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Explain the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 reasoning, and whether they cooperate or contradict each other.

Type 1 reasoning is automatic, reflexive, emotional, habitual, low effort and low capacity. It is also quicker and sometimes called the "old mind". Type 2 reasoning is effortful, reflective, cog...

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Psychologists deal with ethical issues in a variety of ways. Explain one or more ways of dealing with ethical issues in social influence research.

When considering research it is important to consider ethical guidelines. For example, informed consent should be taken from all participants by informing them of the role in which they will play in the s...

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Outline and evaluate one social psychological theory of aggression

One social psychological theory of aggression is social learning theory (SLT) which describes aggression as occurring due to observation and imitation. A person who observes aggressive behaviour is likely...

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Describe Bowlby's theory of attachment and how the "Strange situation" experiment applies this theory. Describe the experiment and distinguish the different patterns of attachment.

Attachment is the affective and emotional bond formed between an infant and his/her caretaker from the beginning of life. The traditional view, which represented the behaviorist idea, proposed that attach...

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Describe Eysenck’s type theory of personality, the different personality types, his personality scale, what the scale measures and its limitations.

For the purpose of psychological research, Eysenck devised a theory of personality which would enable splitting people into different personality types. Eysenck aimed to classify people either as extrover...

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