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Psychology (85 decks)

The Emerence Of Psychology As A Science

The Behaviourist approaches

The Cognitive approach

The Biological Approach

The Psychodynamic Approach

The Humansitic Approach

The nervous system

Neurons and Synaptic Transmission

The Endocrine System

The ‘fight or flight’ Response

Localisation of function in the brain

Hemispheric lateralisation

Split-brain research

Brain plasticity

Functional recovery

ways of studying the brain

biological rhythms

the effect of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers on the sleep/wake cycle

Caregiver-infant Interactions In Humans

Stages of Attachment

the role of the father

Animal studies of attachment

Explanations of attachment: Learning theory

Explanations of attachments: Bowlby's monotropic theory

Ainsworth's strange situation + Typers of attachment

Cultural Variations In Attachment: Van Ijzendoorn

Bowlby’s Theory of Maternal Deprivation

Roman orphan studies: effects of institutionalisation

Influence of early attachment on later relationships

Definitions of abnormality

Biological explanations of OCD

The biological approach to treating OCD

The behavioural approach to explaining phobias

The behavioural approach to treating phobias

The cognitive approach to explaining depression

The cognitive approach to treating depression

The experimental method

Operationalisation

types of experiment

Correlation analysis

Self-report methods

aims and hypotheses

experimental design

controlling extraneous variables

selection of participants

the relationship between researchers and participants

primary and secondary data

descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency

descriptive statistics: measures of dispersion

presentation of quantitative data

characteristics of normal and skewed distributions

levels of measurement

inferential statistics

introduction to statistical testing: The Sign test

levels of significance and type 1/2 errors

analysing qualitative data

Reporting psychological investigations

how to reference

the role of peer review in the scientific process

the implications of psychological research for the economy

features of science

types of conformity

Asch's (1951) research into conformity

Variables affecting conformity

Explanations for conformity

Conformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo

Milgram's research into obedience

Explanations of obedience- situational variables

Explanations of obedience- agentic state and legitimacy of authority

Explanations of obedience- dispositional explanation

Explanations of resistance to social influence- social support

Explanations of resistance to social influence- locus of control

Minority influence

The role of social influence processes in social change

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