Psychology: AQA A Level

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Social Influence: Types of Conformity
What type of conformity is the le...,
What type of conformity is a stro...,
What type of conformity is the de...
25  cards
Social Influence: Explanations of Conformity
Asch s study only used males in t...,
Asch s study is gender bias how d...,
Asch s study was only conducted o...
44  cards
Social Influence: Variables Affecting Conformity TW
Name three variables that affect ...,
Which variable was investigated b...,
Which variable was investigated b...
35  cards
Social Influence: Milgram & situational variables affecting obedience
Define obedience 1,
What is the key term for the foll...,
Which key researcher investigated...
34  cards
Social Influence: Explanations of Obedience - Agentic state and legitimacy of authority
What are the two explanations of ...,
Legitimacy of authority and agent...,
What is meant by legitimacy 3
44  cards
Social Influence: Conformity To Social Roles
Who studied conformity to social ...,
What is meant by social roles 2,
What do individuals do in order t...
48  cards
Social Influence: Dispositional Explanation of Obedience
What type of explanation is the d...,
Why is the dispositional explanat...,
What is suggested about the certa...
32  cards
Social Influence: Explanations Of Resisting Social Influence - TW
Name two explanations for resista...,
Name the dispositional explanatio...,
Name the situational explanation ...
31  cards
Social Influence: Minority Influence & Social Change - MR
Here is the first mark point for ...,
Which minority influence key term...,
What key term is being described ...
46  cards
Memory: The Multi Store Model Of Memory - Coding Capacity And Duration - JWW
What is the keyterm 1,
What is the keyterm 2,
What is the keyterm 3
75  cards
Memory: Types Of Long Term Memory - JWW
Who created the idea that there a...,
Name the 3 types of ltm 2,
Procedural memory is knowing 3
51  cards
Memory: The Working Memory Model - JWW
The wmm explains which type of me...,
The idea that stm is a unitary st...,
Who created the wmm 3
57  cards
Memory: Explanations For Forgetting Pro/Retroactive Interference & Retrieval Failure Due To Absence Of Cues - JWW
Name the two examples of forgetti...,
How many pieces of information be...,
Interference happens when one mem...
33  cards
Memory: Factors Effecting The Accuracy Of Eyewitness Testimony TW
What are 2 factors affecting eyew...,
What are 2 examples of misleading...,
Leading questions is an example o...
48  cards
Memory: Improving The Accuracy Of Eyewitness Testimony - The Cognitive Interview - JWW
The police use which type of inte...,
What does the cognitive interview...,
What type of questions are used i...
46  cards
Attachment: Caregiver Infant Interactions- KR
Define attachment 1,
What is meant by attachment 2,
An emotional link between an infa...
67  cards
Attachment: Ainsworth’s Types Of Attachment TW
What is the purpose of the strang...,
The strange situation used what t...,
What was ainsworth s sample when ...
50  cards
Attachment: Explanations Of Attachment - Learning Theory TW
What two learning theories can be...,
Classical conditioning is learnin...,
Operant conditioning is learning ...
25  cards
Attachment: Explanations Of Attachment - Bowlby’s Monotropic Theory RN
Adaptive bowlby suggests that att...,
Bowlby stated that humans are bor...,
What are some example of social r...
30  cards
Attachment: Bowlby’s Theory Of Maternal Deprivation TW
What are two types of psychologic...,
What is meant by seperation 2,
A child not being in the presence...
26  cards
Attachment: Stages Of Attachment - MH
Who carried out research on stage...,
What was the aim of schaffer and ...,
The study by schaffer and emerson...
48  cards
Attachment: The Influence Of The IWM on Childhood And Adult Relationships DP
What does a child form of their e...,
The internal working model acts a...,
What is a child likely to have if...
37  cards
Attachment: Role Of The Father- KR
What is meant by the role of the ...,
Who conducted research into the r...,
Where does this topic stem from a...
30  cards
Attachment: Animal Studies: Lorenz & Harlow TW
The aim of lorenz s research was ...,
Which surrogate mother did harlow...,
Lorenz identified a critical peri...
37  cards
Attachment: The Effects Of Institutionalisation & Romanian Orphan Studies MR
Give an example of an institution 1,
Define institutionalisation 2,
Name the three effects of institu...
32  cards
Attachment: Cultural Variations Of Types Of Attachment DS
What was the aim of van ijzendoor...,
What was the sample of van ijzend...,
How many children did cultural va...
13  cards
Psychopathology: Definitions Of Abnormality- KR
What is meant by dsn 1,
What is meant by deviation from s...,
What is meant by deviate 3
89  cards
Psychopathology: Behavioural, Cognitive And Emotional Characteristics Of Phobias - JWW
Name the 3 categories that charac...,
Behavioural characteristics are t...,
The way we act is linked to what ...
32  cards
Psychopathology: The Behavioural Explanation Of Phobias - The Two Process Model DS
The behaviourist approach would s...,
What 2 things make up the two pro...,
Classical and operant conditionin...
