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A-Level · AQA

Psychology

Psychology

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Year 1 - Core Content

1.1 - Conformity

1.2 - Obedience to Authority

1.3 - Resistance to Social Influence

1.4 - Minority Influence

2.1 - Memory: Types

2.2 - Memory: Models

2.3 - Explanations for Forgetting

2.4 - Eyewitness Testimony & Cognitive Interview

3.1 - Attachment in Animal Studies

3.2 - Attachment Theories

3.3 - Measuring Attachment & Cultural Variations

3.4 - Effects of Disruption on Attachment

3.5 - Effects of Institutionalisation on Attachment

3.6 - How Early Attachment Affects Later Relationships

4.1 - Definitions in Mental Health

4.2 - Characteristics of Mental Disorders

4.3 - Cognitive Approach to Depression

4.4 - Behavioural Approach to Phobias

4.5 - Biological Approach to OCD

5.1 - Behaviourist Approach: Conditioning

5.2 - Behaviourist Approach: Social Learning Theory

5.3 - Cognitive Approach

5.4 - Biological Approach: Genetics

5.5 - Biological Approach: Brain Structure

6.1 - Nervous System: Neurones & Reflexes

6.2 - Nervous System: Synapses & Neurotransmitters

6.3 - Endocrine System: Glands & Hormones

6.4 - Endocrine System: Fight or Flight

Year 2 - Core Content

1.1 - Psychodynamic Approach

1.2 - Humanistic Approach

2.1 - Techniques for Studying the Brain

2.2 - Localisation & Lateralisation of Brain Function

2.3 - Brain Plasticity & Functional Recovery

3.1 - Implications of Gender Bias

3.2 - Implications of Cultural Bias

3.3 - Free Will & Determinism

3.4 - Holism & Reductionism

3.5 - Nature & Nurture

3.6 - Idiographic & Nomothetic Approaches

3.7 - Ethical & Social Implications

Year 2 - Option 1

1.1 - Attraction

1.2 - Theories of Romantic Relationships

1.3 - Virtual Relationships

1.4 - Parasocial Relationships

2.1 - Biological Sex

2.2 - Gender Identities

2.3 - Biological Explanations of Gender Development

2.4 - Cognitive Explanations of Gender Development

2.5 - Social Explanations of Gender

2.6 - Gender Dysmorphia

3.1 - Piaget's Theory

3.2 - Vygotsky's Theory

3.3 - Early Infant Abilities: Baillargeon

3.4 - Development of Social Cognition

3.5 - Mirror Neurone System

Year 2 - Option 2

1.1 - Classification & Diagnosis

1.2 - Biological & Psychological Explanations

1.3 - Treatments & Interactionist Approach

2.1 - Explanations for Food Preferences

2.2 - Neural & Hormonal Mechanisms

2.3 - Anorexia Nervosa: Biological & Psychological Explanations

3.1 - Biological Responses to Stress

3.2 - Effects of Stress on Health

3.3 - Sources of Stress: Life Changes

3.4 - Sources of Stress: Hassles

3.5 - Sources of Stress: Work

3.6 - Effects of Individual Differences

3.7 - Managing Stress

Year 2 - Option 3

1.1 - Neural, Hormonal & Genetic Influences

1.2 - Ethological & Evolutionary Theories

1.3 - Social Psychological Explanations

1.4 - Institutional & Media Influences

2.1 - Offender Profiling

2.2 - Biological Explanations of Offending Behaviour

2.3 - Psychological Explanations of Offending Behaviour

2.4 - Dealing with Offending: Imprisonment

2.5 - Dealing with Offending: Changing Behaviour

3.3 - Risk Factors

3.4 - Reducing & Treating Addiction