Psychology

Course summary

Paper 1: Introductory topics in Psychology - Social influence: group behaviors, conformity, obedience and social change - Memory: different explanations of how we remember and forget - Attachment: factors affecting our early relationships with parents and their effect on our development - Psychopathology: explanations and treatments of mental illness Paper 2: Psychology in context - Approaches in Psychology: different sets of theory and elated research methods - Biopsychology: physiology and brain behavior - Research methods: experimental and non-experimental ways of gathering data - Data analysis Paper 3: Issues and opinions in Psychology - Issues and debates in Psychology: nature v nurture, freewill v determinism, ethical issues and gender/culture bias - Typical behavior: Cognition and development and explanations of changes to thinking skills in infancy and childhood - Atypical behavior: Explanations and treatments of Schizophrenia - Anti-social behavior: Individual v group explanations of violent behavior