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Outline Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation.

A key tenet of Bowlby's Attachment Theory was the idea of monotropy: that a child has an innate need and drive to attach to his/her primary caregiver, usually the mother. Bowlby posited that monotropy was...

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Answered by Roisin D. Psychology tutor
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Outline two cognitive explanations for depression (6 marks).

One cognitive explanation involves Ellis’s ‘ABC Model’ (1962). Ellis explains that the key to depression lies in irrational thinking. ‘A’ represents an activating...

SS
Answered by Simran S. Psychology tutor
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What is the working memory model?

The working memory model was designed by Baddeley and Hitch, who criticised the multi store model of memory as being too unitary. The multi store model showed the short term memory as being one very simpl...

SM
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Evaluate the multi-store model of memory (4 marks).

The case study of HM, as reported by Milner (1966), can be used to evaluate this model. HM had both of his hippocampi and parts of the temporal lobe removed following a lifetime of epileptic seizures. Fol...

AP
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Describe the attachment study carried out by Lorenz

To test his theory of imprinting in attachment, Lorenz used unhatched goslings to find out whether they will attach to the first moving object they see. He divided a sample of goslings in 2 and let one ha...

EM
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