Describe and evaluate social influences on gender roles (25 marks) Bandura and Walters (1963) proposed the social learning theory initially to explain aggression in children‚ yet they argued it can be readily applied to any behaviour. SLT suggests we acquire new behaviours via observing others‚ then modelling the observed behaviour. We are more likely to model behaviours if the behaviour is rewarded‚ via indirect‚ vicarious reinforcement. We can also learn new behaviours via being reinforced
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Outline and assess Marxist explanations of crime and deviance. In looking at the Marxist explanation of crime and deviance one must also look to the non-sociologist explanations and those of other different groups in order to come to an informed view of the subject. The non-sociologist definition of crime and deviance would be that deviance is uncommon behaviour‚ something that offends the morals or the majority of society‚ without being harmful or serious enough to be criminal. Whereas
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Outline Thesis: Research shows that smoking in public areas has a negative effect on people. I. 126 million non smokers are exposed to second hand smoke. A. Only smoke free buildings and public places truly protect nonsmokers from the hazards of breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke B. Second hand smoke can create dangerous health hazards. C. Fourteen states have passed what are considered comprehensive smoke-free workplace laws‚ those that include restaurants and bars. II.
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Research Paper Outline How do animals endangered because of deforestation affect the Wayuu people? I. Introduction paragraph- Explain the topic and research question A. Background information 1. General overview of deforestation; statistics 2. Wayuu people intro B. Thesis statement II. Body paragraph #1- Explain deforestation A. Deforestation 1. Where? a. Statistics b. South American deforestation c. Venezuelan deforestation 2. Why? a. Coal mining b. Cattle ranching c. Government
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Name: Samantha Filpes Date: Period: Issues Research Paper Topic: Human Cloning Issue: Is human cloning right? Background: There is many opinionated answers if human cloning is right or wrong. As of now‚ Human cloning is illegal‚ although in the future it might change. There is many pros and cons to the effect of human cloning and the whole idea of it. | Evidence: “ With the advancement and expansion of technology science has been able to achieve new wonders. These improvements and
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Outline and evaluate research into how anxiety affects eye witness testimony Eye witness testimonies are accounts from witnesses to a crime or accident given as evidence in a court or to the police. Research into eye witness testimonies being affected by anxiety is mixed and It is believed that eye witness testimony is most accurate when the anxiety level is somewhere in between low and high anxiety. There is evidence to support that anxiety helps eye witness testimony. Yuille and Cutshall interviewed
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and how this would affect them throughout the course of their lives. To do so Lorenz divided a groups of unhatched goslings into two‚ the conditions of this research were that once hatched one group would be allowed to interact with their mother upon hatching but the other would be hatched directly into an incubator. The results of this research as well as his own experience as a child psychiatrist in London led him to investigate the importance of a child’s‚ specifically infants‚ relationship with
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Outline and Evaluate research into the effects of day care on social development Daycare is regular‚ temporary separation outside the home environment without the presence of a family member e.g. in nurseries‚ playgroups‚ under supervision of child-minders etc. Peer relationships are thought to play an important role in children’s development‚ for example when a child is left separated from its primary caregiver for the first time‚ typically when they begin school‚ around the age of 3 to 4‚ they
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The biological approach to aggression includes the belief that genetic factors play a role in aggressive behaviour and lies within an individual’s genetic make-up. There is supporting evidence of a genetic component of aggression. Psychologists have looked at twin studies to try and find evidence for a genetic basis o compare the degree of similarity of aggression between sets of monozygotic (MZ) twins and dizygotic (DZ) twins. In general it was found that aggressive behaviour is more highly correlated
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et al studied a hundred and fifty children in 1994. They found children who went to day-car compared to children who stayed at home were more advance in their social development. They interacted better with their peers and were more independent. Research shows that going to day-care has a positive effect on the child’s peer relations later on in life. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development‚ NICHD‚ did a longitudinal study for twelve years between 1991 and 2003 on a thousand
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