Name: Gross Guides to Psychology: AQA (A) AS par Richard Gross
SKU: 9781444168068
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Gross Guides to Psychology: AQA (A) AS Résumé

Gross Guides to Psychology: AQA (A) AS Richard Gross

Help make sense of the specification, one step at a time with this stripped-down guide. The Gross Guides can be used from the beginning of the course to study for lessons, or just before exams as a revision tool. Whatever revision method your students use, they will find guidance on how to revise the three key areas covered in their exams. - Includes headline factual knowledge right through to more complex ideas, looking at how topics link together, to help stretch and challenge your students - Evaluation pointers summarise topics to ease revision - Bestselling author and trusted examiner team means students can rely on the Gross Guides to get them through their course

À propos de Richard Gross

Jean-Marc Lawton is a Senior Examiner at AS and A2 for a major awarding body, and has been teaching Psychology for over 20 years. He has written several textbooks, revision and unit guides and makes regular contributions to 'Psychology Review'. Richard Gross is the leading author in Psychology publishing in the UK. His bestselling titles include 'Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour', 'Key Studies in Psychology' and 'Themes, Issues and Debates in Psychology'.

Sommaire

1 Cognitive psychology - memory Multi-store model Working memory model Eyewitness testimony/misleading information Effects of anxiety on memory Effects of age on memory The cognitive interview Strategies for memory improvement 2 Attachment Learning theory Bowlby's theory The strange situation and types of attachment Cultural variations in attachment The disruption of attachment The effects of day-care on aggression and peer relations The influence of attachment and day-care research on childcare practices 3 Research methods Experimental method and design Non-experimental methods and design Aims/hypotheses/operationalisation of variables/demand characteristics/pilot studies Ethical issues/sampling techniques/reliability and validity Presentation of quantitative data Presentation of correlational and qualitative data 4 Stress The PAS and SPM pathway Stress and the immune system Life changes and daily hassles Workplace stress Personality factors and stress Psychological methods of stress management Biological methods of stress management 5 Social influences Types of conformity Explanations of conformity The work of Milgram Explanations for obedience Locus of control Resisting conformity and obedience Understanding social change and the role of minority influence in social change 6 Psychopathology The deviation from social norms definition of abnormality The failure to function adequately definition of abnormality The deviation from ideal mental health definition of abnormality The biological approach to psychopathology The psychodynamic approach to psychopathology The behavioural approach to psychopathology The cognitive approach to psychopathology Biological therapies Psychological therapies Exam guidance Making the most of examinations Preparing for examinations

Informations supplémentaires

Sku

GOR004230680

ISBN 13

9781444168068

ISBN 10

1444168061

Titre

Gross Guides to Psychology: AQA (A) AS Richard Gross

Auteur

Richard Gross

État

Occasion - Très bon état

Relié

Broché

Éditeur

Hodder Education

Année de publication

2012-03-30

Nombre de pages

96

Prix

N/A

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