A level Psychology

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Decks in this class (107)

Experimental Design
What is an experimental design 1,
What is an independent groups des...,
What is the definition for repeat...
26  cards
Control of Variables
What is an extraneous variable 1,
What is a confounding variable 2,
What is demand characteristics 3
7  cards
Sampling Techniques
What is the definition for random...,
What is the definition for strati...,
What is the definition for system...
15  cards
Types of Experiments
What is validity 1,
What is reliability 2,
What is mundane realism 3
16  cards
Ethical Issues & How to Deal With Them
What are ethical issues 1,
What is the bps code of ethics 2,
What does dripp stand for 3
27  cards
Observations: Technique & Design
What is naturalistic observation 1,
What is controlled observation 2,
What is covert observation 3
25  cards
Self-Report: Technique & Design
What is a questionnaire 1,
What is an open question 2,
What is a closed question 3
16  cards
Data Handling & Types of Data
What is qualitative data 1,
What is quantitative data 2,
What are the positives of qualita...
11  cards
Correlations
What are correlation techniques 1,
What words are associated with co...,
What words are associated with ex...
7  cards
Peer review and the economy
What is peer reviewing 1,
What are the steps for a peer rev...,
What is the economy 3
4  cards
Descriptive Stats
What is the advantage of the mean 1,
What is the advantage of the medi...,
What is the advantage of the mode 3
11  cards
Case Studies
What is a case study 1,
What are the strengths of case st...,
What are the weaknesses of case s...
5  cards
Origins of Psychology
What is the definition of psychol...,
What is the definition of science 2,
What is the definition of introsp...
19  cards
Psychodynamics Approach
What is the psychodynamic approach 1,
What is the unconscious 2,
What is the id 3
29  cards
Behaviourist Approach
John B Watson, remind me of Wallace, from Wallace and Gromit and gromit, you have the dog (pavlovs dog) and they love cheese (like skinners rats)
18  cards
Social Learning Theory
What is the social learning theory 1,
What is imitation 2,
What is modelling 3
12  cards
The cognitive approach
What is the definition of the cog...,
What are the internal mental proc...,
What is a schema 3
14  cards
The Biological approach
Who was phineas gage and how did ...,
What is the biological approach 2,
What are some medicines that can ...
18  cards
Humanistic approach
Why are you unable to generalise ...,
What is free will 2,
Who founded the humanistic approa...
13  cards
Comparisons of Approaches
Main focus of behaviourist 1,
Main focus of cognitive 2,
Main focus of biological 3
41  cards
Gender Bias in Psychology
What is universality 1,
What is gender bias 2,
What is androcentrism 3
15  cards
Cultural bias
What is cultural bias 1,
What is ethnocentrism 2,
What is cultural relativism 3
12  cards
Holism vs Reductionism
What is holism 1,
What is reductionism 2,
What is biological reductionism 3
10  cards
Free will vs Determinism debate
What is free will 1,
What is determinism 2,
What is hard determinism 3
16  cards
Nature vs Nurture
What is the nature nurture debate 1,
What is heredity 2,
What is the environment 3
14  cards
Nomothetic vs Idiographic
What is the idiographic approach 1,
What is the nomothetic approach 2,
What are some methods of investig...
12  cards
Ethical implications in research
The whole is greater than the sum...,
What are ethical implications 2,
What is social sensitivite resear...
10  cards
Conformity
What is conformity 1,
What is internalisation 2,
What is identification 3
10  cards
Asch's research into conformity
What was the aim of asch experime...,
What was the type of experiment o...,
What were the variables in asch e...
14  cards
Zimbardo's research into conformity
What is dispositional 1,
What is situational 2,
What is deindividualization 3
12  cards
Milgrams research into obedience
What is obedience 1,
What is internal validity 2,
What is external validity 3
18  cards
Milgram’s Situational Variables
What were the three situational v...,
What is proximity within milgram ...,
What is location within milgram s...
10  cards
Explaining obedience: social psychological factors
What is an agentic state 1,
What is an autonomous state 2,
What is legitimacy of authority 3
9  cards
Explaining Obedience: Dispositional (personality) Factors
What is dispositional 1,
What is an authoritarian personal...,
Who first proposed authoritarian ...
12  cards
Resisting social influence
What are the two explanations of ...,
What is locus of control 2,
What is internal locus of control 3
11  cards
Minority influence
What is minority influence 1,
Why does minority influence take ...,
What are the three factors that e...
14  cards
Social change
What is social change 1,
Negative example of social change 2,
Positive example of social change 3
15  cards
Coding, Capacity and Duration
What are the three main types of ...,
What is the order of events in ho...,
What is duration of memory 3
13  cards
Research into memory
What was the method for peterson ...,
What was the result for peterson ...,
What type of experiment did peter...
