aqa a-level psychology

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Section 1 : Social Influence - Conformity
What is conformity,
What are the 3 types of conformity,
What is compliance
58  cards
Section 1 : Social Influence - Conformity To Social Roles
What are social roles,
What is an example of social roles,
Who set up a study for conformity...
20  cards
Section 1 : Social Influence - Resistance To Social Influence
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More of milgram s participants re...,
What did asch find in his studies...
17  cards
Section 1 : Social Influence - Minority Influence and Social Change
What would happen if everyone wen...,
What gains influence and changes ...,
What type of conformity is involv...
43  cards
Section 1 : Social Influence - Obedience To Authority
What is obedience,
Who studied obedience,
What type of experiment were milg...
58  cards
Section 5 : The Approaches in Psychology - The Origins of Psychology
What is psychology,
What are the different schools of...,
What are the different approaches
21  cards
Section 5 : The Approaches In Psychology - Behaviourism
What is behaviourism also known as,
Where did behaviourism start,
When did behaviourism start
75  cards
Section 5 : The Approaches in Psychology - The Cognitive Approach
What does cognitive psychology lo...,
The cognitive approach observed what,
How do cognitive psychologists tr...
59  cards
Section 5 : The Approaches in Psychology - The Biological Approach
What are the 3 basic assumptions ...,
What contains the information tha...,
Genes are important in the develo...
45  cards
Section 5 : The Approaches in Psychology - The Psychodynamic Approach
Who developed the psychodynamic a...,
What does psycho refer to,
What does dynamic refer to
47  cards
Section 5 : The Approaches In Psychology - Humanistic Approach
What does humanistic psychology f...,
What do humanistic psychologists ...,
What does humanistic approach to ...
47  cards
Section 4 : Psychopathology - Defining Abnormality
What can abnormality be described as,
What are the limitations of defin...,
What can abnormality also be desc...
15  cards
Section 4 : Psychopathology - Depression, Phobias, OCD
What do psychologists try to do t...,
What is used to classify disorders,
How does the dsm classify disorders
57  cards
Section 4 : Psychopathology - The Cognitive Approach to Depression
What does the cognitive approach ...,
What models explain how fatty cog...,
Who and when proposed ellis s abc...
22  cards
Section 4 : Psychopathology - The Behavioural Approach to Phobias
What does the behavioural model o...,
What do behaviourists argue about...,
How are phobias formed in classic...
22  cards
Section 4 : Psychopathology - The Biological Apporach to OCD
What does the biological approach...,
What are the biological explanati...,
What evidence is there for that g...
24  cards
Section 3 : Attachment - Attachment
Define attachment,
What is attachment,
What do securely attached infants...
28  cards
Section 3 : Attachment - Animal Studies of Attachement
What was the method of lorenz 1935,
What is imprinting,
What was the results of the first...
17  cards
Section 3 : Attachment - Explanations of Attachments
What is learning theory also know...,
What does the learning theory foc...,
What is given as an explanation f...
18  cards
Section 3 : Attachment - Types of Attachment
Attachments can be,
What is a secure attachment,
In a secure attachment what happe...
25  cards
Section 3 : Attachment - Disruption of Attachement
Attachment can be disrupted by,
Define separation,
Define deprivation
20  cards
Section 3 : Attachment - Effects of Institutionalism
What is privation,
What is deprivation,
Who criticised the maternal depri...
15  cards
Section 3 : Attachment - Early Attachments And Later Relationships
What did bowlby s internal workin...,
Give an example of the internal w...,
What was the method of hazan and ...
12  cards
Section 2 : Memory - Types of Memory
What is memory,
What are the three types of memory,
What is the sensory register
34  cards
Section 2 : Memory - Models of Memory
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1  cards
Section 2 : Memory - Forgetting
What is forgetting,
Why is some information the stm f...,
Why does ltm forget
5  cards
Section 2 : Memory - Eyewitness Testimony
M
1  cards
Section 7 : Research Methods
What are the different types of e...,
What are the strengths of lab exp...,
What are the limitations of lab e...
78  cards
Section 6 : Biopsychology - The Nervous System
The nervous system has two main p...,
What is the cns made up of,
What is the peripheral nervous sy...
39  cards
Section 6 : Biopsychology - The Endocrine System
What is a gland,
What is a hormone,
Where are hormones secreted from
21  cards
Section 6 : Biopsychology - Localisation of Function
What is the localisation of function,
What is the localisation of funct...,
What does the motor cortex do
27  cards
Section 6 : Biopsychology - Plasticity
What is plasticity,
How does plasticity work,
What is cortical representation
11  cards
Section 6 : Biopsychology - Studying the Brain
What are fmri scans,
How do fmri s identify the active...,
What are the uses of fmri scans
20  cards
Section 6 : Biopsychology - Biological Rhythms
What are the three types biologic...,
What are circadian rhythms,
What are infradian rhythms
22  cards

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