key qs AS psychology

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  • Created on: 22-03-17 14:45
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  • AS Key Questions
    • Biological
      • What are the implications for society if aggression is found to be nature not nurture?
        • imprison if its NvsN?
        • 1/200 people in US get murdered
        • 1 in 100,000 get murderer in UK
        • EVOLUTION
        • MATE RETENTION
        • BRAIN STRUCTURE
        • HORMONES, TESTOSTERONE, CORTISOL
        • CHARLES &PHINEAS
    • Social
      • How can knowledge of social psychology be used to reduce prejudice in situations such as rioting?
        • Tottenham riots 2011
          • Mark Duggan shot
        • Rioting = a crowd behaviour that's out of control
        • prejudice exists and need to be reduced
        • SOCIAL IMPACT THEORY
        • SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY
        • Discrimination
        • SHERIFF SUBORDINATE GOALS
    • Learning
      • Do role models have an influence on anorexic behaviours?
        • teens 12-29
        • 91% of women on uni campus have dieted
        • body dysmorphia is a symptom
        • In 2015 725,000 had ED
        • a MHD, ED, person keeps weight as low as possible
        • SLT
        • CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
        • OPERANT CONDITIONING
    • cognitive
      • How can psychologists understanding of memory help patients with dementia?
        • 800,000 in UK
        • 1M by 2021
        • Causes info processing difficulties in brain
        • 1/3 over 65 die from it
        • WMM better without noise
        • Epiisodic memory
        • Hogeway dementia village
        • STM effected, be specific
        • reconstructive memory, mixed schemas

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