To me this seemed horrendous and it would take me a lesson to properly wake up and be able to concentrate. Sleep deprivation can be detrimental to academic and social achievement as it can lead to i.

Using babies in Television Programmes, is it ethical? April 28, 2012.

One Example of this would be this newspaper article which suggests the rioters, who criminally damaged properties and injured many people, may not have had the power to stop their behaviours due to a lower level of a chemical in their brains which keeps impulsive behaviour under control, somehow trying to justify their appalling behaviour last summer.

The Bystander effect is social deficit in which a person is less likely to help a person in need, if there is a larger group around, saving themselves from distress. There are many famous cases which the bystander effect has led to disastrous events, which may have resulted in the death of a person. Diffusion of responsibility applies in these situations as a person believes that if there is a larger group, their responsibility to help is lowered.

Nature Vs Nurture, a Gender Stereotyping Debate? April 28, 2012. But when a failing occurs within this environment, such as the story of Emma Mcdonald.

Is Facebook creating a narcissistic generation? With each generation becoming more immersed in social networking sites such as Facebook, the worry of a narcissistic generation is becoming apparent. However, due to the correlations being.

Well done for writing another lot of blogs, only one more this semester! Top blog post goes to Abby this week, have a look for a good example of both a topic relating to psychological research and good argument rather than description. See you next week for our final seminar of the year! March 21, 2012. That is critical analysis! Have a lovely Easter! Bandura is the new Milgram and other feedback.

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The fear of clowns is known as Coulrophobia, not being a sufferer myself I wondered what it is about clowns that scare people. I thought that maybe people had a fear due to the fact that you cannot tell the emotion behind the clowns painted face and therefore making them unpredictable. This is supported by Micheal Quintons 2011 article on coulrohphobia.