A-AS Level (CIE) Psychology: Specimen Questions with Answers 140 - 142 of 299

Explanation

• Sucking at mother’s breast satisfies need for food an pleasure

• Infant needs to get basic nurturing, or later feelings of greediness and acquisitiveness may develop.

• Oral fixations result from deprivation of oral gratification in infancy.

• Later personality problems can include mistrustofohers, rejecting others, fear of inability to form intimate relationships

Explanation

Treatment for obesity are as follows

• Self-directed weight loss programs

• Commercial self-help programs such as Weight watchers

• Professionally directed behavior modification programs, which are the most effective treatment

• Surgery, as a last resort

Explanation

• Grounded theory- This approach involves an active participation of the researcher in the activities of the group, culture or community.

• The data regarding the required information is collected with the help of observation. It is generally used in generating or developing theories

Functions of Grounded theory

• It helps in identifying anchors or codes that allow the key points of the data to be gathered

• It helps in making implicit belief systems and explicit with the help of researchers questions and analysis

• It consists of a set of steps whose careful execution is thought to “guarantee” a good theory as the outcome.

• Data collection and analysis continue throughout the study