On April 27, 2012. Wrote a great blog for the previous batch. This demonstrates that you have understood how the results were derived and gives you more detail to critique. I suggest you check out this blog. One more blog to go! On March 23, 2012.

Does correlation show causality? Furthermore a correlation could for example, show that people who smoke are averagely thinner. But there is no way to know if smoking actually causes people to be thinner. There could be a number of unaccounted for variables that could be the cause. For example it may be that people who smoke take more exercise to avoid even more of a health risk lifestyle. Or perhaps even are more concerned about their weight.

Intentionally killing someone is an extreme act to carry out. Even during wars soldiers can become traumatised by the killing of another human being, it goes against everything we are taught not to do as grow older, however, in a war it is often acceptable and soldiers are trained to cope with that environment. Is being an obese pregnant mother just as damaging as smoking or drinking whilst pregnant? It might be reliable but is it valid? .

Thanks for dropping by psuf50! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. Do rewards really motivate us in the future? Mdash; 5 Comments. You would expect rewards to improve future behaviour, especially in young children. However, this idea has long been rejected in psychology, with the main belief being that although they sometimes work, they can also backfire. This effect has also been shown to occur amon.

and van Hasselt, V. On April 28, 2012 in Uncategorized. Cognitive Skills Programmes in Prisons. On March 25, 2012 in Uncategorized. Is Crime an Addiction? Some individuals continue their criminal behaviour even after they experienced the serious negative consequences of being caught.

Do you really know yourself? Our consciousness is split into the subconscious and the conscious part and we only have access to our conscious thoughts. but just how well do we really know our own personalities? Research has suggested that we may not know ourselves as well as we like to think. These are just a few examples o.

Romance is driven by women. After counting down the weeks until our final blog of the year its finally here, and it goes without saying it is such a good feeling writing this last blog.

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