desires and values. This restriction is displayed through the literary works of Robert D. Putnam‚ Thornton Wilder‚ and Andrew Ross. In Bowling Alone‚ Putnam places factual stress on the point that high social capital can lead to pressures of conformity within a community. In accordance with Putnam‚ Our Town‚ by Thornton Wilder is set within a town that demands routine and traditional values
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Outline and evaluate the evolutionary theory of human attachment 12 marks Bowlby put forward a theory of attachment based on the adaptive advantage we get through an innate tendency to form attachments with our caregiver. Bowlby adopted the idea of a critical period from ethologists like Lorenz and applied this to his explanation of how human infants form an attachment. The critical period hypothesis states that if you fail to attach between two and a half years‚ the child will suffer irreversible
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OUTLINE AND EVALUATE TWO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOICAL THEORIES OF AGGRESSION The first psychological theory of aggression is the social learning theory. This uses the principles of Bandura’s Bobo Dolls experiment which involved children observing aggressive and non-aggressive adults and then acting themselves. Those in the aggressive condition displayed aggression whilst the other children showed virtually no aggression. The four conditions which have been found to be effective for social learning are: attention;
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Outline and Evaluate research into Cultural Variation in attachment If attachment is a biological innate process‚ as Bowlby’s theory suggests‚ then secure attachment should be the best form for all humans regardless of variations in culture. However‚ there is much research against this statement‚ making us question whether attachment is or is not a biological innate process at all. Studies such as Ainsworth’s Uganda research support Bowlby’s theory. She observed how infants in Uganda‚ like in
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Explain and Evaluate Critically Malthus’s Population Theory. In 1798 Thomas Robert Malthus‚ a British clergyman and professor‚ wrote an essay showing the way to modern demography. In 1824 he wrote a shorter final version‚ the article on population for that year’s Encyclopedia Britannica. Malthus has been criticized for his lack of scientific foresighthe did not foresee modern advances leading to increased life expectancy‚ food production and birth control. He has been criticized for his
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Compare and evaluate three significant learning and development theories In this assignment I will compare and evaluate three significant learning theories‚ these being; Behaviourism‚ Constructivism and Social Constructivism. This will include a clear presentation of; knowledge of these theories‚ a demonstration of the understanding of academic debates pertaining to these theories and by selecting three key aspects of these three theories‚ comparing and evaluating them. The three key aspects that
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Assignment 1 This assignment will firstly demonstrate the principal distinctions between psychotherapy and counselling. Secondly I will evaluate the key requirements to be an effective counsellor and thirdly evaluate the conditions in which it would be appropriate to see a counsellor or psychotherapists. 1.1 - Analyse the principal distinctions between psychotherapy and counselling. ’Counselling and psychotherapy are umbrella terms that cover a range of talking therapies. They are delivered by
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Describe and evaluate the evolutionary theory of food preferences According to an evolutionary approach current human behaviour can be understood in terms of how it may have been adaptive in our ancestral past. Evolutionary theorists are concerned with behaviour which is adaptive and having survival value‚ these researchers look for ultimate explanations. Current behaviours may be maladaptive and dysfunctional but can be understood as having been adaptive and functional in some way. To undertake
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Describe and evaluate psychological definitions of abnormal behavior According to the science of psychology one’s behavior needs to follow a certain criteria in order to be deemed “normal”. If one’s behavior does not match the criteria‚ their behavior is seen as undesirable and wrong (requires change). For this physiologists need to be able to view a person’s behavior and be able to tell the difference between normal and abnormal. Whilst defining the “normality” of ones behavior physiologists
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Evaluate the successes and failures of Mussolini’s domestic policies By 1925‚ Mussolini had achieved a totalitarian regime‚ but now he needed to spread fascism into every area of life for the Italians‚ “everything within the State‚ nothing outside the State‚ nothing against the State”. As a Dictator with clear aims‚ Mussolini tried to replace all past policies with new ones which would help to achieve his fascist ideologies; these included the various economic “Battles” and the establishment of
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