Psychology GCSE - Unit 2 - Notes
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Psychology GCSE - Unit 2
Notes
A biased sample is ungeneralisable.
A poorly constructed study has low validity.
Reliability: would the findings from a study be found again if a study was to be repeated.
Contents
Topic C: Do TV and video games affect young people’s behaviour?
C1a1: The role of the brain and aggression
C1a2: The role of hormones and aggression
C1a3: Social Learning Theory (SLT)
C1b1: Comparing theories of aggression
C1b2: Ramirez et al (2001): Culture and aggression
C2a1: Content analysis as a research method
C2b1: The ethics of psychological research
C2c1: Anderson and Dill (2000): video games and aggression
C2c2: Charlton et al (2000): St Helena study
C2c3: Williams et al (2000): does TV affect children’s behaviour
C3a1: Comparing Charlton et al (2000) and Williams et al (1981)
C3b1: The job of an educational psychologist
C3b2: Becoming an educational psychologist
C3b3: Educational psychology and anger management
C4a1: Introducing censorship and the 9 o’clock watershed
C4a2: For and against censorship and the watershed
Topic D: Why do we have phobias?
D1a1: Classical conditioning and phobias
D1a2: Social Learning Theory and phobias
D1a3: Phobias and preparedness
D1b1: The nature-nurture debate
D2a1: Questionnaires
D2b1: Evaluating questionnaires
D2c1: Experiments using animals: ethical issues
D2d1: Experiments using animals: practical issues
D2e1: Jones (1924): Curing a boy’s phobia
D2e2: Bennett-Levy and Marteau (1984): fear of animals
D3a1: How we treat phobias
D3b1: The ethics of therapies used to treat phobias
D3c1: The job of a clinical psychologist
D3c2: Becoming a clinical psychologist
D3c3: Clinical psychology and phobias
D4a1: Heinrichs et al (2005)
Topic E: Are Criminals born or made?
E1a1: Biology explanations for criminality
E1a2: Social Explanations for criminality
E1a3: Childrearing as an explanation for criminality
E1a4: Self fulfilling prophecy as an explanation for criminality
E1b1: Comparing theories of criminal behaviour
E2a1: Theilgaard (1984): the criminal gene
E2a2: Sigall and Ostrove(1975): attractiveness and jury decision making
E2a3: Madon (2004): Self fulfilling prophecy and drinking behaviour
E2b1: Is criminal research practical and ethical?
E2b2: Gathering information from convicted offenders
E3a1: Offender profiling
E3b1: The case of John Duffy
E3c1: The job of a forensic psychologist
E3c2: Becoming a forensic psychologist
E3c3: How a forensic psychologist might help treat offenders
E4a1: How defendant characteristics affect jury decision making.
Topic C: Do TV and video games affect young people’s behaviour?
C1a1: The role of the brain and aggression
· One explanation for aggression is that it’s biological.
· No gene found yet which is responsible for aggression.
Areas of the brain involved in aggression:
· The limbic system – the area of the brain responsible for emotions.
- Looks like a wishbone.
- Responsible for emotions needed for survival such as fear and aggression.
· The amygdala – the area of the brain responsible for aggression.
- Creates and recognises emotional responses.
- Animal studies where the amygdala is removed…
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