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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
Memory
Explanations for forgetting
- 4 things to know
- Paper 1
Overview
Interference and retrieval failure as the two explanations, covering the two directions interference operates in and the difference between context-dependent and state-dependent forgetting.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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Key term
Distinguish the two directions in which interference operates.
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What does retrieval failure theory say about forgetting?
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Distinguish context-dependent from state-dependent forgetting.
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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According to interference theory, why does forgetting occur?
Model answer
Forgetting occurs because similar memories compete with and disrupt each other during storage or retrieval.
- 2
What is proactive interference?
Model answer
Proactive interference occurs when previously learned information interferes with the ability to recall new information learned later.
- 3
A student who learned to drive in the UK struggles to adapt to driving on the right side of the road in France. Which type of interference explains this difficulty?
Model answer
Proactive interference, because the previously learned driving habits are interfering with learning the new driving behaviour.
- 4
What is retroactive interference?
Model answer
Retroactive interference occurs when newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall information learned earlier.
- 5
A student learns French vocabulary, then learns Spanish vocabulary. Later, they struggle to recall the French words. Which type of interference is this?
Model answer
Retroactive interference, because the newly learned Spanish vocabulary is interfering with recall of the earlier French learning.
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In which temporal direction does proactive interference operate?
Model answer
Proactive interference works forwards in time, with old memories disrupting new learning.
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