Psychology Paper 3

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Decks in this class (24)

Addiction: Describing and Developing Addiction
Describing addiction: physical and psychological dependence, tolerance and withdrawal syndrome. Risk factors in the development of addiction, including genetic vulnerability, stress, personality, family influences and peers.
30  cards
Addiction: Explanations for nicotine addiction
Explanations for nicotine addiction: brain neurochemistry, including the role of dopamine, and learning theory as applied to smoking behaviour, including reference to cue reactivity.
37  cards
Addiction: Explanations for gambling addiction
Explanations for gambling addiction: learning theory as applied to gambling, including reference to partial and variable reinforcement; cognitive theory as applied to gambling, including reference to cognitive bias
34  cards
Addiction: Reducing addiction
Reducing addiction: drug therapy; behavioural interventions, including aversion therapy and covert sensitisation; cognitive behaviour therapy.
32  cards
Gender: Sex and gender
Sex and gender. Sex-role stereotypes. Androgyny and measuring androgyny including the Bem Sex Role Inventory
15  cards
Gender: The role of chromosomes and hormones (biological approach)
The role of chromosomes and hormones (testosterone, oestrogen and oxytocin) in sex and gender. Atypical sex chromosome patterns: Klinefelter’s syndrome and Turner’s syndrome
21  cards
Gender: Cognitive explanations of gender development
Cognitive explanations of gender development, Kohlberg’s theory, gender identity, gender stability and gender constancy; gender schema theory.
20  cards
Gender: Psychodynamic explanation of gender development
How do pre phallic children view ...,
What is the oedipus complex 2,
What is the electra complex 3
10  cards
Gender: Social learning theory of gender development
Social learning theory as applied to gender development. The influence of culture and media on gender roles
14  cards
Gender: Atypical gender development
Atypical gender development: gender dysphoria; biological and social explanations for gender dysphoria.
15  cards
Schizophrenia: Classifications
Classification of schizophrenia. Positive symptoms of schizophrenia, including hallucinations and delusions. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia, including speech poverty and avolition. Reliability and validity in diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia, including reference to co-morbidity, culture and gender bias and symptom overlap
10  cards
Schizophrenia: Biological explanation
What are the 3 genetic basis for ...,
Explain family studies as a genet...,
Explain candidate genes as a gene...
15  cards
Schizophrenia: Psychological explanation
What are the three divisions of f...,
Explain the schizophrenogenic mot...,
Explain the double bind theory as...
16  cards
Schizophrenia: Drug therapy
What are the two types of drugs u...,
What are typical antipsychotics a...,
What are atypical antipsychotics ...
8  cards
Schizophrenia: CBT and family therapy
What are the two types of cogniti...,
How does cbt treat sz ao1 2,
What 3 ways does family therapy t...
15  cards
Schizophrenia: Management
Explain how token economies were ...,
Explain how token economies can i...,
Outline the basics of token econo...
8  cards
Schizophrenia: Interactionist approach
What are the two divisions of the...,
What are the 3 divisions of the d...,
Explain meehl s model as a part o...
11  cards
Issues and Debates: Gender bias
What are the two types of gender ...,
What is alpha bias 2,
Give an example of alpha bias 3
5  cards
Issues and Debates: Culture bias
0  cards
Issues and Debates: Free will and Determinism
0  cards
Issues and debates: Nature-Nurture debate
0  cards
Issues and debates: Holism and Reductionism
0  cards
Issues and debates: Idiographic and nomothetic approaches
0  cards
Issues and Debates: Ethical Implications
0  cards

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