30  cards
Psychopathology: The Behavioural Treatments Of Phobias - SD And Flooding TW
Name two behavioural treatments f...,
Systematic desensitisation uses w...,
Classical conditioning is learnin...
38  cards
Psychopathology: The Behavioural, Emotional And Cognitive Characteristics Of Depression - JWW
Name the 3 categories of characte...,
Name the 3 behavioural characteri...,
Name the 3 cognitive characterist...
23  cards
Psychopathology: The Behavioural, Emotional And Cognitive Characteristics Of Depression - JWW COPY
Name the 3 categories of characte...,
Name the 3 behavioural characteri...,
Name the 3 cognitive characterist...
23  cards
Psychopathology: The Cognitive Explanation & Treatment Of Depression TW
The term cognitive refers to 1,
The cognitive approach suggests d...,
A student has written the followi...
50  cards
Psychopathology: The Biological Approach To Explaining and Treating OCD TW
Name 3 biological approaches to e...,
Undesirable genes are known as 2,
Name 2 maladaptive genes which ha...
81  cards
Research Methods: IV DV AIM - RN
What is an independent variable 1,
What is a dependent variable 2,
When identifying the iv in an exp...
18  cards
Research Methods: Hypotheses - DS
There are 3 types of hypothesis d...,
There are 3 types of hypothesis n...,
There are 3 types of hypothesis d...
27  cards
Research Methods: Extraneous Variables & Controls
An unwanted variable other than t...,
An extraneous variable is another...,
What can an extraneous variable do 3
48  cards
Research Methods: Experimental Methods - Lab Field Natural Quasi - KB
Where do lab experiments take pla...,
What variable is manipulated in a...,
Why does the researcher manipulat...
42  cards
Research Methods: Experimental Designs - Independent Groups, Repeated Measures, Matched Pairs - KR
What is meant by an independent g...,
Which experimental design has dif...,
How is an independent groups desi...
57  cards
Research Methods: Ethics - KR COPY
What is an ethical issue 1,
What does dipc mean 2,
Where might we see ethical issues...
45  cards
Research Methods: Experimental Methods - Lab Field Natural Quasi - KB COPY
Where do lab experiments take pla...,
What variable is manipulated in a...,
Why does the researcher manipulat...
42  cards
Research Methods: Sampling Techniques - KU
A group of people who are the foc...,
Define target population 2,
What is a sample 3
34  cards
Research Methods: Pilot Studies
What is meant by a pilot study 1,
A pilot study is a _______ scale ...,
A pilot study is a small scale tr...
15  cards
Research Methods: Assessing & Improving The Validity Of Experiments - TW COPY
What does validity mean 1,
What are 2 types of validity 2,
What are 3 types of external vali...
30  cards
Research Methods: Qual/Quant/Primary/Secondary Data DP
Quantitative data is data that is...,
Data that is expressed numericall...,
The number of seconds it takes to...
45  cards
Research Methods: Content/Thematic Analysis KR
What two ways do we use to analys...,
What is qualitative data 2,
How is qualitative data analysed 3
33  cards
Research Methods: Observations & Behaviour sampling
The conditions are manipulated by...,
What type of observation did mary...,
Define controlled observation 3
65  cards
The Approaches: Origins of Psychology
What is meant by the term science 1,
Who is known as the father of psy...,
Where and when did wundt create t...
20  cards
The Approaches: The Learning Approaches
Name two learning approaches 1,
Identify 3 assumptions of the beh...,
Where do behaviourists say behavi...
42  cards
The Approaches: The Psychodynamic Approach
The name of the psychologist who ...,
Assumption behaviour is due to 2,
Assumption psychodynamic approach...
96  cards
The Approaches: The Cognitive Approach
According to the cognitive approa...,
How is the cognitive approach dif...,
What is meant by inferences 3
21  cards
The Approaches: The Biological Approach MH
All human behaviour is at first _...,
What physical factors explain our...,
What two factors determine how we...
50  cards
The Approaches: The Humanistic Approach TW
What do humans have an innate nee...,
What approaches do humanists oppo...,
What type of experiences do human...
30  cards
Schizophrenia: Biological Explanations of Schizophrenia - 24/25 UPDATED
What does the biological explanat...,
What are our genes 2,
What is meant by genetic predispo...
51  cards
Schizophrenia: Classification/Positive & Negative Symptoms, Reliability & Validity in Diagnosis and Classification DP
Schizophrenia does not have a sin...,
Where is the dsm 5 used 2,
Where is the icd 11 used 3
91  cards
Schizophrenia: Psychological Explanations - Cognitive Explanation
When answering questions on psych...,
When answering questions on psych...,
When answering questions on psych...
34  cards
Research Methods: Reporting Psychological Investigations
What are the sections of a report 1,
What is the purpose of an abstract 2,
What does an abstract contain 3
24  cards
Research Methods: Peer Review
When is a peer review conducted 1,
What does a peer review subject a...,
Who conducts a peer review 3
13  cards

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