Psychology A Level Essays

Psychology AQA (B) Essays

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• Discuss at least two assumptions of the Psychodynamic Approach in psychology (10 marks)
• Discuss at least two assumptions of the Behaviourist Approach in psychology (10 marks)
• Discuss at least two assumptions of the Cognitive Approach in psychology (10 marks)
• Discuss at least two assumptions of the Humanistic Approach in psychology (10 marks)
• Discuss at least two contributions of Skinner to Psychology (10 marks)
• Discuss at least two contributions of Freud to Psychology (10 marks)
• Discuss at least two contributions of Darwin to Psychology (10 marks)
• Discuss at least two contributions of Rogers to Psychology (10 marks)
• Discuss at least two contributions of Wundt to Psychology (10 marks)
• Psychology has been defined as the scientific study of human behaviour and experience. Describe and discuss how psychologists study behaviour and experience scientifically (10 marks)

Psychology AQA (A) Essays

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• Outline and evaluate research (theories and/or studies) into the role played by personality as a source of Stress. (18 marks)

Asch (1951) Conformity

Sherif (1935) Conformity

Crutchfield (1955)

Milgram (1963) Obedience

Hofling (1966) Obedience

Moscovici (1969)

Zimbardo (1973)

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

Bandura (1965) Bobo Doll

Piaget Three Mountains Task

Watson and Raynor (1920)

Pavlov's Dogs (1903)

Loftus and Palmer (1974)

Social Psychology

• Conformity
• Obedience
• Social Roles
• Minority Influence
• Self Concept
• Cognitive Dissonance
• Attitudes
• Attitude Measurement
• Prejudice
• Stereotypes

Cognitive Psychology

• Memory Psychology
• Memory Improvement
• Multi-Store Model
• Working Memory
• Levels of Processing
• Eyewitness Testimony
• Forgetting
• Perception
• Information Processing
• Selective Attention
• Optical Illusions