AQA A level PSYCHOLOGY Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY: BIOPSYCHOLOGY TEST WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION GRADED A+ Localisation of function - - Theory that states that different areas of the brain are responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities. Motor area - - Back of frontal lobe, involved in regulating movement. Somatosensory area - - Front of both parietal lobes, processes sensory information such as touch. Parts of the brain: Visual area. - - Occipital lobe, receives and processes visual information. Part...

approach. Compare to the biological approach, (classical conditioning) - - The idea of classical conditioning was developed by Pavlov who found that we learn through association. He found that it was possible to condition dogs to associate the sound of a bell with food. This resulted in the dogs producing a salivation response at the sound of a bell even when no food was present. Pavlov demonstrated that repeated exposure

AQA A Level Psychology: Memory Test Question with Complete Solution The ability to recall events from our lives - - What is the Episodic Memory? A visual representation of memory. It is a structural model in which STM and LTM are unitary stores. Information flows in a linear fashion through each store. Each store has a different capacity, information is held for a different duration, and information coding differs. - - What is The Multistore Model Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968) - - Who was ...

AQA A level psychology – biopsychology Test with Complete Solution what is localisation of function? - - different parts of the brain are responsible for different things. Therefore, if brain damage occurs to just one area, only the functions linked to this area will be affected. what theory does localisation of function contrast? - - holistic - different areas of the brain work together. What is the case of Phineas Gage? - - 1) pole through left cheek passing behind his eye and exiting ...

define eye witness testimony - ANSWER -the ability of people to remember the details of events such as crimes define misleading information - ANSWER -incorrect information given to an eye witness usually after an event. Can be leading questions or post event discussion define leading question - ANSWER -A question which, because of the way it is phrased, suggests a certain answer. define post event discussion - ANSWER -occurs when there is more than one witness to an event, witnesses may...

Type 1 error** - ANSWER -The null hypothesis is rejected and an alternative hypothesis is accepted when the null hypothesis is true. Optimistic error, more likely if significance level is too lenient. Type 2 error** - ANSWER -When the null hypothesis is accepted but the alternative hypothesis is true. Pessimistic error, more likely when the significance level is too low. Reliability - ANSWER - Assessing reliability - ANSWER -Test re-test reliability: Inter-observer: Correlation: I...

Aim for Meltzoff + Moore (Attachment) - ANSWER -To test for interactional synchrony Participants for Meltzoff + Moore (Attachment) - ANSWER -Babies Procedure for Meltzoff + Moore (Attachment) - ANSWER -- Adult model displayed one of three facial expressions/hand movements - At first, a dummy was placed in baby's mouth to prevent response - Then the dummy was removed + the display was repeated - Baby's response was filmed Findings for Meltzoff + Moore (Attachment) - ANSWER -There wa...

central executive -ANSWER - - acts as a filter to determine what information is received - limited capacity - baddeley found participants couldn't type letters and numbers on a keyboard whilst speaking random numbers - limited research phonological loop -ANSWER - - stores verbal information - divided into: - acoustic store: holds words heard - articulatory process: holds words heard and repeats them visuo-spatial sketchpad -ANSWER - - stores visual and spatial information - divided...

Origins of Psychology -ANSWER - Wundt founded first ever psychological lab in Germany in 1879. Aimed to document and describe the nature of human consciousness. Developed *introspection* Introspection -ANSWER - Involved recording own conscious thoughts. Aim was to break these thoughts down into their constituent parts. Isolating the structure of consciousness in this way is known as *Structuralism* Origins of psychology - Evaluation -ANSWER - -Wundt's methods were unreliable: ...