A2 topics for A-Level psychology (Not incl research methods)
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- A2 topics
- Biopsychology
- The nervous system and endocrine system
- Neurons and synaptic transmission
- Localisation of function in the brain
- Plasticity and functional recovery of the brain after trauma
- Splir-brain research into hemispheric lateralisation
- Ways of invesitgating the brain
- Biological rythems: Circadian rhythms, Infradian and ultradian rythms
- Endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers
- Issues and debates
- Gender and culture in psychology: Genderbias, culture bias
- Free will and determinism
- The nature-nurture debate
- Holism and reductionism
- Idiograpic and nomothetic
- Ethical implications of research studies and theory
- Relationships
- Sexual selection and human reproductive behavuour
- Factors affecting attraction: Self disclosure, Physical attractiveness, filter theory
- Theories of romantic releationships: Social exchange theory, equity theory, Rusbult's investment model, Duck;s phase mdoel
- Virtual relationships in social media
- Parasocial relationships
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia
- Biological explanations of SCZ
- Psychological explanations of SCZ
- Biological therapies for SCZ - Drug therapy
- Psychological therapies for SCZ
- The interactionist approach to SCZ
- Forensic psycholgoy
- Defining and mesuring crime
- offender profiling: The top-down approach, The bottom-up approach
- Biological explanations: Atavistic form, genetic and neural explanations
- Psychiological explanations: Eysenk's theory, cognitive explanations, differential association theory, psychodynamic explanations
- Dealing with offending behaviou: Custodial sentencing, behaviour modification in custody
- Anger management
- Restorative justice
- Biopsychology
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