Psychology A Level and AS Book 1: The Complete Companion Student Book for WJEC Eduqas
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Contents
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Language
English
ISBN
9780198359975
Front Cover
Title Page
WJEC Eduqas Psychology A Level Year 1 and AS Level
Introduction
Approaches in psychology
Issues and debates
Chapter 1 The biological approach
Biological approach assumptions
Therapy 1: Drug therapy
Therapy 2: Psychosurgery
Classic evidence: Raine, Buchsbaum and LaCasse (1997)
Classic evidence: Raine, Buchsbaum and LaCasse (1997)(continued)
Contemporary debate: The ethics of neuroscience
Evaluating the biological approach
Some activities for you
Exam questions and answers
Chapter 2 The psychodynamic approach
Psychodynamic approach assumptions
Therapy 1: Dream analysis
Therapy 2: Psychodrama
Classic evidence: Bowlby (1944)
Classic evidence: Bowlby (1944) (continued)
Contemporary debate: The mother asprimary care-giver of an infant
Evaluating the psychodynamic approach
Some activities for you
Exam questions and answers
Chapter 3 The behaviourist approach
Behaviourist approach assumptions
Therapy 1: Aversion therapy
Therapy 2: Systematic desensitisation
Classic evidence: Watson and Rayner (1920)
Classic evidence: Watson and Rayner (1920) (continued)
Contemporary debate: Using conditioning techniques to control the behaviour of children
Evaluating the behaviourist approach
Some activities for you
Exam questions and answers
Chapter 4 The cognitive approach
Cognitive approach assumptions
Therapy 1: Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)
Therapy 2: Rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT)
Classic evidence: Loftus and Palmer (1974)
Classic evidence: Loftus and Palmer (1974) (continued)
Contemporary debate: The reliability of eye-witnesstestimony
Evaluating the cognitive approach
Some activities for you
Exam questions and answers
Chapter 5 The positive approach
Positive approach assumptions
Therapy 1: Mindfulness
Therapy 2: Quality of Life Therapy (QoLT)
Classic evidence: Myers and Diener (1995)
Classic evidence: Myers and Diener (1995) (continued)
Contemporary debate: Relevance of positive psychology in today’s society
Evaluating the positive approach
Some activities for you
Exam questions and answers
Chapter 6 Investigating behaviour
The experimental method
Validity: Control of variables
Return to hypotheses and other things
Experimental design
Location of research
Quasi-experiments
Threats to validity and dealing with them
Sampling
Ethical issues
Dealing with ethical issues
Observational techniques
Self-report techniques
Reliability
Types of validity
Correlational studies
Content analysis and case studies
Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies,and brain scans
Mathematical skills
Measures of central tendency and dispersion
Display of quantitative data
Types of data
Introduction to inferential statistics
Inferential tests: Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient
Inferential tests: Chi-squared (χ2) Test
Inferential tests: Sign Test
Inferential tests: Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Signed Ranks Test
Inferential tests: Mann–Whitney U Test
Reporting psychological investigations
Peer review
Social psychology: Milgram (1963)Behavioural study of obedience
Developmental psychology: Kohlberg (1968)The child as moral philosopher
Some activities for you
Exam questions and answers
Exam questions and answers (continued)
Activity answers
Examiner comments
References
Glossary/Index
Back Cover
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