A level Psychology

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Section 1 Approaching Psychology
Section 1 Topic 1 Chapter 5 Approaches to AS Psychology
•5.1 Origins of psychology: Wundt, introspection
and the emergence of psychology as a science
Section 1 Topic 2 Chapter 5 Approaches to AS Psychology
• 5.3 Learning approaches (Pavlov’s research and
Operant conditioning specifically)

Chapter 3 Developmental psychology: attachment

• 3.3 Explanations of attachment (Law of effect,
included in Operant conditioning)

Chapter 5 Approaches to AS Psychology

• Return to 5.3 Learning approaches
(Skinner’s research, Bandura’s research and the
role of mediating processes beneath this)

•5.4 The cognitive approach

(D.K Simons and C.F Chabris, and further down
Theoretical and computer models, including
Figure 5.11 and Figure 5.12, and The
emergence of cognitive neuroscience)
Section 1 Topic 3 Chapter 5 Approaches to AS Psychology
• 5.2 The Biological approach

Chapter 6 Biopsychology for AS and A level

• 6.1 The influence of biological structures on
behaviour (figure 6.1 specifically)

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Chapter 5 Approaches to AS Psychology

• Return to 5.2

Chapter 6 Biopsychology for AS and A level

• 6.2 The structure and function of sensory, relay
and motor neurons (Figure 6.3 and Figure 6.5
specifically)

• 6.4 The Fight-or-flight response (Figure 6.7

specifically)

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Section 2 Memory
Section 2 Topic 1 Chapter 2 Cognitive psychology: memory
• Introduction (In the news)

• 2.1 The multi-store model

(MSM) – includes the definitions of coding,
capacity and duration; the sensory register;
STM (short term memory) and LTM (long term
memory)

• 2.3 Types of long term memory

• Return to 2.1 – Table 2.1 specifically

Section 2 Topic 2 Chapter 7 Research methods for AS and A level
• 7.2 Scientific processes

Chapter 2 Cognitive psychology: memory

•2.2 The working memory model (Figure 2.11
specifically)
Section 2 Topic 3 Chapter 2 Cognitive psychology: memory
•2.4 Explanations for forgetting
(Interference theory, and Psychology in the real
world – Danielle Jones case, Increase your
knowledge)
Section 2 Topic 4 Chapter 2 Cognitive psychology: memory
• 2.4 Explanations for forgetting (Eyewitness
testimony)

• 2.5 Factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness

testimony (EWT)

Chapter 7 Research methods for AS and A level

• Re-read/recap 7.2 Scientific processes if
needed

Chapter 2 Cognitive psychology: memory

• 2.6 Improving the accuracy of eyewitness
testimony

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Section 3 Social influence: conformity and obedience
Section 3 Topic 1 Chapter 1 Social psychology: social influences
• 1.1 Types of conformity

• 1.2 Explanations for conformity

• 1.3 Variables affecting conformity

Chapter 7 Research methods

• 7.1 Research methods (specifically,
Correlational studies)

Chapter 1 Social psychology: social influences

•Chapter 1.4 Conformity to social roles
(Zimbardo)
Section 3 Topic 2 Chapter 1 Social psychology: social influences
• 1.5 Obedience and the work of Milgram

• 1.7 Situational variables affecting obedience

• 1.6 Explanations for obedience

Section 3 Topic 3 Chapter 1 Social psychology: social influences
• 1.9 Explanations of resistance to social
influence

Chapter 7 Research methods

• 7.1 Research methods (Self-report techniques)
Section 3 Topic 4 Chapter 1 Social psychology: social influences
• Chapter 1.10 Minority influence

Chapter 7 Research methods

• 7.2 Scientific processes (pilot studies)

Book 1 Chapter 1 Social psychology: social

influences
• Return to 1.10 Minority influence (Flexibility)

• 1.11 The role of social influence processes in

social change

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Section 4 Developmental psychology: Attachment
Section 4 Topic 1 Chapter 3 Developmental psychology: attachment
• 3.1 Caregiver-infant interactions in humans

Chapter 7 Research methods

• 7.1 Research methods (natural experiment
and, later, ‘Self report techniques’)

Chapter 3: Developmental psychology: attachment

• Return to 3.1, the Role of the father

Section 4 Topic 2 Chapter 3 Developmental psychology: attachment

•3.2 Animal studies in attachment
•3.3 Explanations of attachment (includes Table
3.2, along with Bowlby)
Section 4 Topic 3 Chapter 3 Developmental psychology: attachment
• 3.4 Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’

Chapter 7 Research methods

• 7.1 Research methods (observational
techniques)

Chapter 3 Developmental psychology: attachment

• Return to 3.4
Section 4 Topic 4 Chapter 3 Developmental psychology: attachment
• 3.5 Bowlby’s mental deprivation hypothesis
• 3.6 The influence of early attachment on
childhood and adult relationships

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Section 5 Psychopathology
Section 5 Topic 1 Chapter 4 Individual differences: psychopathology
• Introduction (In the news)
• 4.1 Definitions of abnormality

Chapter 7 Research methods

• 7.3 Data handling and analysis (standard
deviation)

