Research

The overall topic of the article ‘Politics and the Media: A Crisis of Trust? ‘ is the crisis of trust that was created by misleading information, which came from both…

The question of whether media causes violence has attracted a lot of attention and has been much researched. It is however an exceptionally difficult theory to test as it is…

Consumerism can be seen as a social order fostering of a desire to purchase goods and services in great amounts. It is considered a new way of interpersonal communication, because…

Prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping have been topics of interest for countless social psychologists for a while now. Many psychologists have theorized about the cause and nature of such behaviour, yet…

Intelligence is a subject that everyone takes for granted until they have to define it. To attribute definition to this most elusive of subjects is extremely difficult and may be…

A phobia is described as an irrational and persistent that is associated with the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation. In addition, avoidance as seen in agoraphobia…

The consideration of behaviour being a consistent facet of people is an immensely large and highly debated topic. What does the question drive towards? Are people being consistent in their…

In 1892 The University of Chicago was witness to the foundation of the first ever Department of Sociology, at the heart of the department’s aims was to conduct empirical research…

Since the early 19th century the victim of crime had a limited and largely passive role in the criminal justice system. The rise in intellectual preoccupation with victimology has been…

Psychologists throughout the years have come up with many different theories about crime, and why criminals commit illegal acts. Many different aspects are looked at, covering a lot of the…

This assignment will explore the development of the revised hypothesis from Assignment 1 “Motivations for Political Activism” and will determine the operationalization of the study to be conducted in Assignment…

In the world today it is obvious that people to not like being alone. From a very young age, school children demonstrate the need to be in the company of…

Society is in continual need of being aware of what is going on around them. The most common and what is widely agreed to be the most useful source, is…

Tebartz van Elst, Woermann, Leemiex, Thompsam, and Trimble (2000) suggest aggressive and violent or antisocial behaviours are ‘phenomenological and probably neurobiological heterogeneous’. Substantial research emphasizes two types of aggression; predatory…

The Winnipeg Goldeyes previously played in the Northern League and now play in the American Association, where they were named the American Association organization of the year for the 2011…

Psychological research and theory has attempted to explain the aetiology of sex offending. However, explanations have been problematised by a diversity of complex factors such as heterogeneity of types, styles,…

So called ‘classic’ studies are dubbed such because of the high profile they have achieved, normally attributed to the influence the study has had or the contribution it has made…

This assignment will examine issues around social exclusion and teenage pregnancy. It will explore the links between teenage pregnancy, poverty, and how it links into the underclass theory. This assignment…

What makes humans different from animals? How can we explain the individual differences in our species? Although biological psychologists argue that behaviour may be explained by evolution, development, genetics and…

In analyzing functionalism, I will argue for the thesis, as presented. I find that the theory of functionalism, especially as laid out amongst the other theories pertaining to the issue…