a level aqa APPROACHES psychology revision notes

all the content you need to get high grades in the approaches section of the AQA A-Level in psychology
this is written by a A* student who used these notes alongside many past paper questions
these notes include both the required amount needed for a01 as well as the assumptions for each approach and detailed evaluation for a03
notes for-

• origins in psychology- wundt and introspection
• the emergence of psychology as a science
• learning approaches- behaviourist (classical (pavlov) and operant conditioning (skinner)) and social learning theory (banduras bobo dolls and role of mediational processes)
• cognitive approach- theoretical cmputer models, schemas, cognitive neuroscience
• biological approach- genes, biological structures, neurochemistry, evolution
• humanistic approach- maslow and rogers
• psychodynamic approach- freud- unconscious mind, defence mechanisms, psychosexual stages and structure of personality
• comparison of all approaches!