Outline and assess Weberian explanations of ethnic inequality (40 marks) Classic sociologist Max Weber was strongly influenced by Marx’s ideas‚ but rejected the possibility of effective communism‚ arguing that it would require an even greater level of detrimental social control and bureaucratization than capitalist society. Weber developed the three-component theory of stratification and the concept of life chances. Weber supposed there were more class divisions than Marx suggested‚ taking different
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Outline & Evaluate one or more Explanations of Why People Obey. There are many reasons as to why people obey which have been justified gradually over several decades. Milgram (1974) argued the fact that in an obedience situation‚ people tend to pass all sense of responsibility onto the authoritative figure. Milgram said that people are in an autonomous state when taking their responsibility but move into an agentic state when passing this responsibility to an authoritative figure; this shift in
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mentions about the Freudian explanation that paranoia originates from the repression of same-sex desire. Sedgwick criticizes this conventional psychoanalysis‚ which inevitably pathologizes homosexuality as paranoia. As borrowing Hocquenghem’s reasoning‚ she argues that paranoia reflects not homosexuality‚ but rather the homophobic perspective on it. Nevertheless‚ Sedgwick condemns‚ many queer theorists duplicate the paranoid structure when they refute the homophobic explanation of paranoia. She infers
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Explanations of Attachment – Learning Theory AO1: Learning Theory stated that all behaviour is learnt rather than innate and that we are born a ‘blank slate’. Behaviourists suggest that all behaviour is learned either through classical or operant conditioning. Classical Conditioning - Association Food produces pleasure‚ primary care giver (food giver) is associated with the food and becomes a conditioned stimulus. Operant Conditioning – Reward and punishment According to operant conditioning
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Describe and evaluate explanations of insomnia. (8 + 16 marks) Insomnia is a state where an individual experiences difficulties with their sleep. There are 5 types of insomnia; long term‚ short term‚ trouble falling asleep‚ trouble staying asleep and waking up too early. Short term insomnia usually lasts a few days or weeks‚ it tends to be caused by immediate worries such as exams‚ deaths‚ noise‚ jet lag or temporary medical conditions such as colds. Long term (chronic) insomnia is experiencing
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Physicalism is “the theory that all information is ultimately physical information‚ information about physical states and physical events‚ couched exclusively in physical terms.” Frank Jackson perspective was that everything that exists is physical and everything also can be explained and described by physical theories. The knowledge argument is one of the most examined arguments on physicalism. The intention of the knowledge argument is to prove that the conscious experience associates with non-physical
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Describe and Evaluate Two Social Psychological Theories of Aggression One social psychological theory of aggression is based on the Social Learning Theory. It is the behavioural approach‚ which suggests that all behaviours‚ such as aggression are learnt‚ through observation and imitation‚ the theory suggests that there are various steps which need to take place in order for aggression to be learnt. First of all‚ attention needs to be paid to the aggressive behaviour‚ it is then important for the
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Hwk – Outline and evaluate explanations of conformity (8 marks) AO1: Conformity is a form of social influence and is the tendency to copy other people’s behaviour and attitudes from within a group. Normative social influence occurs when a person desires to be liked and accepted by a group. They will publicly conform and change their behaviour but they will still privately reject their views. This change in behaviour is often temporary as this type of social influence leads to compliance.
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In this essay I will give the explanation and punishments of Article 86 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Article 86 – Absence without leave is described as “any member of the armed force who‚ without authority – fails to go to his/her appointed place of duty at the prescribed time‚ goes from that place; or absents themselves or remains absent from their unit‚ organization‚ or place of duty at which he/she is required to be at the time prescribed; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct
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Selina Gunsauls Hasten Anthropology 1 17 March 2017 Natural Selection Explanation A species is a group of individuals that produces fertile offspring. A population is a group of the same organisms or species. The main source of genetic variation is meiosis. Within meiosis‚ fertilization occurs and creates variation. Within meiosis‚ although it is rare‚ mutations happen which can be also a source of variation. Gene flow‚ the movement of genes within multiple populations is another source of variation
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