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Explain “emic” and “etic” concepts.

The distinction of emic and etic relates to the extent to which research aims to establish what is common to all humans and what is unique to specific cultures. Etic approaches aim to discover what all human...
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Explain the content of social identity theory (SIT)

SIT as proposed by Tajfel is an example of social cognition theory as it described the underlying cognitive processes humans go through as they affiliate to a group forming a group/social identity. One’s sel...
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Explain how one principle that defines the biological level of analysis may be demonstrated in research

The biological level of analysis concerns with the physiological basis of cognition and behaviour. One of the defining principles includes that non-human animal research can aid our understanding of human be...
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Outline two factors that explain the Bystander Effect.

Firstly, the Bystander Effect is caused by pluralistic ignorance, a form of misinformed information processing. Bystanders try to figure out how to interpret ambiguous events by looking at the reactions of o...
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LAQ: Discuss the extent to which genetics influence behaviour.

According to the third principle of the biological level of analysis behaviour is innate, therefore, to a large extent behaviour has a genetic basis and can be explained using genetics and genetic inheritanc...
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