25  cards
Multi-store-model
Who developed the multi store mod...,
What is the multi store model 2,
What are the two main stores when...
9  cards
The Working Memory Model
Researchers baddeley hitch 1974 q...,
What is the working memory model 2,
What are the 6 sections of the wo...
14  cards
Types of LTM
What is episodic memory 1,
What is semantic memory 2,
What is procedural memory 3
11  cards
explanations of forgetting (interference and retrieval failure)
Why do we forget stm 1,
What is proactive interfernce 2,
What is retroactive interference 3
15  cards
EWT
Who stated that memories are not ...,
What are the two factors effectin...,
Key study 1 loftus palmer 1974 pr...
32  cards
Cognitive Interview
What is the cognitive interview 1,
Who developed the cognitive inter...,
What are the four steps for the c...
15  cards
Caregiver-infant interaction
What is the definition for an att...,
What behaviors are displayed when...,
Feldman 2007 3
18  cards
Role of the Father
What did grossman 2002 do and fin...,
What did geiger 1996 find in rela...,
What did hrdy 1999 find in relati...
14  cards
Schaffer’s Stages of Attachment
What was the aim of rudolf schaff...,
What was the method for schaffer ...,
What is a weakness of schaffer an...
14  cards
Animal Studies: Lorenz’s Geese
Why would animal studies be used ...,
What is imprinting 2,
What was the aim of lorenz 1935 3
10  cards
Harlows Monkeys
What was the method for harlows a...,
What was the results for harlows ...,
What was the conclusions for harl...
13  cards
Explanations of attachment: Learning Theory
What is a learning theory 1,
What did john dollard and neal mi...,
How does cupboard love link to cl...
11  cards
explanations of attachment: bowlby's monotropic theory
What does the term monotropic mean 1,
What are internal working models 2,
What is the critical period 3
14  cards
Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis
How did bowlby s argument influen...,
In what ways does disruption occur 2,
What is short term separation 3
22  cards
Ainsworth’s Strange Situation
What is a strange situation in re...,
What is secure attachment 2,
What is insecure avoidant attachm...
18  cards
Romanian Orphan Studies
What is institutionalisation 1,
What are orphan studies 2,
What is disinhibited attachment 3
13  cards
Abnormality
What is a deviation from social n...,
What is a statistical infrequency 2,
What is failure to function adequ...
27  cards
OCD: Clinical Characteristics
What are obsessions 1,
Is obsession cognitive or behavio...,
Is compulsion cognitive or behavi...
15  cards
OCD: Bio Explanations
What is a genetic explanation 1,
What is co morbidity 2,
What is serotonin 3
14  cards
OCD: Biological treatments
What is drug therapy 1,
What is synaptic transmission 2,
What are the two types of drug th...
12  cards
Characteristics of depression
What is depression 1,
What are behavioral attributes of...,
What is psychomotor agitation 3
12  cards
Cognitive explanation of depression
What is the abc de model 1,
What is beck s cognitive theory o...,
What are cognitive biases 3
21  cards
Cognitive treatments for depression
What are the advantages of therap...,
What are the disadvantages of the...,
What is cbt 3
16  cards
Phobia characteristics
What is a phobia 1,
What is anxiety 2,
Where do most phobias originate f...
10  cards
Behavioural approach to explaining phobias
What model was proposed by hobart...,
What is the two process model 2,
What is the details of little alb...
11  cards
Behavioural treatments of phobias
Who developed systematic desensit...,
What is systematic desensitisation 2,
What is counterconditioning 3
17  cards
Types of Reliability & Validity
What is reliability 1,
What are the two types of reliabi...,
What are the two ways in which a ...
22  cards
Probability, Significance & Inferential Tests
What is probability 1,
What is the definition of signifi...,
What is a critical value 3
14  cards
Choosing an inferential stats test
What are the three criteria for c...,
What are the three types of level...,
What is nominal data 3
13  cards
Presentation of quantitative data (graphs)
What are summary tables used to r...,
What are scattergrams used to rep...,
What are bar graphs used to repre...
11  cards
Content and thematic analysis
What is a content analysis 1,
What different formats can conten...,
The process of content analysis 3
8  cards
Designing a study
Tips for designing your own study 1
1  cards
Features of science
What is the acronym for the featu...,
What is theory construction 2,
What is hypothesis testing 3
14  cards
Nervous system and neurons
What is the two main functions of...,
What are the two sub divisions of...,
What are the subdivisions of the ...
12  cards
Localisation of Function
What is localisation of function 1,
What is hemispheric lateralisation 2,
What is the cerebral cortex 3
14  cards
Plasticity
What is plasticity 1,
How does neuroplasticity occur 2,
What is synaptic pruning 3
23  cards
Split Brain Research into Hemispheric Lateralisation
What is hemispheric lateralisation 1,
What is split brain research 2,
What is localisation of function ...
