Describe two explanations of schizophrenia and evaluate these explanations (9 and 16 marks) Two explanations of schizophrenia are the biological perspective and the psychological perspective. The biological perspective involves genetic factors that influence schizophrenia‚ however the psychological perspective involves environmental factors in which you learn the behaviour of a schizophrenic. The first explanation is the biological perspective‚ it has two subtypes‚ these are biochemical and
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Outline and Evaluate Research into the Relationship between the Immune System and Stress Related Illness There is evidence to suggest acute stressors can cause suppression of the immune system and decrease immune cell functioning. The study by Kiecolt-Glaser et al. (1984) investigated whether the stress of taking exams caused a change in the amount of white blood cells in the blood. Kiecolt-Glaser studied 49 male and 26 female first year medical students at the Ohio State University College
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Why do people work? Think about the reading and your own knowledge of human nature. In his essay “Work and Labour” Igor Shchegolev referred to Daniel Yankelovich’s three conceptions of work (described in “The Work Ethic Is Underemployed”). “First‚ as labour‚ as a way to exist; second‚ as a way to improve one’s level of life; and third‚ as a moral necessity”‚ paraphrased Igor. These conceptions closely resonate with an ancient orthodox perception of three stages Christian might act in: stages
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Outline and 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
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Outline and evaluate the role of neural mechanisms in eating behaviour AO1: One way in which eating behaviour is controlled is by a process called homeostasis. This involves mechanisms which both detect the state of the internal environment and also correct the situation to restore that environment to its optimal state. The body has evolved two separate systems‚ one for turning eating on and another for turning it off. Glucose levels play an important role in producing feelings of hunger. When
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Outline and evaluate research into the factors involved in the formation of relationships: Attraction and the formation of relationships in today’s society is an everyday happening for most people and therefor it’s not surprising that numerous amounts of psychological research into interpersonal and social relationships has centred on romantic relationships. Researchers have found a number of likely factors that play a vital role in the formation of relationships‚ these being physical attractiveness
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general concept. It is behaving according to socially acceptable standards or just agreeing with those around you are doing or saying. Conforming is something almost everyone at some point in their life does or witnesses. And sometimes watching people conform can be a weird thing to watch. One day when I was with my roommates we all where watching a show and one of my roommates just got home from work and saw the show we where watching and said he hated the show. This happened every once and awhile
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Outline and evaluate research into the effect of day care on children’s social behaviour (aggression and peer relations). [12marks] Many psychologists have researched into the effect of day care on both aggression and peer relations in children/toddlers. One of those psychologists was Shea (1981) who studied 3-4 year olds who spent a certain amount of days a week in day care for 10 weeks. He discovered that day care does not increase aggression in children as they became more sociable and aggression
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Outline and evaluate the psychodynamic model of abnormality. (12 Marks) The psychodynamic model (which is based on Freud’s theories) states that abnormalities are results of a conflict which has gone wrong in the “psyche” (in the mind). Freud’s idea states that the psyche - which is made up of the (id‚ ego and superego)‚ should all work in perfect harmony with each other to avoid being an abnormal person. It is the idea that conscious thoughts and feelings are determined by the unconscious mind
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Outline and assess sociological explanations of the relationship between age and crime The peak age for offending is between 15 and 18‚ with young males much more likely to offend than females. Young people have always been over-represented in the crime statistics‚ and in deviant activity in general. Official statistics show that roughly half of all those convicted are aged 21 or under‚ and a 2002 self-report survey found that almost half of Britain’s secondary school students admitted to having
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