Simply Psychology



A-Level and Degree Psychology

This website has been designed for specifically for A-level AQA psychology students.

However, psychology bachelor degree students will also find it useful.

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This website will undergo extensive redevelopment after the May AS & A2 psychology exams to incorporate topics studied under the new AQA specifications. It will also include bachelor degree topic areas.

Cognitive Approach in Psychology

cognitive psychology

The cognitive approach is one of the 5 Main Perspectives in psychology.

The approach became popular in the 1950s and 1960s when Information Processing Approach used the computer as a metaphor for the workings of the mind.

There has also been considerable cognitive research in the area of human experimental psychology. Most notably Memory, Attention and Perception.

Sigmund Freud

freud's couch

Sigmund Freud is the founding father of Psychoanalyis and the Psychodynamic Approach in psychology.

Freud's contribution to psychology is vast.

For example, Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development, Defense Mechanisms and the famous Little Hans Case Study.

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Approaches In Psychology

  • Behaviourism
  • Humanistic Psychology
  • Biological Psychology
  • Psychodynamic Approach
  • Social Learning Theory

    • Studies In Psychology

  • Asch (1951) Conformity
  • Sherif (1935) Conformity
  • Crutchfield (1955)
  • Milgram (1963) Obedience
  • Hofling (1966) Obedience
  • Moscovici (1969)
  • Zimbardo (1973)
  • Katz and Braly (1933)
  • Adorno (1950) F-Scale
  • Sherif (1954) Robbers Cave
  • Festinger & Carlsmith (1959)
  • Craik and Tulving (1975)
  • Primacy/Recency (Memory)
  • Digit Span (Memory)
  • Broadbent (1958)
  • Freud (1909) Little Hans
  • Bowlby (1944) 44 Thieves
  • Hodges and Tizard (1989)
  • Rutter (1976)
  • Bandura (1965) Bobo Doll
  • Piaget Three Mountains Task
  • Watson and Raynor (1920)
  • Pavlov's Dogs (1903)
  • Loftus and Palmer (1974)

    • Developmental Psychology

  • Gender Psychology
  • Gender Theories
  • Attachment Psychology
  • Cognitive Development

    • Research Methods

  • Hypotheses
  • Experiments
  • Variables in Psychology
  • Experimental Design
  • Sampling
  • Ethics in Psychology
  • Correlations
  • Surveys
  • Observations
  • Case Studies
  • Descriptive Statistics
  • Inferential Statistics

    • Historical Figures In Psychology

    Social Psychology

    Cognitive Psychology

    Top 10 Pages

    Abnormal Psychology