The Science of Psychology Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Learning Objective Menu • • • • • • • • • • • • • • LO 1.1 LO 1.2 LO 1.3 LO 1.4 LO 1.5 LO 1.6 LO 1.7 LO 1.8 LO 1.9 LO 1.10 LO 1.11 LO 1.12 LO 1.13 LO 1.14 Definition and goals of psychology Structuralism and functionalism Early Gestalt, psychoanalysis, and behaviorism Modern perspectives Skinner, Maslow and Rogers Psychiatrist, psychologist, and other professionals Psychology is a science; steps in scientific method Naturalistic and laboratory settings
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found. | Criteria reference | To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: | | Task no. | | Evidence | P1, M1, D1 | Outline current crime and disorder legislation. Analyse the impact of two pieces of crime and disorder legislation. Evaluate the impact of one piece of crime and disorder legislation. | | 1 | | | P2 | State the main sentences and orders criminal courts can impose. | | 2 | | | P3 | Describe two theories of criminal behaviour and the factors
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Weschlers test of intelligence for children The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), developed by David Wechsler, is an individually administered intelligence testfor children between the ages of 6 and 16 inclusive that can be completed without reading or writing. The WISC takes 65–80 minutes to administer and generates an IQ score which represents a child's general cognitive ability. ------------------------------------------------- History The original WISC (Wechsler, 1949) was an
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Ethics in Criminal Justice Administration Analysis Ethics in the criminal justice system is customary when the administration measures are sometime virtuous and imperfect, attractive and unattractive and the ideas of production values are perceptive that this may be right and wrong. Working in the criminal justice system, every decision and results must meet the needs of the citizens and the law enforcement in regards to the balancing concern. The concerns are from prosecuting the guilty and respecting
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people to seek mental health resources. The awareness helps to distinguish physical health and mental health consequently, decreases the stigma, reduces cost whereas gives positive outcomes. Depression and schizophrenia is common and major psychiatric disorder. The anti-depressant and anti-psychotic drugs can be benefits including multiple therapies. (Prevention and Promotion in Mental Health, 2018) . As indicated by World Health Organisation (WHO) report, The Swedish Educational Program offer education
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as significant weight change due to increased or reduced appetite, sleeping disorder, psychomotor agitation, fatigue, reduced ability to think or concentrate, feelings of worthlessness, guilt or inappropriate grief as well as recurrent thought of death or suicide. There is no definite cause of depression but some risk factors which can trigger depression have been identified. First, one’s family history of mental disorder. American Psychiatric Association expresses that if one identical twin is diagnosed
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An Analysis on Seasonal Affective Disorder and the effects of Climate and Lighting on Emotion Brain, Mind & Behavior "Seasonal affective disorder also known as winter depression, winter blues, summer depression, summer blues, or seasonal depression, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter or summer, spring or autumn year after year." In the DSM-IV, it is not characterized as a unique mood disorder but
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people for status, identity and companionship. There is some evidence to suggest low self-esteem has a significant relationship with the characteristic features of gang membership: aggression, antisocial and offending behavior. Other important psychological motivations contributing to gang membership include the need for money, protection against victimization, connectedness to others in the gang, the need for status and respect, and excitement (Madden, 2013). As a former probation officer, I was
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Current Issues in Life-Span Development Many issues arise when discussing Life-Span Development. One issue that I take a personal interest to is Anorexia Nervosa. Anorexia Nervosa also known as Anorexia is an issue that many people are affected by at some point in their lives. Many people associate this disease with women however; anorexia also affects males as well. While anorexia tends to affect more women than men it appears approximately 10% of individuals diagnosed that are men (Wikipedia
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Behaviorist and Psychoanalytic Psychology Introduction Psychology has been around for as long as the human civilization. Every now and then as social situations shift, we have new psychological approaches taking place and they go a long way to act as a response to such shifts in social situations as well as discontent with theoretical explanations advanced previously. It therefore follows that each psychology system has differing perspectives as well as objectives on what constitutes fiction
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