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12A/C PSYCHOLOGY

Approaches: Cognitive Neuroscience
The cognitive approach is the approach that considers internal mental processes and argues that they could be scientifically studied....
Approaches: Origins of Psychology
Origins of Psychology Psychology – The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those functions affecting...


Attachment: Lorenz
Lorenz: Lorenz was a zoologist. In 1935, he took a wide interest in imprinting; this lead Lorenz to carry out an experiment to see if he...


Approaches: Behaviourism CC/OC
Key Contributes Ivan Pavlov John. B Watson B.F Skinner Edward Thorndike Classical Conditioning Forming an association between two stimuli...


Memory: The Multi-Store Model (1968)
The Multi-Store Model of Memory Atkinson and Shiffrin created the multi-store model to represent how information flows through the memory...
Attachment: Caregiver-Infant interactions.
Reciprocity - A description of how two people interact. Mother-infant interaction is reciprocal in that both infant and mother respond to...
Biopsychology: Divisions of the Nervous System
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. The nervous system is a specialised system of up to 1 trillion neurones which allow signals to move between the brain...

Approaches: Cognitive Approach
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Attachment: Role of the Father
ATTACHMENT FIGURES Grossman (2002) carried out a longitudinal study, looking at both parent’s behaviour and its relationships to the...
Approaches: Evolutionary Theory
Biological Approach – Evolutionary Theory & Genetics NATURE/NURTURE - One of the debates covered in Y2. NATURE – what we are born with...
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