AQA a Level Psychology
AQA a Level Psychology
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Author(s): Lawton, Jean-Marc
ISBN No.: 9781471834882
Pages: 336
Year: 201503
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 60.65
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Chapter 1: Social psychology: social influences 1.1: Types of conformity 1.2: Explanations for conformity 1.3: Variables affecting conformity 1.4: Conformity to social roles 1.5: Obedience and the work of Milgram 1.6: Explanations for obedience 1.7: Situational variables affecting obedience 1.


8: Explanations of resistance to social influence 1.9: Minority influence 1.10: The role of social influence processes in social change Chapter 2: Cognitive psychology: memory 2.1: The multi-store model (MSM) 2.2: The working memory model (WMM) 2.3: Types of long-term memory 2.4: Explanations for forgetting 2.5: Factors affecting the accuracy of eye-witness testimony (EWT) 2.


6: Improving the accuracy of eye-witness testimony Chapter 3: Developmental psychology: attachment 3.1: Caregiver-infant interactions in humans 3.2: Animal studies of attachment 3.3: Explanations of attachment 3.4: Ainsworth's 'Strange situation' 3.5: Bowlby's maternal deprivation hypothesis (MDH) (1951) 3.6: The influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships Chapter 4: Individual differences: psychopathology 4.1: Definitions of abnormality 4.


2: Characteristics of phobias, depression and OCD 4.3: The behavioural approach to explaining and treating phobias 4.4: The cognitive approach to explaining and treating depression 4.5: The biological approach to explaining and treating OCD Chapter 5: Approaches for AS Psychology 5.1: Origins of psychology: Wundt, introspection and the emergence of psychology as a science 5.2: The biological approach 5.3: Learning approaches 5.4: The cognitive approach Chapter 6: Biopsychology for AS and A-level 6.


1: The influence of biological structures on behaviour: the divisions of the nervous system 6.2: The structure and function of sensory, relay and motor neurons 6.3: The influence of neurochemistry on behaviour: the function of the endocrine system 6.4: The fight-or-flight response including the role of adrenaline 6.5: Localisation of function in the brain 6.6: Ways of studying the brain 6.7: Biological rhythms Chapter 7: Research methods for AS and A Level 7.1: Research methods 7.


2: Scientific processes 7.3: Data handling and analysis 7.4: Inferential testing.


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