19  cards
Ways of investigating the brain
What is fmri functional magnetic 1,
What are the uses of fmri 2,
Evaluation of fmri strengths 3
14  cards
Endogenous Pacemakers and Exogenous Zeitgebers
What is an endogenous pacemaker 1,
What is an exogenous zeitgebers 2,
Do endogenous pacemaker and exoge...
13  cards
Circadian Rhythms
What is a circadian rhythms 1,
Human body cycle key components 2,
Siffre 1972 study 3
18  cards
Infradian and Ultradian Rhythms
What are infradian rhythms 1,
What are ultra radian rhythms 2,
What is an example of infradian r...
18  cards
Offender Profiling: The top down approach
What is offender profiling 1,
Examples of what profilers look f...,
Origins of top down approach 3
17  cards
Offender profiling: bottom-up approach
What is the bottom up approach 1,
What is investigative psychology 2,
What are the 5 assumptions that u...
15  cards
Atavistic form
Who founded the atavistic approac...,
Physiological and non physical tr...,
Physiological examples of murdere...
12  cards
Bio explanations: Genetic and neural explanations of offending behaviour
Lange 1930 twin studies 1,
Problems with twin studies with r...,
What are adoption studies 3
17  cards
Psychological Explanations: Eysenck’s Theory
What is eysenck s theory 1963 1,
What is extraversion 2,
What is neuroticism 3
14  cards
Cognitive explanations: Forensic Psychology
What did piaget 1932 propose 1,
What are cognitive distortions 2,
What does gibbs 1995 believe in r...
19  cards
Psychodynamic explanations of crime
What did ronald blackburn 1993 ar...,
What is the weak superego 2,
What is the deviant superego 3
9  cards
Differential association theory
What type of theory is differenti...,
What is differential association 2,
Sutherland 1924 beliefs 3
13  cards
Dealing with offending behaviour: custodial sentencing
What is custodial sentencing 1,
What are the four reasons for cus...,
What is deterrence 3
12  cards
Dealing With Offender Behaviour: Anger Management
What is anger management 1,
Studies in how do we treat unheal...,
What are the three stages of ange...
16  cards
Dealing With Offender Behaviour: Restorative Justice
What is restorative justice 1,
The process of restorative justice 2,
Key features of the process of re...
10  cards
Sexual Selection and reproductive behavior
What is the evolutionary approach 1,
What is sexual selection 2,
What is sexual dimorphism 3
13  cards
Physical Attractiveness
Why is physical attraction for ex...,
Common factors of physcial attrac...,
Research into facial symmetry 3
12  cards
Self-Disclosure: Factors affecting attraction
What is self disclosure 1,
Is self disclosure appropriate 2,
Factors that influence self discl...
15  cards
Filter Theory
Who proposed the filter theory 1,
What is the filter theory 2,
What are the three filters within...
14  cards
Social exchange theory
Thiabualt and kelley 1958 1,
Example of rewards for being in a...,
Example of costs for being in a r...
14  cards
Equity Theory
What is equity theory 1,
Role of equity according to walst...,
What are the consequences of ineq...
10  cards
Rusbult’s Investment Model
What is rusbult s investment model 1,
What is satisfaction 2,
What is the crucial third factor 3
14  cards
Duck’s Phase Model of Relationship Breakdown​
Why do relationships end 1,
What was ducks theory 2,
What are the reasons for break ups 3
18  cards
Virtual Relationships
What is cmc 1,
What is ftf relationships 2,
Difference between cmc and ftf 3
16  cards
Parasocial Relationship
What is a para social relationship 1,
Who defined parasocial relationsh...,
Who developed the celebrity attit...
16  cards
Classification and Diagnosis of SZ
What is schizophrenia 1,
What are the two main classificat...,
How does the icd 10 classify sz 3
15  cards
Bio explanations of SZ
What are the three explanations f...,
How does genetics explain sz 2,
Does sz have candidate genes 3
18  cards
Schizophrenia: Biological Treatments
What are the benefits of using dr...,
What is the most common drug ther...,
What are the two types of antipsy...
13  cards
Psychological explanations of SZ
What is the family dysfunction ex...,
The schizophrenogenic mother study 2,
What is the double bind theory 3
15  cards
Schizophrenia: Psychological Treatments
What is family therapy 1,
How does cbt help individuals wit...,
What strategies are suggested 3
10  cards
Schizophrenia: The Interactionist Approach​
What is the the interactionist ap...,
Meehl s 1962 the original diathes...,
What is a limitation of the origi...
12  cards

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