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 21, 2022 · 5 min
Research Methods - Self-report techniques and design
Self-report techniques: questionnaires; interviews, structured and unstructured. Questionnaire construction, including use of open and closed questions; design of interviews. Pilot studies and the aims of piloting.
Mar 21, 2022 · 5 min
Research Methods - Observation
Observational techniques. Types of observation: naturalistic and controlled observation; covert and overt observation; participant and non-participant observation. Observational design: behavioural categories; event sampling; time sampling.
Mar 21, 2022 · 1 min
Research Methods - Correlations
Correlations. Analysis of the relationship between co-variables. The difference between correlations and experiments. Positive, Negative and zero correlations.
Mar 21, 2022 · 2 min
Research Methods - Ethical issues and ways of dealing with them
Ethics, including the role of the British Psychological Society’s code of ethics; ethical issues in the design and conduct of psychological studies; dealing with ethical issues in research.
Mar 21, 2022 · 3 min
Research Methods- Sampling
Sampling: the difference between population and sample: sampling techniques including: random, systematic, stratified, opportunity and volunteer; implications of sampling techniques, including bias and generalisation.
Mar 21, 2022 · 5 min
Research Methods - Types of experiment
Types of experiment, laboratory and field experiments; natural and quasi-experiments.
Mar 21, 2022 · 5 min
Research Methods - Experimental Method
The experimental method
Mar 18, 2022 · 5 min
Biopsychology - Endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers
The effects of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers on the sleep/wake cycle
Mar 18, 2022 · 4 min
Biopsychology - Biological rhythms: infradian and ultradian rhythms
Biopsychology - Biological rhythms: infradian and ultradian rhythms
Mar 18, 2022 · 4 min
Biopsychology - Biological rhythms: circadian rhythms
Biological rhythms: circadian rhythms
Mar 18, 2022 · 5 min
Biopsychology - Ways of studying the brain
Ways of studying the brain: scanning techniques, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); electroencephalograms (EEG’s) and event related potentials (ERP’s); post-Mortimer examinations.
Mar 18, 2022 · 4 min
Biopsychology - Plasticity and functional recovery of the brain
Plasticity and functional recovery of the brain after trauma.
Mar 18, 2022 · 4 min
Biopsychology - Hemispheric lateralisation and split-brain research
Hemispheric lateralisation and split-brain research
Mar 18, 2022 · 4 min
Biopsychology - Localisation of function in the brain
Localisation of function in the brain: motor, somatosensory, visual, auditory and language centres; Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas.
Mar 18, 2022 · 4 min
Biopsychology - Neurons and Synaptic transmission
The structure and function of sensory, relay and motor neurons. The process of synaptic transmission including reference to neurotransmitters, excitation and inhibition.
Mar 18, 2022 · 3 min
Biopsychology - The nervous system and the endocrine system
The divisions of the nervous system: central and peripheral (somatic and autonomic). The function of the endocrine system: glands and hormones. The fight or flight response including the role of adrenaline.
Mar 17, 2022 · 3 min
Approaches in Psychology - Humanistic psychology
Humanistic psychology: free will, self-actualisation and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, focus on the self, congruence, the role of conditions of worth. The influence on counselling psychology.
Mar 17, 2022 · 4 min
Approaches in Psychology - The psychodynamic approach
The psychodynamic approach: the role of the unconscious, the structure of personality, that is I’d, ego and superego, defence mechanisms including repression, denial and displacement, psychosexual stages.
Mar 17, 2022 · 3 min
Approaches in Psychology - The biological approach
The biological approach: the influence of genes, biological structures and neurochemistry on behaviour. Genotype and phenotype, genetic basis of behaviour, evolution and behaviour.
Mar 17, 2022 · 3 min
Approaches in Psychology - The cognitive approach
The cognitive approach: the study of internal mental processes, the role of schema, the use of theoretical and computer models to explain and make inferences about mental processes. The emergence of cognitive neuroscience.