Explore the core topics, theories, research and debates in A-Level Psychology. Choose a topic area below, then select the page you want to study or revise.
Social Influence
How other people shape conformity, obedience, resistance and social change.
Memory
How information is encoded, stored, forgotten and recalled.
Attachment
How early emotional bonds form and influence later development.
Approaches in Psychology
The major theoretical perspectives used to explain behaviour.
Psychopathology
Definitions, explanations and treatments of mental disorders.
Biopsychology
How the nervous system, brain and biological rhythms influence behaviour.
Research Methods
Core methods, data skills and statistics used in psychological research.
- 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 Statistical Tests
- Peer Review
Issues and Debates
Key debates that cut across psychological theory and research.
Relationships
How attraction, relationship maintenance and relationship breakdown are explained.
- Sexual Selection
- Factors Affecting Attraction: Self-Disclosure
- Factors Affecting Attraction: Physical Attractiveness
- Factors Affecting Attraction: Filter Theory
- Social Exchange Theory
- Equity Theory
- Rusbult’s Investment Model
- Duck’s Phase Model
- Virtual Relationships in Social Media
- Parasocial Relationships
Schizophrenia
Diagnosis, explanations and treatments of schizophrenia.
Forensic Psychology
Psychological explanations of crime, offender profiling and approaches to dealing with offending behaviour.