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Describe the effects of institutionalisation. Refer to Romanian orphan studies in your answer [6]

Rutter et al. found in his study that institutionalisation has a very damaging effect on children’s cognitive, physical and emotional development based on his research into Romanian orphans.
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Outline research into the effect of misleading information on the accuracy of EWT [6]

1. Strength – Practical applications - A strength of research into leading questions is that it has real-life application because it has provided the criminal justice system with...

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Describe and evaluate Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) model.

Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) states that prolonged chronic exposure to stress can be harmful to an individual and suggest that individuals go through three physiological stages: alarm, resist...

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Describe the process of synaptic transmission

Information is passed down the axon of the neuron through electrical impulses known as an action potential. When a neuron is in resting state, the inside of the cell is negatively charged compared t...

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Milgram’s work into obedience provided us with valuable insights into why people obey, even though it was carried out in a laboratory. Outline two explanations of why people obey.

There are two primary explanations for obedience in Milgram's study. The first is centred upon the agentic state. Agency theory says that people will obey authority when they believe that the authority wi...

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