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What is Bowlby’s Evolutionary Theory of Attachment

There are 6 stages to this theory. 1) Attachment is adaptive and innate. This is because it promotes survival, resulting in attachment behaviour to become innate. 2) Social Releasers, e.g. smiling, crying et...
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What cognitive interview method techniques could a police officer use to find out what a witness recalls about an event?

The Cognitive Interview technique (Fisher and Geiselman, 1992) is an interview method devised to enhance the retrieval of information from a witnesses memory. It consists of a series of memory-enhancing tech...
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What is a schema?

A cognitive schema is a mental representation of knowledge stored in the brain about anything, for example a place or an event. A schema can be seen as a network of knowledge, beliefs and expectations about ...
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Tom is littering in his local town. He is told to stop by a police officer and a local adult, who is Tom more likely to listen to? Give two reasons.

Tom is more likely to listen to the police officer. This is due to the police officer being a legitimate authority figure in comparison to the local adult. Research by Milgram suggests that obedience is due ...
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What is the diathesis-stress model?

The diathesis-stress model refers to the idea that a genetic predisposition comes together with stressors or outside factors as a catalyst for a certain behaviour. The diathesis-stress model is the most prev...
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