Psychology A Level Year 1 and AS: Revision Guide for AQA
Matched to our bestselling and trusted The Complete Companions Student Books, and AQA's AS and A Level examination requirements this Revision Guide has been written and reviewed by examiners, providing you with clear, focussed coverage of everything you need to know so you can approach your exams confident of success.
Recap key AO1 knowledge and AO3 discussion/evaluation points with just the right amount of information for each topic to consolidate your knowledge and understanding. Apply what you know with targeted revision activities that rehearse key examination skills and guide you through answering every question type you might face. Review and track revision with suggested consolidation activities to embed your learning. Perfect for use
alongside the Student Book or as a stand-alone resource for independent revision, this colourful Revision Guide helps you Recap, Apply, Review and ultimately Succeed at AS or A Level Psychology.
Other titles in the series include:
· The Complete Companions: A Level Year 2 Psychology Revision Guide for AQA
· The Complete Companions: A Level Year 1 and AS Psychology Student Book
· The Complete Companions: A Level Year 2 Psychology Student Book
· The Complete Companions: A Level Year 1 and AS Psychology: Paper 1 Exam Workbook for AQA
· The Complete Companions: A Level Year 1 and AS Psychology: Paper 2 Exam Workbook for AQA
Workbooks to support A Level Paper 3 optional topics are also available.
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Social influence
- Conformity
- Obedience
- Resisting social influence
- Minority influence
- Social change
- Chapter 2 Memory
- Models of memory
- Explanations of forgetting
- Eyewitness testimony
- Chapter 3 Attachment
- Development of attachment
- Animal studies
- Explanations of attachment
- Types of attachment
- Damaged attachments
- Influence of early attachments
- Chapter 4 Psychopathology
- Definitions of abnormality
- The characteristics of mental disorders
- The behavioural approach: phobias
- The cognitive approach: depression
- The biological approach: OCD
- Chapter 5 Approaches in psychology
- Origins of psychology
- Learning approaches
- The cognitive approach
- The biological approach
- The psychodynamic approach
- Humanistic psychology
- Comparison of approaches
- Chapter 6 Biopsychology
- The nervous system
- The endocrine system
- The fight-or-flight response
- Localisation and lateralisation
- Ways of studying the brain
- Biological rhythms
- Chapter 7 Research methods
- Experimental methods and scientific processes
- Ethical issues
- Other research methods
- Data handling and analysis
- Peer review
- Psychology and the economy
- Answers to activities
