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A-Level AQA Psychology

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Paper 1
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Social Influence
Conformity,
Who proposed the three types of c...,
What are the three types of confo...
74  cards
Informational Social influence
0  cards
Authoritarian personality
Authoritarian personality,
F scale,
Dispostional
12  cards
Resistance to social influence
Locus of control rotter 1966,
Internality,
Externality
13  cards
Minority Influence & Social change
Minority influence,
Conversion,
What are the following factors in...
23  cards
Memory
What is a stimulus,
What was the first model of memory,
What is the duration for ltm
93  cards
Types of Long-ter memory
Long term memory,
Episodic,
Semantic memories
10  cards
Multi-store model
What was the first model of memory,
What is a stimulus,
What is the duration for ltm
20  cards
EWT and Anxiety
What was loftus burnss research a...,
What was christianson hubinette 1993,
Outline the ao3 points about ewt
4  cards
improving eye witness testimony
Geiselman et al 1984,
4 distinct components of cognitiv...,
Mental reinstatement of original ...
15  cards
Attachment
Attachment,
Caregiver,
Interactional synchrony
100  cards
Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation
Deprivation,
The value of maternal care,
Critical period
10  cards
Explanations for attachment: Learning theory
Classical conditioning,
Operant conditoning dollar and mi...,
Learning theory explanations are ...
7  cards
Explanation of attachment: Bowlby's theory
Continuity hypothesis,
Critical period,
Internal working model
12  cards
Cultural variations in attachment.
Van ijzendooron and kroonnenberg ...,
Van ijzendooron and kroonnenberg ...,
Cultural similarities tronick et ...
21  cards
The influence of Early attachment
Hazan and shaver 1987,
Hazan and shaver 1987 how many pe...,
4 behaviours influenced by the in...
8  cards
Romanian orphan studies: Effects of instituionalisation
Rutter and sonuga barke 2010,
Procedure,
Findings
16  cards
Attachment (MQ)
Which of the following best descr...,
During interaction the mothers in...,
Which of the following activitate...
39  cards
Psychopathology
Systematic desensitisation,
How does systematic desensitisati...,
How does flooding work
5  cards
Definitions of Abnormality
Cultural relativism,
Deviation from social norms,
Dsm diagnostic and statistical ma...
16  cards
Abnormality AO1
Statistical infrequency,
Deviation from social norms,
Strength of deviation from social...
21  cards
The behavioural approach to treating phobias
Phobias ao1,
Emotional characteristics of phob...,
Behavioural characteritics of pho...
34  cards
The behavioural approach to explaining phobias
The two process model mower 1947,
Classical conditioning initiation,
Operant conditioning maintenance
11  cards
The biological approach to explaining OCD
Genetic explanations,
The comt gene,
The sert gene
18  cards
The biological approach to treating OCD
Antidepressants ssris,
What does low levels of serotonin...,
What are antidepressants used for
12  cards
Approaches in psychology
Who was wilhelm wundt 1832 1920
1  cards
Paper 2
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The Origins of Psychology
Who is wilhelm wundt 1832 1920 ao...,
What is introspection ao1 knowled...,
What is the scientific method ao1...
17  cards
The behaviourist approach
What is a behaviourist,
What classical conditioning,
What is operant conditioning
39  cards
Biopsychology
What does the nervous system do,
What does the structure of the ne...,
What does the central nervous sys...
185  cards
Plasitcity and Recovery of the brain
Plasticity,
Functional recovery,
Kuhn et al 2014 ao1
22  cards
The nervous system
What are the two major parts of t...,
What is the central nervous syste...,
How is the cns connected to the r...
27  cards
Lateralisation, Split Brain Patients, Plasticity
What is lateralisation,
What was the aim of sperry 1968 s...,
What was the procedure of sperrys...
13  cards
Authoritarian personality 8 marker
Discuss the authoritarian persona...,
Key features,
What these features result in
9  cards
The Biological approach
Biological approach,
What is our environment not impor...,
Gene
7  cards
Neuron structure and Function
Neurons ao1,
What are dendrites,
Action potential transmission
11  cards
Biological Rhythms
Circadian rhythm ao1,
Infradian rhythm ao1,
Ultradian rhythm ao1
47  cards
Behaviourist Approach
Behaviourist approach,
Behaviourist,
Who researched into classical con...
28  cards
Data handling and Analysis
What is a normal distribution,
What is a skewed distribution,
What is a postive skew
4  cards
Observational Techniques
What is the observational method ao1,
What are the main types of observ...,
What is a controlled observation ao1
8  cards
Situational variables affecting obidence
Define obedience,
Milgram 1963
2  cards
Comparison between the biological and behaviourist approach
P1,
P2,
P3
5  cards
Minority influence 6 marker
Jenny is a psychology teacher who...,
1st point,
2nd point
4  cards
Paper 3
0  cards
Issues and Debates Y13
Culture bias,
Ethnocentrism,
Cultural relativism
36  cards
Idiographic and Nomothetic approach
Idiographic approachoverview ao1,
Idiographic approachexample ao1,
Who favours idiographic approaches
13  cards
Biological Explanation for gender
Ao1,
Sex,
Gender
26  cards
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia,
What gender suffers more from sch...,
What would a clinician use to dia...
