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A Level Psychology, topic by topic.

101 free guides covering Social Influence, Memory, Attachment, Psychopathology, Approaches in Psychology and Biopsychology - each with a plain-English explanation, a worked example, practice questions and exam-style questions with full mark schemes. Every guide links to a free printable worksheet, no card or account needed.

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Social Influence

Milgram's Baseline Study Into Obedience: Procedure and FindingsYear 12-13 (A Level)Explanations for Obedience: Agentic State and Legitimacy of AuthorityYear 12-13 (A Level)Situational Variables in Obedience: Proximity, Location and UniformYear 12-13 (A Level)The Authoritarian Personality as a Dispositional Explanation for ObedienceYear 12-13 (A Level)Minority Influence: Consistency, Commitment and FlexibilityYear 12-13 (A Level)Social Influence Processes and Social ChangeYear 12-13 (A Level)Conformity: types, explanations, Asch's research and Zimbardo's Stanford Prison ExperimentYear 12-13 (A Level)

Memory

The multi-store model of memory: sensory register, STM and LTM, coding, capacity and durationYear 12-13 (A Level)Eyewitness testimony: the effect of misleading information (leading questions and post-event discussion)Year 12-13 (A Level)Types of Long-Term Memory: Episodic, Semantic and ProceduralYear 12-13 (A Level)The Working Memory Model: Central Executive to Episodic BufferYear 12-13 (A Level)Explanations for Forgetting: Proactive and Retroactive InterferenceYear 12-13 (A Level)Explanations for Forgetting: Retrieval Failure and Cue-DependencyYear 12-13 (A Level)Eyewitness Testimony: The Effect of Anxiety on RecallYear 12-13 (A Level)Improving Eyewitness Testimony: The Cognitive InterviewYear 12-13 (A Level)

Attachment

Attachment types: Ainsworth's Strange Situation and cultural variations in attachmentYear 12-13 (A Level)Caregiver-Infant Interactions: Reciprocity and Interactional SynchronyYear 12-13 (A Level)Stages of Attachment and the Role of the FatherYear 12-13 (A Level)Animal Studies of Attachment: Lorenz and HarlowYear 12-13 (A Level)Learning Theory as an Explanation of AttachmentYear 12-13 (A Level)Maternal Deprivation and the Effects of InstitutionalisationYear 12-13 (A Level)The Influence of Early Attachment on Later RelationshipsYear 12-13 (A Level)

Psychopathology

The Four Definitions of AbnormalityYear 12-13 (A Level)Characteristics of Phobias: Behavioural, Emotional and CognitiveYear 12-13 (A Level)Characteristics of Depression: Behavioural, Emotional and CognitiveYear 12-13 (A Level)Characteristics of OCD: Behavioural, Emotional and CognitiveYear 12-13 (A Level)The Two-Process Model: Explaining Phobias via ConditioningYear 12-13 (A Level)Treating Phobias: Systematic Desensitisation and FloodingYear 12-13 (A Level)The Cognitive Approach to Depression: Beck, Ellis and CBTYear 12-13 (A Level)The Biological Approach to OCD: Genes, Neural Explanations and Drug TherapyYear 12-13 (A Level)

Approaches in Psychology

Wundt, Introspection and the Emergence of Psychology as a ScienceYear 12-13 (A Level)The Behaviourist Approach: Classical Conditioning and Pavlov's ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)The Behaviourist Approach: Operant Conditioning and Skinner's ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)Social Learning Theory: Imitation, Modelling and Bandura's ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)The Cognitive Approach: Schema, Inference and Cognitive NeuroscienceYear 12-13 (A Level)The Biological Approach: Genes, Neurochemistry and Evolutionary ExplanationsYear 12-13 (A Level)The Psychodynamic Approach: Tripartite Personality and Psychosexual StagesYear 12-13 (A Level)

Biopsychology

Divisions of the Nervous System: Central and PeripheralYear 12-13 (A Level)Applying Nature-Nurture and Gene-Environment Interaction to BiopsychologyYear 12-13 (A Level)Neurons and Synaptic TransmissionYear 12-13 (A Level)The Endocrine System: Glands and HormonesYear 12-13 (A Level)The Fight or Flight Response and the Role of AdrenalineYear 12-13 (A Level)Localisation of Function and Hemispheric LateralisationYear 12-13 (A Level)Plasticity and Functional Recovery of the BrainYear 12-13 (A Level)Ways of Studying the Brain: Scanning Techniques and EEGYear 12-13 (A Level)Biological Rhythms: Circadian, Infradian and UltradianYear 12-13 (A Level)Evaluating Biopsychology: Reductionism, Determinism and MethodologyYear 12-13 (A Level)

