Oxford International AQA Examinations: International A Level Psychology
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Language
English
ISBN
9780198417552
Front Cover
Title Page
Contents
Part 1: Introductory topics in Psychology
Chapter 1.1: Memory
Models of memory
The multi-store model of memory
The working memory model
Types of long-term memory
Factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
The cognitive interview as away of enhancing eyewitness accuracy
Chapter 1.2: Social psychology
Conformity
Obedience
Resistance
Chapter 1.3: Psychopathology
What is covered in Psychopathology?
Definitions of abnormality
Phobias
Depression
Part 2: Biopsychology, Development, and Research methods 1
Chapter 2.1: Biopsychology
The structure and function of sensory, relay, and motorneurons
The divisions of the nervoussystem
The function of the endocrine system
The fight or flight response
Localisation of function inthe brain and hemispheric lateralisation
Chapter 2.2: Cognitive development
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development
Baillargeon’s violation of expectations research
Social cognition
Chapter 2.3: Research methods 1
Research methods
Scientific processes
Data handling and analysis
Part 3: Advanced topics and Research methods 2
Chapter 3.1: Psychology of sleep
Biological rhythms
Disruption of biological rhythms
The nature of sleep
Functions of sleep
Disorders of sleep
Chapter 3.2: Schizophrenia
Biological explanations of schizophrenia
Cognitive explanations of schizophrenia
Drug therapy
Psychological therapies
Chapter 3.3: Research methods 2
Research methods and experiment designs
Scientific processes
Data handling and analysis
Part 4: Approaches and applications
Chapter 4.1: Scientific approaches in psychology
The learning approach
The cognitive approach
The biological approach
Chapter 4.2: Issues and debates in psychology
Free will and determinism
The nature–nurture debate
Reductionism and holism
Psychology and science
Chapter 4.3: Applied psychology: work and the individual
Group processes and individuals
Communication at work
Job motivation and satisfaction
Workplace stress
References
Index
Back Cover
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