24 April answers

  1. Mediational processes refer to the internal mental process that exist between environmental stimuli and the response made by an individual to those stimuli

  2. An example of a negative symptom of schizophrenia is avoltition and speech poverty

  3. Coccaro et al. (1997) found that genetics play a significant role in human aggression, with approximately 50% of the variance in direct physical assault attributed to genetic factors. Their research showed a 50% concordance rate for physical aggression in monozygotic (MZ) twins compared to 19% in dizygotic (DZ) twins

  4. Testosterone is a primary androgen (male sex hormone) that dictates the development of masculine physical characteristics, such as muscle mass, voice deepening, and body hair growth. It plays a key role in sexual differentiation, brain masculinisation, and high sex drive, while in gender-affirming care, it is used to induce these physical changes to align with male-aligned gender identities.

  5. Zimbardo concluded that people quickly and easily conform to social roles, with situational factors—rather than individual personalities—driving behaviour

  6. The sensory register uses a different type of coding for each sense it gets information from

  7. The capacity of STM is seven plus or minus two items

  8. Operant conditioning proposes that attachment is learned through the reinforcement of attachment behaviors, such as seeking comfort from the caregiver.

  9. Export Processing Zones (EPZs) are designated areas within a country that operate under special customs and regulatory frameworks to encourage export-led growth. They are designed to promote foreign investment, enhance industrialisation, and expand a nation’s export capacity by offering incentives such as tax exemptions, simplified procedures, and modern infrastructure.

  10. An aquifer is a body of porous rock or sediment saturated with groundwater. Groundwater enters an aquifer as precipitation seeps through the soil. It can move through the aquifer and resurface through springs and wells.

  11. Saltation is the process by which sediment moves along in the water and bumps into other pieces of sediment, becoming smaller and more rounded as they break pieces off of each other

  12. Gas demand has experienced significant fluctuations due to a combination of volatile geopolitical events, extreme weather patterns, shifting economic activity, and the ongoing transition to renewable energy sources. Recent market instability was heavily driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which forced a major restructuring of European supply, and more recently by tensions in the Middle East.

  13. Richard Alston is widely regarded as one of the most instinctively musical choreographers in contemporary dance. Rather than using music simply as background accompaniment, Alston treats it as his primary starting point and partner in dialogue.

  14. Richard Alston is well known for crafting a symbiotic relationship between song and dance, his rep full of pieces in which these elements drink from and breathe life into one another in equal measure

  15. Q tests show bias when their design, content, or administration disadvantages specific cultural, socioeconomic, or racial groups, often reflecting familiarity with dominant cultural knowledge rather than pure cognitive ability. Common biases include language barriers, time pressures, and questions favouring affluent backgrounds

  16. Localisation of brain function (LOF) is the theory that specific functions/processes are localised to/can be found in specific locations in the brain

  17. Primary volcanic hazards are dangerous, direct results of an eruption that occur immediately or during the event, impacting nearby lives and infrastructure. These immediate hazards include fast-moving pyroclastic flows, toxic gas emissions, lava flows, and falling tephra/ash

  18. The rural idyll is the idealised view of the countryside/rural areas

  19. Evenness is crucial in biodiversity because it ensures ecosystem stability, resilience, and high functionality by preventing a single species from dominating. A balanced, even distribution of species enhances productivity, nutrient cycling, and resistance to disturbances like drought.

  20. Matthew Bourne’s production of Lord of the Flies uses ensemble work and community integration to emphasise the descent from civilisation to savagery, relying on high-energy, raw physical movement from a mix of professional dancers and local community performers. The ensemble acts as a "herd" or "tribe," using unison movement, stamping, and athletic partnering to mirror the thematic shift from orderly schoolboys to feral hunters.

  21. The ending of Matthew Bourne’s Lord of the Flies reflects the production's core themes of inherent savagery, the loss of innocence, and the thin veneer of civilization by transitioning from a high-stakes, violent climax to an abrupt, chilling silence. By replacing the original novel's desert island with a abandoned theatre and concluding with the arrival of modern military figures, the ending highlights that the boys' descent into brutality is a reflection of the savage adult world they were supposed to be protected from.