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Pro-social theories of moral understanding

Eisenberg provided a stage theory of moral understanding, which in congruence with the cognitive theories of Piaget and Kohlberg, is based on the idea that morals develop as a maturational process alongside other cognitive skills. The first stage is ‘self-centered’, …

    Psychology’s main aim is to explain and predict human behaviour

    Psychology’s main aim is to explain and predict human behaviour. If there is a link between a person’s attitude and their behaviour then possibly a person’s behaviour can be predicted by understanding their attitudes. It has been said that attitude …

      Altruism in humans

      Batson used his Empathy – Altruism Model (EAM) to suggest that people do act altruistically. When someone witnesses a distressing event, they experience 2 kinds of upset:  Personal distress: a general unpleasant feeling that the person would want to reduce …

        Personal hygiene

        Personal hygiene are practices that serve to promote and preserve ones own maintance of health, a child is unable to do this and it is necessary in a child’s learning environment that he/she is aware of hygiene and their very …

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          Reconstruct information in memory

          Studies of long term memory and the retrieval process presents evidence supporting a model of memory in which meaning plays a central role. Just as we actively interpret information that produces perceptions, we also actively construct and reconstruct information in …

            Estimation improves with age

            I have been given a set of a line and angle measuring and 50o. Using the data given to me for this investigation I am going to find the mode, mean and median from the inter-quartile range. I must do …

              The schools of thought in psychology

              Using one of the schools of thought in psychology below explain your behaviour during your first day at Wits. You are expected to fully describe the school of thought of your choice. Also explain in which ways the school of …

                Attachment SAQs

                Takahashi (1990) replicated Ainsworth’s strange situation technique in Japan with the aim of investigating cross-cultural differences in attachment. Takahashi wanted to know if the results Ainsworth found in the USA were the same in Japan, thus showing if there was …

                  Cognitive psychologist’s are interested

                  According to the cue dependency theory information in our memory is available but not accessible. People need a suitable retrieval cue in order to trigger the memory. Cue dependancy is divided into two types, I’m studying context dependancy. This works …

                    Psychological research

                    With regard to the extent of psychological research which supports the view concerning the unreliability of eyewitness testimony, a number of judgements can be made. Firstly, one can refer to a study carried out by Loftus and Palmer in 1974, …

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