Psychology subject map

Psychology subject map

1. Unit 2

   • Biological psychology (stress)
     • the body's response to stress
     • stress related illness and the immune system
     • life changes and daily hassles
     • workplace stress
     • personality and stress
     • methods of stress managment
     • research methods and stress
   • Individual differences (psychopathology)
     • definitions of abnormality
     • explaining abnormality: biological approach
     • explaining abnormality: psychological approach
     • explaining abnormality: behavioural approach
     • explaining abnormality: cognitive approach
     • treating abnormality: biological therapies
     • treating abnormality: psychoanalysis
     • treating abnormality: systematic desensitisation
     • treating abnormality: cognitive behavioural therapy
     • case studies
   • Social psychology (conformity and obedience
     • conformity
     • explanations of why people conform
     • obedience
     • explanations of why people obey
     • explanations of independent behaviour
     • how social influence research helps us to understand change: the role of minority influence on social change

2. Unit 1

   • Cognitive psychology
     • research into duration
     • research into encoding
     • research into capacity
     • Atkinson and shiffrin (1968): multi store model of memory
     • research into the multi store model of memory
     • Baddeley and hitch (1974): working memory model of memory
     • research into the working memory model
     • the influence of misleading information on the accuracy of eye witness testimonies
     • the influence of anxiety on the accuracy of eyewitness testimonies
     • the influence of age on the accuracy of eyewitness testimonies
     • the cognitive interview
     • strategies for memory improvement
   • Developmental psychology
     • explanations of attachment
     • types of attachment
     • cultural variations in attachment
     • deprivation
     • privation/institutionalisation
     • research into the effects of day care on social development
     • influence of research in child care practices