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Outline the Strange Situation as a method of assessing attachment. Briefly explain two limitations to this method.

The strange situation is a method first used by Ainsworth to assess infant attachment. The infant and mother are observed in a controlled environment and they experience a series of 3-minute stages. The m...

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Define and give examples of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

Positive symptoms are additional experiences that add to an individuals ordinary experience, while negative symptoms are the loss of a usual ability from everyday life. Positive symptoms include hallucina...

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To what extent is the cognitive process of memory reliable?

A schema is a mental representation about the world and in order to reconstruct memory you need to activate the schema relevant to that event. Researchers have investigat...

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Discuss the contribution of behaviourist psychologists such as Pavlov and Skinner to our understanding of human behaviour

AO1 pointsemphasised and demonstrated importance of learning and environment for explaining/shaping behaviourincluding consequences reinforcemnt and punsihment , if rewarded behaviour more likely repeated...

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Explain the process of classical conditioning with reference to a child's attachment to their parent

The Uncontrolled Stimulus (UCS) of a parent prior conditioning would not prompt a response of happiness (or attachment, the uncontrolled response) until it has been repeatedly paired with the neutral stim...

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