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Psychology study guides
16 published, listed by title. Topic explanations written to be read once and understood.
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A Level Psychology: Approaches, Issues and Debates (Cambridge 9990)
The Biological, Cognitive, Learning and Social Approaches – the full content of Paper 1 for Cambridge AS & A Level Psychology 9990.
Psychology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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A Level Psychology: Specialist Options Overview (Cambridge 9990)
Clinical, Consumer, Health and Organisational Psychology – the four specialist options for Paper 3 of Cambridge A Level Psychology 9990, of which candidates study 2.
Psychology · Cambridge · A LEVEL
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AQA A-Level Psychology: Approaches in Psychology (7182)
The six approaches to psychology examined on AQA A-Level Psychology (7182) Paper 2 – learning approaches (behaviourist and social learning theory), cognitive, biological, psychodynamic, humanistic, and their comparison.
Psychology · AQA · A LEVELS
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AQA A-Level Psychology: Introductory Topics (7182)
Social influence, memory, attachment, and clinical psychology and mental health – the full content of Paper 1 Introductory Topics in Psychology for AQA A-Level Psychology (7182).
Psychology · AQA · A LEVELS
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AQA A-Level Psychology: The Multi-Store and Working Memory Models (7182)
The multi-store model (sensory register, STM, LTM) and the working memory model (central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, episodic buffer) – the two structural models within the Memory topic (4.1.2 in the A-level content, 3.1.2 in the AS content), AQA A-Level Psychology (7182).
Psychology · AQA · A LEVELS
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AQA GCSE Psychology: Cognition and Behaviour (8182)
Memory, perception, development, and research methods – the full content of Paper 1 Cognition and Behaviour for AQA GCSE Psychology (8182).
Psychology · AQA · GCSE
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AQA GCSE Psychology: Research Methods, Section 3.1.4 (8182)
Hypotheses, sampling, experimental design and data handling – Section 3.1.4 Research Methods within Paper 1 (Cognition and Behaviour), distinct from the site's existing whole-paper guide, which also covers Memory, Perception and Development.
Psychology · AQA · GCSE
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AQA GCSE Psychology: Social Context and Behaviour (8182)
Social influence, language and communication, brain and neuropsychology, and psychological problems – the full content of Paper 2 Social Context and Behaviour for AQA GCSE Psychology (8182).
Psychology · AQA · GCSE
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Cambridge A-Level Psychology: Research Methods (9990)
The six research methods, the methodological concepts that apply across them (variables, sampling, ethics, validity, reliability, data analysis), and how Paper 2's planning question works, for Cambridge AS & A Level Psychology (9990).
Psychology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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IB Diploma Programme Psychology: Syllabus Guide
The core approaches to understanding behaviour, research methodology and four options of IB Diploma Programme Psychology, with recommended teaching hours for SL and HL, for first assessment 2019.
Psychology · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IB DP Psychology Core: The Biological Approach to Understanding Behaviour
The biological approach's four topics – brain and behaviour, hormones and pheromones, genetics and behaviour, and (HL only) the role of animal research – one of three compulsory core approaches of IB Diploma Programme Psychology, first assessment 2019, examined on Paper 1, and how to build evaluative rather than purely descriptive answers.
Psychology · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IB DP Psychology Core: The Cognitive Approach to Understanding Behaviour
Mental processes such as memory, perception and thinking, and how they shape behaviour – one of three compulsory core approaches of IB Diploma Programme Psychology, first assessment 2019, examined on Paper 1.
Psychology · International Baccalaureate · IB
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OxfordAQA IGCSE Psychology: Conformity and Obedience (9218)
Asch's conformity research, Milgram's obedience studies, Agency theory and Adorno's Authoritarian Personality theory – the conformity and obedience content within Social Influence (3.2.2), OxfordAQA International GCSE Psychology (9218).
Psychology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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OxfordAQA International A-Level Psychology: Biopsychology, Development and Research Methods 1 (9685)
Biopsychology, cognitive development, and research methods 1 – the full content of Unit 2 for OxfordAQA International AS and A-Level Psychology (9685), the second and final unit of the International AS.
Psychology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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OxfordAQA International A-Level Psychology: Introductory Topics (9685)
Memory, social psychology, and psychopathology – the full content of Unit 1 for OxfordAQA International AS and A-Level Psychology (9685).
Psychology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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OxfordAQA International GCSE Psychology: Cognition and Behaviour (9218)
Memory, perception, biopsychology, and research methods – the full content of Paper 1 Cognition and Behaviour for OxfordAQA International GCSE Psychology (9218).
Psychology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE