AS Psychology

AS Psychology

• An Introduction to Psychology
  • What is psychology?
• Cognitive Psychology: Memory
  • Introduction to cognitive psychology
  • The multi-store model of memory
  • The working memory model
  • Forgetting
  • Eyewitness testimony
  • Strategies for memory improvement
  • Exam focus
• Developmental Psychology: Attachment
  • Introduction to developmental psychology
  • Types of attachment
  • Explanations of attachment
  • Disruption of attachment
  • Privation
  • Day care
  • Exam focus
• Research Methods
  • Experimental methods
  • Non-experimental techniques
  • Hypotheses and variables
  • Research design and implementation
  • Data analysis and presentation
  • Exam focus
• Biological Psychology: Stress
  • Introduction to biological psychology
  • The body's response to stress
  • Stress-related illness and the immune system
  • Stress in everyday life
  • Stress management
  • Exam focus
• Social Psychology: Social Influence
  • Introduction to social psychology
  • Conformity and minority influence
  • Milgram: obedience to authority
  • Explanations of obedience
  • Social influence in everyday life
  • Exam focus
• Individual Differences: Psychopathology
  • Introduction to individual differences
  • Defining abnormality
  • Anxiety disorders
  • The biological approach and treatment
  • The psychodynamic approach and treatment
  • The behavioural approach and treatment
  • The cognitive approach and treatment
  • Exam focus