Child development, learning and aggression

Start with a study overview

The mind maps on this page give you a way into individual studies. Start with Samuel & Bryant for an overview of a conservation task. One map sets out the aim and design; another includes background, method, procedure, findings and evaluation. They share a title, so open each one to see which layout helps you.

For a different study, the Bandura mind maps introduce questions about how aggressive behavior develops in children. One covers the study’s background, aims, procedures, findings and evaluation. Another describes social learning theory and whether behavior learned in one setting is repeated in another.

Follow up with flashcards

After looking at a map, use flashcards to practice recalling details. Developmental Psychology asks about the aim, participants and conditions in Samuel and Bryant’s study. The flashcards on the same study also ask about variables and the children who took part.

The Bandura flashcards include questions about the study aim, experiment, participants and design. There are also flashcards on Becker and colleagues’ learning theories study, with prompts on its aim, design, procedure and questions about Fijian culture.

Use the quiz alongside maps

The page also lists a quiz called Psychology. Try its questions as part of your study session, then return to a relevant map or flashcard deck when you want to review a study detail. You can also compare the two maps titled Samuel & Bryant to see how they organize information.

Place the topic in the wider unit

This topic is one section of a wider unit in Psychology. The resources here let you work with study aims, methods and findings before returning to the unit. Choose a map to explore, then follow it with a set of flashcards.