Comparisons Between Ways If Explaining Behaviour Using Different Themes

Question 1

There is no

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Single theory that can explain a behaviour for example there are multiple explanations for things such as prejudice and fears

Question 2

It is an issue and debate because of its lack of

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Single paradigm

Question 3

What is paradigm?

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A world view of something when there is agreement with one overall theory and research is all within that theory

Question 4

Social

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. Two different theories of prejudice social identity theory and realistic conflict theory are used to explain prejudice
. Issue of personality, situation and culture and their possible effects on prejudice are different themes

Question 5

Cognitive

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. Four models of memory show different ways of explaining memory
. This might not be behaviour as such more processing though it can be said that recalling something is a behaviour
. There are themes in memory such as how it is represented acoustic, semantic, visual episodic or reproductive and which parts of the brain are responsible for which function

Question 6

Learning

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. Everything can be reduced to a stimulus and response
.. There are 3 learning theories of, slt, cc are all different explanations for similar behaviour and can be compared
. They have a similar theme such as the importance of behaviour being learned rather than innate but they also have different themes such as the response following the stimulus and the response coming before the consequence oc
. Slt suggests that not all behaviour comes from association or pattern of reinforcement some behaviour comes from imitating a role model which is a different theme

Question 7

We never know that

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1 theory can entirely explain a behaviour

Question 8

Biological

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. Agression has been explained by looking at our inherited characteristics genes, hormones, neurotransmitters, brain structure as a contrast to freuds ideas about agression
. However genes, hormones and neurotransmityers and brain structure all have the main theme of being about our biology and nature
. Freuds ideas and concepts are seperate
. A contrasting way of explaining agression is the frustration agression hypothesis dollard et al 1939 agression can come from our environment perhaps more nurture led