AQA A-Level Psychology

Carla Dessi

AQA A-Level Psychology Revision

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102 episodes
Updated Apr 19, 2022

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Mar 30, 2022 · 13 min
Issues & Debates - Ethical implications of research studies and theory
Ethical implications of research studies and theory, including reference to social sensitivity.
Mar 30, 2022 · 4 min
Issues & Debates - Idiographic and nomothetic approaches
Idiographic and nomothetic approaches to psychological investigation.
Mar 30, 2022 · 4 min
Issues & Debates - Holism and reductionism
Holism and reductionism: levels of explanation in psychology. Biological reductionism and environmental (stimulus-response) reductionism.
Mar 30, 2022 · 4 min
Issues & Debates - The nature-nurture debate
The nature-nurture debate: the relative importance of heredity and environment in determining behaviour; the interactionist approach.
Mar 30, 2022 · 3 min
Issues & Debates - Free will and determinism
Free will and determinism: hard determinism and soft determinism; biological, environmental and psychic determinism. The scientific emphasis on causal explanations.
Mar 30, 2022 · 4 min
Issues & Debates - Gender and culture in Psychology: Cultural bias
Gender and culture in psychology - universality and bias. Cultural bias including ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
Mar 30, 2022 · 5 min
Issues & Debates - Gender and culture in Psychology: Gender bias
Gender and culture in psychology - universality and bias. Gender bias including androcentrism and alpha and beta bias.
Mar 22, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Features of science
Features of science: objectivity and the empirical method; replicability and falsifiability; theory construction and hypothesis testing; paradigms and paradigm shifts.
Mar 22, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Reporting psychological investigations
Reporting psychological investigations. Sections of a scientific report: abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and referencing.
Mar 22, 2022 · 1 min
Research Methods - Statistical testing
Factors affecting the choice of statistical test, including level of measurement (nominal, ordinal and interval) and experimental design. When to use the following tests: Spearman's rho, Pearson's r, Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, related t-test, unrelated t-test and Chi-Squared test.
Mar 22, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Probability and significance
Probability and significance: use of statistical tables and critical values in interpretation of significance; Type I and Type II errors.
Mar 22, 2022 · 5 min
Research Methods - Reliability and validity
Reliability across all methods of investigation. Ways of assessing reliability: test-retest and inter-observer; improving reliability. Types of validity across all methods of investigation: face validity, concurrent validity, ecological validity and temporal validity. Assessment of validity. Improving validity.
Mar 22, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Content analysis and coding
Content analysis and coding. Thematic analysis.
Mar 22, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Case studies
Case studies.
Mar 22, 2022 · 1 min
Research Methods - Psychological research and the economy
The implications of psychological research for the economy.
Mar 22, 2022 · 1 min
Research Methods - Peer review
The role of peer review in the scientific process
Mar 22, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Statistical testing: The sign test
Introduction to statistical testing; the sign test. When to use the sign test; calculation of the sign test.
Mar 22, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Presentation of quantitative data
Presentation and display of quantitative data: graphs, tables, scattergrams, bar charts, histograms. Distributions: normal and skewed distributions; characteristics of normal and skewed distributions.
Mar 21, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Measures of central tendency and dispersion
Descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency - mean, median, mode; measures of dispersion - range and standard deviation; calculation of range.
Mar 21, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Types of data
Qualitative and quantitative data; the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques. Primary and secondary data, including meta-analysis.