Social Influence

Memory

• Coding, capacity and duration
• The Multi-Store Model of Memory
• Types of Long-Term Memory
• Working memory model
• Forgetting – Interference
• Forgetting – Retrieval failure
• Eye witness testimony – Misleading Information
• Eye witness testimony – Anxiety
• The cognitive interview

Attachment

• Introduction into attachment
• Schaffer’s stages
• Animal studies
• Learning Theory
• Bowlby’s Theory
• Ainsworth Strange Situation
• Cultural Variation
• Maternal Deprivation
• Romanian Orphan Studies
• Influence in later relationships

Approaches in Psychology

• Learning Approach – Behaviourism
• Learning Approach – Social Learning Theory
• Cognitive Approach
• Biological Approach
• Psychodynamic Approach
• Humanistic Psychology
• Comparison of approaches

Psychopathology

• Definitions of abnormality
• Phobias
• Phobias – Explanation
• Phobias – Treatment
• Depression
• Depression – Explanation
• Depression – Treatment
• OCD
• OCD – Explanation
• OCD – Treatment

Biopsychology

• Nervous system and endocrine system
• Neurones and synaptic transmission
• Localisation of function in the brain
• Plasticity
• Split-brain research
• Ways of Investigating The Brain
• Circadian Rhythms
• Infradian and Ultradian Rythms
• Endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers

Research Methods

• Experimental method
• Control of variables
• Experimental design
• Types of experiment
• Sampling
• Ethical issues
• Pilot studies
• Observational techniques
• Observational design
• Self-report techniques
• Self-report design
• Correlation
• Kinds of data
• Descriptive statistics
• Graphs
• Mathematical content
• Introduction to stats tests
• Peer review

Issues and Debates

• Gender bias
• Cultural bias
• Free will and determinism
• Nature and nurture debate
• Holism vs reductionism
• Idiographic and nomothetic
• Ethical implications

Schizophrenia

• Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
• Biological explanations
• Psychological explanations
• Biological therapies
• Psychological therapies
• Interactionist approach

Forensic Psychology

• Defining and Measuring Crime
• Top-down approach to offender profiling
• The bottom-up approach to offender profiling
• Atavisitc form
• Genetic and neural explanations
• Eysneck’s theory
• Cognitive explanations
• Differential association theory
• Psychodynamic explanations
• Custodial sentencing
• Behaviour modification in custody
• Anger management
• Restorative justice