Year 12

Types of conformity

Obedience

Resistance to Social Influence

Minority Influence

Research Methods

Validity

Reliability

Experiments/Experimental Design

Hypotheses

Variables

Different Memory Models

Explanations for forgetting

Eyewitness Testimony

Research Methods

Sampling

Observational techniques

Correlations

Self-Report techniques

Data Handling

Operationalising variables

The Behaviourist Approach

Social Learning Theory

The Cognitive Approach

The Biological Approach

Biopsychology

The Nervous System

The Endocrine System

The fight or flight response

Explanations of Attachment

Animal studies of attachment

Maternal Deprivation

Effects of Institutionalisation

Psychopathology

Abnormality

Phobias, Depression, OCD

Approaches/treatment

Research Methods

Correlations

Levels of Measurement

Approaches in Psychology

The Psychodynamic approach

Humanistic Psychology

Year 13

Psychodynamic Approach

Humanistic Approach

Comparison of Approaches

Issues and Debates

Biopsychology

Localisation of brain function

Plasticity and functional recovery after brain trauma

Biological Rhythms

Research Methods – Reliability and Validity

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.

Piaget’s stages of intellectual development.

Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development.

Baillargeon’s explanation of infant abilities

Social cognition

Research Methods – Revision

Biological explanations for schizophrenia

Psychological explanations for schizophrenia

Biological  therapies for schizophrenia

Psychological  therapies for schizophrenia

Defining and Measuring Crime

Offender Profiling

Biological Explanations

Psychological Explanations

Dealing with offending behaviour

Research Methods – Revision

Recap of Research Methods

Correlations

Case Studies

Statistical Tests

Reporting Psychological investigations

Examination Practice

Revision of AS content

Revision of Research Methods

Revision of A Level topics