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psychology
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Types of conformity
Explanations for conformity
Obedience
Resistance to social influence
Minority influence
Social change
Models of memory
Types of long-term memory
Explanations for forgetting
Accuracy of eyewitness testimony
Cognitive interview
Caregiver-infant interactions
Stages of attachment
Animal studies of attachment (Lorenz, Harlow)
Explanations of attachment
Ainsworth’s Strange Situation
Cultural variations
Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation
Effects of institutionalisation
Origins of psychology
Behaviourist approach
Social learning theory
Cognitive approach
Biological approach
Psychodynamic approach (Freud)
Humanistic approach
Comparison of approaches
Definitions of abnormality
Phobias, depression, OCD
Explanations and treatments for each disorder
Experimental methods
Variables (independent, dependent, extraneous, confounding)
Sampling methods and ethics
Experimental design
Observational techniques
Self-report techniques
Correlations
Data analysis
Statistical testing basics
Gender bias
Culture bias
Free will and determinism
Nature vs nurture
Holism vs reductionism
idiographic vs nomothetic approaches
Ethical implications of research
Localisation of function in the brain
Plasticity and functional recovery
Ways of studying the brain (scans)
Biological rhythms (circadian, infradian, ultradian)
Advanced statistics (chi-square, t-tests, significance levels, probability)
Peer review
Improving reliability and validity
Forensic Psychology
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