Study
AQA A-Level Psychology 7182
Social Influence
Memory
Attachment
Topic overviewCaregiver-infant interactions: reciprocity and interactional synchronySchaffer's stages of attachmentMultiple attachments and the role of the fatherAnimal studies of attachmentExplanations of attachmentAinsworth's Strange Situation and types of attachmentBowlby's theory of maternal deprivation and effects of institutionalisationInfluence of early attachment on relationshipsCultural variations in attachment
Approaches in Psychology
Biopsychology
Topic overviewDivisions of the nervous systemStructure and function of neurons and synaptic transmissionThe endocrine systemThe fight or flight responseWays of studying the brainLocalisation of function and hemispheric lateralisationPlasticity and functional recovery of the brain after traumaBiological rhythms: circadian, infradian and ultradian
Clinical Psychology and Mental Health
Research Methods
Scientific Processes
Topic overviewAims and hypothesesSamplingPilot studiesExperimental designsObservational designQuestionnaire construction and design of interviewsVariablesControlDemand characteristics and investigator effectsEthicsPeer reviewImplications of psychological research for the economyReliabilityValidityFeatures of scienceReporting psychological investigations
Quantitative and Qualitative Data
Topic overviewQuantitative and qualitative data; the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data collection techniquesPrimary and secondary data, including meta-analysisDescriptive statistics: measures of central tendency and measures of dispersionPresentation and display of quantitative data: graphs, tables, scattergrams, bar chartsDistributions: normal and skewed distributionsIntroduction to statistical testing; the sign test
Data Handling and Analysis
Inferential Testing
Issues and Debates in Psychology
RelationshipsOption 1
GenderOption 1
Cognition and DevelopmentOption 1
SchizophreniaOption 2
Eating BehaviourOption 2
StressOption 2
AggressionOption 3
Forensic PsychologyOption 3
AddictionOption 3
Explanations for Nicotine AddictionOption 3
Approaches in Psychology
Learning approaches
- 5 things to know
- Paper 2
Overview
Classical conditioning from Pavlov's work, operant conditioning and the effects of reinforcement and punishment, and the four mediational processes of social learning theory.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Your recallNot started
Key term
How do positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and punishment each change behaviour?
Study
What apparatus did Skinner use, and what did his animals learn to do?
Process
Name the four cognitive processes that come between observing a behaviour and copying it.
Study
What did Bandura's Bobo doll research show about learning?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What are the two core assumptions of the behaviourist approach regarding how behaviour is acquired and how psychology should be studied?
Model answer
All behaviour is learned from the environment after birth, and psychology should be studied scientifically through observable behaviour only.
- 2
What is classical conditioning?
Model answer
Learning through association, where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus to produce a conditioned response.
- 3
In Pavlov's experiment, what was the neutral stimulus and what did it become after conditioning?
Model answer
The bell was the neutral stimulus, which became the conditioned stimulus after repeated pairing with food.
- 4
What response did Pavlov's dogs eventually produce to the bell alone, and what type of response is this classified as?
Model answer
Salivation to the bell alone, classified as a conditioned response.
- 5
In Pavlov's research, what was the unconditioned stimulus and what was the unconditioned response?
Model answer
The unconditioned stimulus was food, and the unconditioned response was salivation.
- 6
Define the unconditioned stimulus (UCS).
Model answer
A stimulus that produces an automatic, unlearned response.
Other ways to work this
The same content, four other ways.
What is inside Levo
Six ways to work the same material.
Every question in Approaches in Psychology, on a schedule.
Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.
Or £46 a year, about £3.83 a month. Cancel anytime.