Feral children (also known as ‘wild children’) are children who have been deserted by their parents‚ or have run away at a very young age. These children are then raised by animals in the wild. They become feral children because they acquire‚ from the animal species which raised them‚ wild behaviours and instincts. (Hehrer‚ 2009). Isolated children are children who are raised by one person (or a small group) but they are kept in a completely isolated area with no (or minimal) contact to any society
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S Issues arising Wiley (2005) on NTPF See ntpf.ie BARRY‚ J ET AL – INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH IN IRELAND HEALTH INEQUALITIES ON THE ISLAND OF IRELAND 2007 PUBLIC HEALTH ALLIANCE in relation to health services there is a need for The 2005 C and AG report on NTPF ch 14 dept of health and children The Waiting List Initiative (WLI) was introduced in 1993 as a short-term initiative to tackle the problem of significant numbers of public patients waiting excessively long periods for
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Describe and Critically Evaluate the Psychoanalytical Approach Plan: 1.Introduction 2.Methods and Discoveries 3.Model of Personality 4.Stages 5.Therapies 6.Criticisms‚ Evaluations and Research 7.Conclusion The psychoanalytical approach is a controversial doctrine based on the system of psychoanalysis developed by Sigmund Freud. Freud was primarily interested in investigating the unconscious mind through the study of dreams‚ mental illness and everyday slips of the tongue or actions. He conducted
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Describe and evaluate social explanations of aggression. Aggression can be defined in many different ways. Bandura suggests that it is the intent to cause harm to another human being who is motivated to avoid such treatment. One of the main social psychological explanations of aggression comes from Bandura and Walters in 1963. He suggests that aggression is learned either indirectly; through observational learning and only replicated if vicarious reinforcement occurs‚ or directly- where aggressive
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and elsewhere assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husbands and wives. It is quite evident that there are inequalities between husbands and wives‚ such as the division of domestic labour. However some sociologists would argue that the inequalities between husband and wife are beneficial for society. This essay will set out to assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husbands and wives. Firstly feminists propose that there are inequalities between husband and
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Lauren Thom‚ 3215788. Psyc 315: Social Psychology 2‚046 words. Critically evaluate Social Identity Theory. Who are you? Who am I? These are questions that we all ponder at some point or another in our lives. As human beings we are seemingly inundated with the desire to classify and categorise. We are constantly defining and analysing the differences that we observe in the world‚ it seems only natural that we would apply this method of classification to our position within our
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Describe and evaluate biological explanations of OCD (10 marks) The biological approach as an explanation of OCD believes that the disorder is caused by a fault in our body‚ either through genes‚ hormones‚ the brain‚ or neurotransmitters‚ therefore suggesting that OCD is caused by our nature‚ rather than our upbringing. This means that since we are born with the body we have‚ if we have OCD‚ it is innate within us. One biological explanation for OCD is the genetic explanation. The genetic
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Outline and evaluate sociological views on the role of the family in society (33 marks) There are three main different sociological view points on how sociologists view the family these are Functionalist‚ Marxist and Feminist Views. The functionalists think the role of the family is extremely important and that the nuclear family is the best form‚ they think the nuclear family runs more smoothly as they learn the correct norms and values so our society can live in a consensus
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Outline and evaluate biological explanations for aggression (24) The biological explanation for aggression states that aggression is innate behavior in people and the environment around them does not cause it. Neurotransmitters in the brain‚ chemicals that allow impulses to be transmitted from one area to another‚ can be used to explain why some people are aggressive. There is evidence to suggest that the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine are linked to aggression‚ low levels of serotonin
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Outline and evaluate the biological explanation of depression. Biological explanation of depression can be explained by neurotransmitter dysfunction. Neurotransmitters such as noradrenalin and serotonin have been shown to be linked with depression. Bunney at al (1965) found that there was low levels of noradrenaline function in the brain of depressed individuals. Also‚ post mortem studies found increased noradrenaline receptors in the brains of depressed suicide victims. When there is low noradrenaline
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