Complete set of concise, modern presentations for AQA A Level Psychology (7181 and 7182) Chapter 8 - Issues and Debates. Contains colour coded specification points. Six presentations included: 42 - Bias 43 - Free Will and Determinism 44 - Holism and Reductionism 45 - The Nature-Nurture Debate 46 - Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches 47 - Socially Sensitive Research

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.2 - Relationships. Theories of romantic relationships: social exchange theory, equity theory and Rusbult’s investment model of commitment, satisfaction, comparison with alternatives and investment. Duck’s phase model of relationship breakdown: intra-psychic, dyadic, social and grave dressing phases. Complete set of Chapter 9 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.1 - Issues and debates in psychology. The nature-nurture debate: the relative importance of heredity and environment in determining behaviour; the interactionist approach. Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.1.1 - Social influence. Explanations of resistance to social influence, including social support and locus of control. Minority influence including reference to consistency, commitment and flexibility. The role of social influence processes in social change. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.1.1 - Social influence. Explanations for obedience: agentic state and legitimacy of authority, and situational variables affecting obedience including proximity and location, as investigated by Milgram. Dispositional explanation for obedience: the authoritarian personality. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.3 - Gender. Cognitive explanations of gender development, Kohlberg’s theory, gender identity, gender stability and gender constancy; gender schema theory. Complete set of Chapter 10 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.1.2 - Memory. Explanations for forgetting: proactive and retroactive interference and retrieval failure due to absence of cues. Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.1 - Approaches in psychology. The cognitive approach: the study of internal mental processes, the role of schema, the use of theoretical and computer models to explain and make inferences about mental processes. The emergence of cognitive neuroscience. Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.

Complete set of concise, modern presentations for AQA A Level Psychology (7181 and 7182) Chapter 5 - Approaches in Psychology. Contains colour coded specification points. Seven presentations included: 21 - The Origins of Psychology 22 - The Behaviourist Approach 23 - Social Learning Theory 24 - The Cognitive Approach 25 - The Biological Approach 26 - The Psychodynamic Approach 27 - Humanistic Psychology

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.2 - Biopsychology. The divisions of the nervous system: central and peripheral (somatic and autonomic). The structure and function of sensory, relay and motor neurons. The process of synaptic transmission, including reference to neurotransmitters, excitation and inhibition. Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.2 - Biopsychology. Ways of studying the brain: scanning techniques, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); electroencephalogram (EEGs) and event-related potentials (ERPs); postmortem examinations. Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.1 - Scientific Processes. Pilot studies and the aims of piloting. Experimental designs: repeated measures, independent groups, matched pairs. Observational design: behavioural categories; event sampling; time sampling. Questionnaire construction, including use of open and closed questions; design of interviews. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.

Complete set of concise, modern presentations for AQA A Level Psychology (7181 and 7182) Chapter 17 - Addiction. Contains colour coded specification points. Four presentations included: 85 - Smoking Addictions 86 - Gambling Addictions 87 - Risk Factors in Addictions 88 - Reducing Addictive Behaviour

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.5 - Schizophrenia. Drug therapy: typical and atypical antipsychotics. Cognitive behaviour therapy and family therapy as used in the treatment of schizophrenia. The importance of an interactionist approach in explaining and treating schizophrenia. Complete set of Chapter 12 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.6 - Eating behaviour. Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa, including genetic and neural explanations. Psychological explanations for anorexia nervosa: family systems theory, including enmeshment, autonomy and control; social learning theory, including modelling, reinforcement and media; cognitive theory, including distortions and irrational beliefs. Complete set of Chapter 13 Lectures are available.

Complete set of concise, modern presentations for AQA A Level Psychology (7181 and 7182) Chapter 14 - Aggression. Contains colour coded specification points. Four presentations included: 76 - Biological Explanations of Aggression 77 - Ethological and Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression 78 - Social Explanations of Aggression 79 - Aggression in the Real World

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.9 - Forensic psychology. Psychological explanations of offending behaviour: Eysenck’s theory of the criminal personality; cognitive explanations; level of moral reasoning and cognitive distortions, including hostile attribution bias and minimalisation; differential association theory; psychodynamic explanations. Complete set of Chapter 16 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.1 - Approaches in psychology. The psychodynamic approach: the role of the unconscious, the structure of personality, that is Id, Ego and Superego, defence mechanisms including repression, denial and displacement, psychosexual stages. Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.1.2 - Memory. Factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony: misleading information, including leading questions and post-event discussion; anxiety. Improving the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, including the use of the cognitive interview. Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.1.1 - Social influence. Types of conformity: internalisation, identification and compliance. Explanations for conformity: informational social influence and normative social influence. Variables affecting conformity including group size, unanimity and task difficulty as investigated by Asch. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.