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Outline the Theory of Maternal Deprivation as described by Bowlby

Bowlby’s theory of Maternal Deprivation is an attachment theory that states that a prolonged separation of an infant from an attachment figure, primarily the mother, can cause detrimental effects on int...

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Outline the social learning theory for gender development

The Social Learning Theory supports the idea that we learn from the environment and receive feedback in the form of reinforcement. It draws attention to the influence of nurture in shaping our behaviour a...

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What effect may researcher bias have on data collection in qualitative research studies?

Researcher bias in quantitative research is inevitable and furthermore, as suggested by Strauss and Corbin (1998), it is also desirable, as the researchers bias is likely to provide deeper insight into th...

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Give two criticisms of Bowlby's 44 thieves study

One major issue with the research conducted by John Bowlby is that there is bias and subjectivity in his findings. Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation was constructed prior to the research being carri...

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Outline the Behavioural approach to explaining phobias. (6)

The Behaviourist approach explains phobias as being a result of conditioning in relation to a phobic stimulus. According to Behaviourists such as Pavlov, most stimuli are initially neutral (we are not bio...

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