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Psychology: Link
Offender profiling forensic 1,
Biological explanation forensic 2,
Dealing with offending behaviour ...
4  cards
Psychology: The Experimental Methods
What is the difference between an...,
What is a non directional hypothe...,
What is a directional hypothesis 3
34  cards
Psychology: Correlations
What is the difference between a ...,
What are the variables called in ...,
What is meant by a positive corre...
11  cards
Psychology: Sampling Techniques and Pilot studies
What is the difference between a ...,
What is a sampling frame 2,
What is random sampling 3
14  cards
Psychology: Ethical Issues
What is the bps and what is there...,
What is informed consent 2,
How to deal with informed consent 3
11  cards
Psychology: Descriptive Statistics
What are the 3 measures of centra...,
How to calculate mean median and ...,
What is a strength and limitation...
19  cards
Psychology: Non-Experimental Methods
What is the difference between a ...,
What are the variables called in ...,
What is meant by a positive corre...
63  cards
Psychology: Stats
What is nominal data 1,
What is ordinal data 2,
What is interval data 3
18  cards
Psychology: Peer review, implications for economy, reports, case studies, content analysis
What is meant by peer review 1,
Why is peer review an important p...,
Give 3 purposes of peer review 3
36  cards
Psychology: Validity, Reliability and Features of Science
What is validity 1,
What is reliability 2,
How can psychologists improve rel...
27  cards
Psychology: Introspection
What was psychology originally se...,
Who were the first philosophers t...,
When did psychology become a scie...
16  cards
Psychology: Behaviourism
What are the 3 assumptions of the...,
What is classical conditioning 2,
What is pavlov s process of class...
15  cards
Psychology: Social Learning Theory
Who developed slt and when 1,
What is one similarity and one di...,
What is social learning theory 3
22  cards
Psychology: The Cognitive Approach
What are the 4 assumptions in the...,
What is the cognitive approach 2,
How is the cognitive approach dif...
15  cards
Psychology: The Biological Approach
What is the biological approach 1,
What do biological factors include 2,
What are the 3 assumptions of the...
19  cards
Psychology: Humanistic Approach
Define the humanist approach 1,
What does free will mean how does...,
Give the assumptions of the human...
19  cards
Psychology: Psychodynamic Approach
What context was the psychodynami...,
Define the psychodynamic approach 2,
What are the three assumptions of...
18  cards
Psychology: Comparison of Approaches
Which approach es have the most c...,
Which two theories do not offer a...,
What is maturation and which appr...
19  cards
Psychology: Biopsychology
What is the function of the perip...,
What s is the purpose of the nerv...,
What are the two main functions o...
42  cards
Psychology: Brain Localisation, Lateralisation and Plasticity
What does brain localisation mean 1,
What does brain lateralisation me...,
What does brain plasticity mean 3
31  cards
Psychology: Hemispheric Lateralisation and Split Brain research
What is meant by brain lateralisa...,
What functions is the left hemisp...,
What functions is the right hemis...
26  cards
Psychology: Biological Rhythms
What is the definition of a circa...,
Give an example of a circadian rh...,
What is meant by the sleep wake c...
22  cards
Psychology: The Multistore Model
What are the 3 stores in the mult...,
How is information encoded coded ...,
What is the capacity and duration...
28  cards
Psychology: Working Memory Model
What part of memory does the wmm ...,
What are the 4 multistore model 2,
What is the function and capacity...
20  cards
Psychology: Explanation of Forgetting
What s is meant by interference 1,
What is meant by retroactive and ...,
Example of retroactive interferen...
27  cards
Psychology: Memory EWT
Eyewitness Testimony
26  cards
Psychology: Social Influence - Conformity
What is conformity 1,
Outline sherif s experiment how d...,
Who came up with the three types ...
45  cards
Psychology: Social Influence 2
Define obedience 1,
Why did milgram want to study obe...,
Briefly outline the procedure of ...
86  cards
Psychology: Attachment 1 & 2
What is the strange situation des...,
Name the 3 behavioural categories...,
How long does each episode last 3
48  cards
Psychology: Animal studies, Learning Theory, Bowlby's Monotropic theory, Maternal Deprivation Theory
Explain how a child becomes attac...,
Explain how the attachment bond i...,
What is meant by attachment as a ...
57  cards
Psychology: Early Attachment and later relationships
Describe what is meant by the int...,
How did myron wilson research the...,
What did myron wilson find about ...
17  cards
Psychology: Definitions of Abnormality
How would you define psychopathol...,
What are the two diagnostic manua...,
What are the 4 definitions of abn...
23  cards
Psychology: Phobias
Define phobias 1,
What are the 3 dsm 5 categories o...,
Give two behavioural how we act c...
25  cards
Psychology: Depression
What is depression 1,
What are the 4 dsm 5 categories o...,
What are the behavioural how we a...
32  cards
Psychology: OCD
What type of characteristic are o...,
What type of characteristic are c...,
What is the ocd cycle 3
36  cards
Psychology: Top-Down approach
Define crime 1,
How would you define offender pro...,
How would you define the top down...
10  cards
Psychology: Bottom-up approach
Define the bottom up approach to ...,
Who developed the bottom up appro...,
Describe investigative psychology...
12  cards
Psychology: Biological explanations of offending behaviour
Who developed the theory of atavi...,
Why do we still study atavistic f...,
Describe the theory of atavistic ...
34  cards
Psychology: Psychological explanations of offending behaviour
Define psychological explanations...,
What are the three traits that ey...,
Define psychoticism 3
32  cards
Psychology: Psychological explanations + dealing with offending
What type of psychological explan...,
Who proposed differential associa...,
How did dat attempt to be a scien...
33  cards
Psychology: Behaviour modification in custody
What is custodial sentencing 1,
What are the aims of custodial se...,
Define retribution how is this re...
60  cards
Psychology: Diagnosis and Explanations for Schizophrenia
Define what is meant by a delusio...,
Define what is meant by a halluci...,
What are positive symptoms 3
56  cards
Psychology: Piaget’s cognitive development
Define cognitive development 1,
Why was piaget so influential in ...,
How did piaget suggest that we le...
39  cards
Psychology: Cognition and Development
What approach did vygotsky s theo...,
What is that vygotsky suggested w...,
Define intermental knowledge 3
48  cards
Psychology: Family Dysfunction Explanations & Cognitive Explanations
Name 3 different family dysfuncti...,
Describe what is meant by the sch...,
How does the way a schizophrenoge...
21  cards
Psychology: Schizophrenia Drug Therapies & Treatments
Give the name of one typical anti...,
Give the name of two atypical ant...,
Describe how typical antipsychoti...
57  cards

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