Chapter 4 Individual differences: psychopathology

• Return to 4.1 Definitions of abnormality
Section 5 Topic 2 Chapter 4 Individual differences: psychopathology
•4.2 Characteristics of phobias, depression and
OCD
Section 5 Topic 3 Chapter 4 Individual differences: psychopathology
•4.3 The behavioural approach to explaining
and treating phobias
Section 5 Topic 4 Chapter 4 Individual differences: psychopathology
•4.4 The cognitive approach to explaining and
treating depression
Section 5 Topic 5 Chapter 4 Individual differences: psychopathology
• 4.5 The biological approach to explaining and
treating OCD

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Section 6 Research methods
Section 6 Topic 1 Chapter 7 Research methods for AS and A level
•Introduction (In the news)
•7.1 Research methods (you will move up and
down this section a lot in this topic)
Section 6 Topic 2 Chapter 7 Research methods for AS and A level
• 7.2 Scientific methods (you will move up and
down this section a lot in this topic)
• 7.1 Research methods
• Return to 7.2 Scientific methods
• Return to 7.1

Chapter 1 Social psychology: social influences

• Opportunity to recap 1.4 (Zimbardo) and 1.5
(Milgram) – studied previously in Section 3
Topic 1 and 2. As studied previously, you do
not have to return to this section unless you
would like a reminder.

Chapter 7 Research methods for AS and A level

• Return to 7.2
Section 6 Topic 3 Chapter 4 Individual differences: psychopathology
• 4.3 The behavioural approach to explaining
and treating phobias

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Section 7 Approaches and debates
Section 7 Topic 1 Chapter 5 Approaches in psychology
• 5.5 The psychodynamic approach
Section 7 Topic 2 Chapter 5 Approaches in psychology
• 5.6 Humanistic psychology
Section 7 Topic 3
Chapter 6 Biopsychology for AS and A level
• 6.5 Localisation of function in the brain
• 6.6 Ways of studying the brain
• 6.7 Biological rhythms
Section 7 Topic 4 Chapter 8 Issues and debates in psychology
• 8.1 Gender and culture in psychology
Section 7 Topic 5 Chapter 8 Issues and debates in psychology
• 8.2. Free will and determinism
Section 7 Topic 6 Chapter 8 Issues and debates in psychology
• 8.3 Nature-nurture debate
Section 7 Topic 7 Chapter 8 Issues and debates in psychology
• 8.4 Holism and reductionism
Section 7 Topic 8 Chapter 8 Issues and debates in psychology
•8.5 Idiographic and nomothetic approaches to
psychological investigation
Section 7 Topic 9 Chapter 8 Issues and debates in psychology
•8.6 Ethical implications of research studies and
theory
Section 7 Topic 10 Chapter 5 Approaches in psychology
• 5.7 Comparison of approaches

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Section 8 Schizophrenia
Section 8 Topic 1 Book 2 Chapter 6 Schizophrenia
• 6.1 Classification of schizophrenia
Book 1 Chapter 7 Research methods for AS and A
level
• 7.2 Scientific processes (‘Reliability’ and ‘Validity’
specifically)

Book 2 Chapter 6 Schizophrenia

• Return to 6.1 Classification of schizophrenia
Section 8 Topic 2 Chapter 11 Schizophrenia
•11.2 Biological explanations for schizophrenia
•11.3 Psychological explanations for
schizophrenia
Section 8 Topic 3 Chapter 11 Schizophrenia
•11.4 Drug therapies
•11.5 Cognitive behavioural therapy, family
therapy and token economies
Section 8 Topic 4 Chapter 11 Schizophrenia
• 11.6 The importance of the interactionist
approach in explaining and treating
schizophrenia

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Section 9 Cognition and development
Section 9 Topic 1 Chapter 15 Cognition and development
• 15.1 Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
Section 9 Topic 2 Chapter 15 Cognition and development
•15.2 Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive
development
Section 9 Topic 3 Chapter 15 Cognition and development
•15.3 Baillargeon’s explanation for early infant
abilities
Section 9 Topic 4 Chapter 15 Cognition and development
• 15.4 The development of social cognition

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Section 10 Aggression and further research methods
Section 10 Topic 1 Chapter 13 Aggression
• 13.1 Neural and hormonal mechanisms in
aggression

Chapter 7 Research methods at AS and A level

•7.1 Research methods (specifically, ‘case
studies’ and ‘observational techniques’)
• 7.3 Data handling and analysis
Section 10 Topic 2 Chapter 13 Aggression
• 13.2 The ethological explanation for aggression
• 13.3 Evolutionary explanations for aggression
Section10 Topic 3 Chapter 13 Aggression
•13.4 Social psychological explanations for
human aggression
Section 10 Topic 4 Chapter 13 Aggression
•13.5 Institutional aggression in the context of
prisons
Section 10 Topic 5 Chapter 13 Aggression
• 13.6 Media influences on aggression
Section 10 Topic 6 Chapter 7 Research methods
• 7.2 Scientific processes
Section 10 Topic 7 Chapter 7 Research methods
•7.3 Data handling and analysis (‘Introduction to
statistical testing’)
• 7.4 Inferential testing
Section 10 Topic 8 Chapter 7 Research methods
• 7.2 Scientific processes (to recap ‘research
design’ if needed)
• 7.4 Inferential testing
• 7.3 Data handling and analysis (worked
example of the sign test)

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