ASPsychologyAQARevision Notes

AQA AS Psychology
Revision Notes

Exam code: 7181

Concise resources for the AQA AS Psychology course.

Syllabus Edition

First teaching 2025

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First exams 2026

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Social Influence

Types of Conformity

Explanations for Conformity

Asch & Variables Affecting Conformity

Explanations for Obedience

Milgram's Obedience Study

Milgram's Situational Variables Affecting Obedience

Dispositional Explanation for Obedience: Authoritarian Personality

Social Support & Locus of Control

Minority Influence

Memory

Multi-store Model of Memory (MSM)

Working Memory Model (WMM)

Proactive & Retroactive Interference

Retrieval Failure due to Absence of Cues

Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony: Leading Questions & Post-event Discussion

Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety

Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony: Cognitive Interview

Attachment

Animal Studies in Attachment: Lorenz & Harlow

Learning Theory of Attachment

Bowlby’s Monotropic Theory

Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’ & Types of Attachment

Cultural Variations in Attachment: Van Ijzendoorn

Bowlby's Theory of Maternal Deprivation

The Effects of Institutionalisation: The English & Romanian Adoptees Project

Early Attachment and Later Relationships

Approaches in Psychology

Classical Conditioning & Pavlov's Research

Operant Conditioning & Skinner's Research

Assumptions & Key Concepts of SLT

Bandura's Research

Assumptions & Key Concepts of the Cogntive Approach

The Genetic Basis of Behaviour & Evolution

Biological Structures & Neurochemistry

Cognitive Neuroscience

The Divisions of the Nervous System

The Function of the Endocrine System

The Fight or Flight Response

The Structure & Function of Neurons

The Process of Synaptic Transmission

Clinical Psychology & Mental Health

Deviation from Social/Cultural Norms

Failure to Function Adequately

Deviation from Ideal Mental Health

Statistical Infrequency

Characteristics of Phobias

Behavioural Approach to Explaining Phobias: Two-process Model

Behavioural Approach to Treating Phobias: Systematic Desensitisation

Behavioural Approach to Treating Phobias: Flooding

Characteristics of Depression

Cognitive Approach to Explaining Depression: Beck's Negative Triad

Cognitive Approach to Explaining Depression: Ellis' ABC Model

Cognitive Approach to Treating Depression

Characteristics of OCD

Biological Approach to Explaining OCD

Biological Approach to Treating OCD

Research Methods

Aims & Hypotheses

Manipulation and Control of Variables

Research Issues & Controls

Pilot Studies & the Aims of Piloting

Types of Experiment

Experimental Design

Sampling Methods

Ethical Issues & Ways of Dealing with Them

The Role of Peer Review in the Scientific Process

Implications of Psychological Research & the Economy

Types of Observation

Observational Design

Self-report: Questionnaires

Self-report: Interviews

Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Dispersion

Mathematical Content

Presentation & Display of Quantitative Data

Statistical Testing

Study tools

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