AS Level Psychology Workbook

AS Level Psychology Workbook includes structured worksheets for students to fill in as they progress through their AS psychology course. The resulting notes are aimed to provide a useful resource bank for revision purposes. In addition to outlining a structure for note-taking, the workbook also gives supported guidance on everything students need to know in order to do well in the exams. The content is directly relevant to the AQA Specification A and can be used in conjunction with any AS psychology textbook. To integrate with the rest of the learning materials in the Psychology Press A-Level Programme, cross-references are provided throughout to the appropriate pages in Eysenck’s AS Level Psychology, and Brody and Dwyer’s Revise AS Level Psychology. AS Level Psychology Workbook includes the following features: Learning objectives that condense the vast amount of specification content into focused and manageable chunks for each topic Structured worksheets that map on to each of the learning objectives and consist of cues for note-taking, opportunities to fill in the blanks, and activities to enrich learning “Using this in the exam” sections that consider possible exam questions, along with guidance on how to answer them. This workbook will be invaluable for all students tackling AS psychology. It enables them to navigate through the wealth of material linked to the subject, and encourages active learning to promote enjoyment of study. The AS workbook has been fully revised for the new specification for teaching from September 2008.

Chapter 1 Introduction, Clare Charles; Chapter 2 What is Psychology?, Clare Charles; Chapter 3 Examination Skills, Clare Charles; Chapter 4 Step-by-step Guide to Answering Exam Questions, Clare Charles; Chapter 5 Memory Learning Objectives, Clare Charles; Chapter 6 STM and LTM, Clare Charles; Chapter 7 Models of Memory, Clare Charles; Chapter 8 Using this in the exam: Models of memory, Clare Charles; Chapter 9 Eyewitness Testimony, Clare Charles; Chapter 10 Misleading Information, Clare Charles; Chapter 11 Reconstructive Memory, Clare Charles; Chapter 12 The Cognitive Interview, Clare Charles; Chapter 13 Memory Improvement, Clare Charles; Chapter 14 Using this in the exam: Memory in everyday life, Clare Charles; Chapter 15 Early Social Development Learning Objectives, Clare Charles; Chapter 16 Attachments in Development, Clare Charles; Chapter 17 Types of Attachment, Clare Charles; Chapter 18 Cross-cultural Variations in Attachment Types, Clare Charles; Chapter 19 Explanations of Attachment, Clare Charles; Chapter 20 Disruption of Attachment, Failure to Form Attachment (Privation), and Effects of Institutionalisation, Clare Charles; Chapter 21 Using this in the exam: Attachment, Clare Charles; Chapter 22 Day care, Clare Charles; Chapter 23 Implications of Research into Attachment and Day Care for Child-Care Practices, Clare Charles; Chapter 24 Using this in the exam: Attachment in everyday life, Clare Charles; Chapter 25 Research Methods Learning Objectives, Clare Charles; Chapter 26 Research Methods, Clare Charles; Chapter 27 Aims and Hypotheses, Clare Charles; Chapter 28 Variables, Clare Charles; Chapter 29 Experimental Research Designs, Clare Charles; Chapter 30 Non-experimental Research Designs, Clare Charles; Chapter 31 Factors Associated with Research Design, Clare Charles; Chapter 32 Reliability and Validity, Clare Charles; Chapter 33 The BPS Code of Ethics, Clare Charles; Chapter 34 Ethical Issues and the Ways in Which Psychologists Deal with Them, Clare Charles; Chapter 35 Sampling, Clare Charles; Chapter 36 Quantitative Analysis of Data, Clare Charles; Chapter 37 Graphs and Charts, Clare Charles; Chapter 38 Qualitative Analysis of Data, Clare Charles; Chapter 39 Research Methods Revision, Clare Charles; Chapter 40 Stress Learning Objectives, Clare Charles; Chapter 41 The Body's Response to Stressors, Clare Charles; Chapter 42 Stress-related Illness and the Immune System, Clare Charles; Chapter 43 Using this in the exam: Stress as a bodily response, Clare Charles; Chapter 44 Sources of Stress, Clare Charles; Chapter 45 Personality Factors and Stress, Clare Charles; Chapter 46 Emotion-focused and Problem-focused Approaches to Coping with Stress, Clare Charles; Chapter 47 Stress Management, Clare Charles; Chapter 48 Using this in the exam: Stress in everyday life, Clare Charles; Chapter 49 Social Influence Learning Objectives, Clare Charles; Chapter 50 Majority Influence, Clare Charles; Chapter 51 Types and Explanations of Conformity, Clare Charles; Chapter 52 Obedience, Clare Charles; Chapter 53 Methodological Criticisms of Milgram's Research, Clare Charles; Chapter 54 Using this in the exam: Social influence, Clare Charles; Chapter 55 Situational Explanations of How People Resist Pressures to Obey Authority and Resist Pressures to Conform, Clare Charles; Chapter 56 The Influence of Individual Differences on Independent Behaviour, Clare Charles; Chapter 57 Implications of Research into Conformity, Obedience, and Independence for Social Change, Clare Charles; Chapter 58 Using this in the exam: Social influence in everyday life, Clare Charles; Chapter 59 Psychopathology Learning Objectives, Clare Charles; Chapter 60 Defining Psychological Abnormality, Clare Charles; Chapter 61 Models of Abnormality, Clare Charles; Chapter 62 Using this in the exam: Defining and explaining abnormality, Clare Charles; Chapter 63 Treatments of Abnormality, Clare Charles; Chapter 64 Using this in the exam: Treating abnormality, Clare Charles Appendix: How to Impress the Examiner on AO2 and AO3, Clare Charles;

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