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All notes needed to pass AS Level Psychology or A-Level Paper 1. Including: Social Influence, Memory, Attachment and Psychopathology - all with evaluation.

An in-depth summary of the Social Influence part of the AQA Psychology course. Covers: - Types of conformity - Explanations of conformity - Variables affecting conformity from Asch’s research - Conformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo - General Explanations of Obedience from Milgram - Situational explanations of Obedience from Milgram - The authoritarian personality - Explanations of resistance to social influence - Minority influence - The role of social influence pro...

An in-depth summary of the Issues and Debates part of the AQA Psychology course. Covers: - Gender and culture biases in Psychology - Free will and Determinism - The nature-nurture debate - Holism and Reductionism - Idiographic and Nomothetic - Ethics JUST CONTENT NO EVALUATION

An in-depth summary of the Cognition and Development part of the AQA Psychology course. Covers: - Pigaet’s theory of cognitive development - Piaget's theory of intellectual development - Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development - Baillargeon’s explanation of early infant abilities - The development of social cognition & Selman’s theory - The development of social cognition & The mirror neuron system EVALUATION OF ALL

An in-depth summary of the Addiction part of the AQA Psychology course. Covers: - Describing addiction - Risk Factors in the development of addiction - Explanations for nicotine addiction - Explanations for gambling addiction - Reducing addiction - The application of theories to change addictive behaviour EVALUATION OF ALL

An in-depth summary of the Schizophrenia part of the AQA Psychology course. Covers: - Classification of Schizophrenia - Reliability and Validity of the diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia - Biological explanations of schizophrenia - Psychological explanations for schizophrenia - Drug Therapy - Cognitive behavioural therapy and Family therapy - Token economy - The interactionist approach EVALUATION OF ALL

An in-depth summary of the Biopsychology part of the AQA Psychology course. Covers: - Division of the Nervous system - The Structure and function of neurons - The process of synaptic transmission - The function of the endocrine system - The fight-or-flight response - Localisation and Lateralisation of Function - Plasticity and Functional Recovery - Ways of studying the brain - Circadian, Infradian and Ultradian Rhythms - Endogenous Pacemakers and Exogenous Zeitgebers EVALUATION OF A...

An in-depth summary of the Approaches part of the AQA Psychology course. Covers: - Origins of psychology - The Behaviourist approach - Social learning theory - The Cognitive approach - The Biological approach - The Psychodynamic approach - Humanistic Psychology EVALUATION OF ALL

An in-depth summary of the Memory part of the AQA Psychology course. Covers: - Models of memory (multi-store model of memory, Types of long-term memory, working memory model) and their features - Explanations of forgetting - Eyewitness testimony (Factors affecting the accuracy of EWT, The cognitive interview) EVALUATION OF ALL

An in-depth summary of the Attachment part of the AQA Psychology course. Covers: - Care-giver infant relations in humans - Shaffer & Emerson's stages of attachment and role of the father - Animal Studies (Lorenz + Harlow) - Explanations of attachment - Ainsworth's Strange Situation - Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation - Romanian orphan studies - Internal Working Model