Research Methods

Probability, Significance and Type I and Type II ErrorsYear 12-13 (A Level)The Chi-Squared Test: Rationale, Application and Critical ValuesYear 12-13 (A Level)Spearman's Rho: Rationale, Application and Critical ValuesYear 12-13 (A Level)Features of Science: Objectivity, Falsifiability, Replication and ParadigmsYear 12-13 (A Level)Peer Review and the Reporting of Psychological ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)Experimental Designs: Repeated Measures, Independent Groups and Matched PairsYear 12-13 (A Level)Types of Experiment: Laboratory, Field, Natural and Quasi-ExperimentsYear 12-13 (A Level)Observational Techniques: Design, Sampling and Inter-Observer ReliabilityYear 12-13 (A Level)Self-Report Techniques: Questionnaire and Interview DesignYear 12-13 (A Level)Correlational Analysis: Co-Variables, Correlation Coefficients and ScattergramsYear 12-13 (A Level)Sampling Methods and Ethical Issues in Psychological ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)Reliability and Validity in Psychological ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)Data Handling: Descriptive Statistics, Graphs and Levels of MeasurementYear 12-13 (A Level)Research methods: variables, hypotheses, choosing a statistical test and the sign testYear 12-13 (A Level)

Issues and Debates

Gender Bias in Psychological Theory and ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)Applying Issues and Debates to Conformity and Obedience ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)Culture Bias in Psychological Theory and ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)Free Will and Determinism: Philosophical PositionsYear 12-13 (A Level)Biological, Environmental and Psychic Determinism and the Scientific ApproachYear 12-13 (A Level)The Nature-Nurture Debate and the Interactionist ApproachYear 12-13 (A Level)Holism and Reductionism in Psychological ExplanationYear 12-13 (A Level)Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches to Psychological InvestigationYear 12-13 (A Level)Ethical Implications of Research Studies and TheoryYear 12-13 (A Level)Applying Issues and Debates to Memory and Eyewitness Testimony ResearchYear 12-13 (A Level)

Relationships

Sexual Selection and Human Reproductive BehaviourYear 12-13 (A Level)Factors in Attraction: Self-Disclosure and Physical AttractivenessYear 12-13 (A Level)Filter Theory of Relationship FormationYear 12-13 (A Level)Social Exchange Theory and Equity Theory of Romantic RelationshipsYear 12-13 (A Level)Rusbult's Investment Model of Commitment in RelationshipsYear 12-13 (A Level)Duck's Phase Model of Relationship BreakdownYear 12-13 (A Level)Virtual Relationships in Social MediaYear 12-13 (A Level)Explaining Parasocial Relationships: Absorption-Addiction and AttachmentYear 12-13 (A Level)

Gender

Biological Explanations of Gender DevelopmentYear 12-13 (A Level)Cognitive, Psychodynamic and Social Explanations of Gender DevelopmentYear 12-13 (A Level)

Cognition and Development

Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development and Vygotsky's Sociocultural TheoryYear 12-13 (A Level)Baillargeon's Infant Research and the Development of Social CognitionYear 12-13 (A Level)

Schizophrenia

Biological Explanations for Schizophrenia: Genetics and Neural CorrelatesYear 12-13 (A Level)Psychological Explanations for Schizophrenia: Family and Cognitive TheoryYear 12-13 (A Level)Treating Schizophrenia: Therapies and the Interactionist ApproachYear 12-13 (A Level)Classification and Diagnosis of SchizophreniaYear 12-13 (A Level)

Eating Behaviour

Explanations for the Success and Failure of DietingYear 12-13 (A Level)Biological Explanations for Anorexia NervosaYear 12-13 (A Level)Psychological Explanations for Anorexia NervosaYear 12-13 (A Level)Biological and Psychological Explanations for ObesityYear 12-13 (A Level)

Stress

The Physiology of Stress and Stress-Related IllnessYear 12-13 (A Level)Sources of Stress, Individual Differences and Managing StressYear 12-13 (A Level)

Aggression

Biological Explanations of Aggression: Neural and Hormonal MechanismsYear 12-13 (A Level)Ethological and Evolutionary Explanations of AggressionYear 12-13 (A Level)Social Psychological Explanations of AggressionYear 12-13 (A Level)

Forensic Psychology

Defining and Measuring Crime, and Offender ProfilingYear 12-13 (A Level)Biological and Psychological Explanations of Offending BehaviourYear 12-13 (A Level)Dealing with Offending Behaviour: Custodial Sentencing and TreatmentYear 12-13 (A Level)

Addiction

The Nature of Addiction and Risk FactorsYear 12-13 (A Level)Explanations for Nicotine and Gambling Addiction, and Reducing AddictionYear 12-13 (A Level)

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