26  cards
Biological treatments of Schizophrenia
0  cards
Biological explation for Schizophrenia : Neural Correlates
Neural correlates,
Neural correlates of negative sym...,
Neural correlates of negative sym...
33  cards
Outline and evaluate drug therapies in the treatment of schizophrenia. 16 marks
Overview of antipsychotic medication,
Use of typical antipsychotics,
Examples of aytpical antipsychotic
19  cards
Psychological therapies for schizophrenia
Token economies,
Primary reinforcer,
Secondary reinforcers
6  cards
Psychological explanation for schizophrenia
3 family dysfunction
1  cards
Cognitive therapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy for...,
How does cbtp work,
What are paitents encouraged to d...
14  cards
Family Therapy
Family theraphy,
Nature of family therapy,
E
13  cards
Outline and evaluate family dysfunction explanations of schizophrenia. 16 Marks
Overview of family dysfunction,
Double blind theory ao1gregory ba...,
Ao3double bind theory
9  cards
Gender
0  cards
Describe and evaluate Kohlberg's explanation for gender development [16]
Overview of kohlberg s,
Gender identityao1,
Stage 2 gender stabilityao1
10  cards
Kohlberg's theory
Egocentricism,
Conservation,
Kolhberg 1966 gender identity
19  cards
Gender Schema Theory
Martin and halverson 1981,
Difference between gender schema ...,
Schemas
11  cards
Research methods
What is an independant variable,
What is a dependant variable,
What is an extraneous variable
104  cards
Statistical testing
Unrelated design,
Related design,
Test of association or correlation
26  cards
Interferential testing
What is a sign test,
What are the steps for the sign test
2  cards
Extras
0  cards
Everything for the Psychology lesson on Monday
Who is burgess et al 2003 and wha...,
What is the name of the external ...,
What is light responsible for
21  cards
Psychology Mock 2021 Papers
Outline two cognotive characteris...,
Each p s was given 2 practice tri...,
Outline the cognitve characterist...
31  cards
research method questions
0  cards
Research methods (Mock)
What are strengths of laboratory ...,
What is a laboratory experiment,
What are limitations of laborator...
31  cards
possibie mock questions
Explain what psychologists mean b...,
Referring to the text above expla...,
Name and briefly outline one nega...
21  cards
Neural and Hormal influences of Agression
The limbic system neural influences,
The amygdala,
Th hippocampus
13  cards
Genetic factors in agression
Twin studies coccaro et al 1997 ao1,
Adoption studies hutchings and me...,
Research on genetic factors in ag...
12  cards
Media influences of aggression
Violent films and tvlaboratory an...,
Longnitudinal studieshuesmann et ...,
Meta analyses bushman and huesman...
10  cards
Aggression
0  cards
Explanations of media influences
Desensitisation,
Disinhibition,
Cognitive priming
7  cards
Humanistic approach
Humanistic psychologyfull control,
Maslow s theory,
Hierachy of needs
20  cards
The psychodynamic approach.
Freud s theory psychoanalysis,
Psychodynamic,
What does freud s theory of psych...
13  cards
Nature & nuture
0  cards
Variables affecting conformity
Varibles that affect conformity,
Compliance,
Unanmimity of the majority
11  cards
Minority influence
Consistencywood et al s 1994,
Commitment,
Flexibility
9  cards
Short term and long term memory
0  cards
Legitimate authority and agent state
Agentic state,
What what circumstance may a pers...,
Legitimacy of authority
10  cards
Resistance to social influence
Social support,
Locus of control,
People with a strong internal loc
9  cards
Situational variables affecting obedience
Situational factors affecting obe...,
Proximity,
Location
12  cards
Short term and long term memory
Capacity,
Duration,
Coding
18  cards
The multi-store model of memory
The multi store model atkinson an...,
Sensory register,
Capcity of sensory register
14  cards
The Working memory
Who proposed the wmm,
Working memory model,
Function of central executive
16  cards
improving eye witness testimony
0  cards
Caregive-infant interactions in humans: Reciprocity and interactional synchrony
Reciproc,
Interactional synchronytrigger wo...,
Metzoff and moore 1977
12  cards
The development of attachment
Shaver and emerson,
Shatter and emerson 1964,
The role of the father
10  cards
Accurarcy of eyewitness testimony: Misleading information
0  cards
Explanations for forgetting: Interference
Retroactive interderence ri,
Proactive interference pi,
Muller and pilzecker 1990
8  cards
Explanations for forgetting: Retrieval failure
What may be forgetting ltm,
Retriveal faliure,
Tulving and thomson 1973 procedure
11  cards
Conformity to social roles
Asch 1956,
Ash 1956 group size,
Asch 1956 unamity
13  cards
Biopsychology AO3
0  cards
Locaisation of function
Localisation of fiction,
Lobes of the brain,
Area of the brain
22  cards
Synaptic transmission
0  cards
Token economy and the managment of Z
Token economy,
Ayllon and azrin 1968,
Generalised reinforcer
8  cards
Cognitve explanations of gender development: Gender schema theory
0  cards

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