Year 12 Psychology (Paper 1)

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1 Half Term 1 4 th September 11 th September 18 th September 25 th September 2 rd October 9 th October 16 th October Introduction to concept of conformity Types of conformity Psychological research into conformity, including factors affecting conformity Explanations for conformity Zimbardo study of conformity to social roles. Methodological and ethical evaluation /issues associated with Asch and Zimbardo studies. Milgram s study of obedience. The effect of situational variables proximity, legitimate authority, location on obedience Explanations for obedience Legitimacy of authority Agentic shift /state Factors affecting obedience Proximity, Uniform, Location Dispositional explanation: Authoritarian personality Ethical evaluation of Milgrams work. RM Methodological Evaluation of Milgram s work. Know the types of conformity: internalisation, identification and compliance Know the variables affecting conformity including group size, unanimity and task difficulty as investigated by Asch Know and discuss the explanations for conformity: informational social influence and normative social influence Discuss conformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo Evaluate social influence research Outline the explanations for obedience: agentic state and legitimacy of authority, as investigated by Milgram Outline the situational variables affecting obedience including proximity, location and uniform, as investigated by Milgram Describe the dispositional explanation for obedience: the Authoritarian Personality

2 Half Term 2 30 st October 6 th November 13 th November 20 st November 27 th November 4 th December 11 th December Resisting social influence - situational explanation exposure to dissent and the easiest route. Social support Dispositional explanation Locus of Control (L of C) internal and external. Role of dissenters (Asch) and disobedient models (Milgram) What is social change? Role of minority influence in social change.: Moscovici s concepts of consistency commitment and flexibility. The process of social change from minority to majority view. RM Overview of social influence research including economic implications eg recycling. Introduction to Attachment Caregiver infant interaction Reciprocity and synchrony eg Condon &Sanders 1974 Research of Lorenz and Harlow. Concepts of critical and sensitive period Explanation for attachment, learning theory - conditioning explanation. Bowlby s monotropic theory, internal working model. Stages in attachment: Schaffer and Emerson Multiple attachment and the role of fathers Ainsworth 1978 Strange Situation Types of attachment Types of attachment, their reliability and validity of categorisation Factors influencing secure and insecure attachment maternal sensitivity emotional availability, (Birringen 2005 ) temperament (Thomas and Chess 1977) Discuss the explanations of resistance to social influence, including social support and locus of control Describe minority influence including reference to consistency, commitment and flexibility Evaluate the role of social influence processes in social change Describe the caregiverinfant interactions in humans: reciprocity and interactional synchrony. Discuss the animal studies of attachment: Lorenz and Harlow.. Know the explanations of attachment: learning theory and Bowlby s monotropic theory Discuss the concepts of a critical period and an internal working model. Explain the stages of attachment identified by Schaffer, such as multiple attachments and the role of the father. Describe Ainsworth s Strange Situation. Types of attachment: secure, insecure-avoidant and insecure resistant.

3 Half Term 3 1st January 8 th January 15 th January 22nd January 29 th January 5 th February 12 th February Cultural variations in attachment Cross cultural studies Van Ijzendoorn RM Graphical presentation of data Maternal deprivation (Bowlby) Research evidence on the long and short term effects of MD: Bowlby s 44 thieves RM Longitudinal studies Institutionalisation - Romanian orphans Case studies of effects of institutionsalisation Influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships Hazan & Shaver Love quiz Research on peer relations and influence on parenting style (Bailey) Models of memory multistore model (MSM) Features - Encoding, capacity and duration of sensory, STM and LTM Processes attention and rehearsal. STM v LTM Encoding, Capacity Duration, Evaluation MSM Types of LTM - Procedural, episodic, semantic. Tulving Bower RM Case studies - Brain damage Discuss the cultural Explain Bowlby s theory of Discuss the Romanian Discuss the influence of Describe the multi-store Know the features of each Discuss the three types of variations in attachment, including van Ijzendoorn. maternal deprivation. orphan studies: effects of institutionalisation. early attachment on childhood and adult relationships, including the role of an internal working mode. model of memory and its components: sensory register, short-term memory and long-term memory. store: coding, capacity and duration. long-term memory: episodic, semantic, procedural.

4 Half Term 4 26 th February 5 th March 12 th March 19 th March 26 th March 2 nd April Working memory model Key features of the model - phonological loop visuo-spatial sketchpad, central executive, episodic buffer. Dual task studies Baddeley and Hitch. Strengths, limitations and contribution of WMM. Explanations for forgetting Interference pro-active and retroactive Retrieval failure and absence of cues, Context dependence State dependent P Practical - Memory experiment. Students to design Repeated measure experiment using counterbalancing Collect data. Analyse, interpret and present data. Evaluate own research study Loftus & Palmer study reconstructive memory hypothesis of factors affecting EWT The role of misleading information, leading questions and post event discussion eg Loftus and Palmer study The effect of anxiety on EWT eg Loftus (1979) weapon focus, Christianson and Hubinette (1993) Application of research findings to the real world. Cognitive interview, 4 features and research studies of effectiveness eg Geiselman. Kohnken (1999) meta-analysis. Milne and Bull (2002). Describe the working memory model: central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad and episodic buffer. Know the Features of the working memory model: coding and capacity. Discuss the explanations for forgetting: proactive and retroactive interference Discuss the explanations for forgetting: retrieval failure due to absence of cues. Describe the factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony: misleading information, including leading questions and post-event discussion; anxiety. Describe the factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony: misleading information, including leading questions and post-event discussion; anxiety. Discuss how to improve the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, including the use of the cognitive interview.

5 Half Term 5 23 rd April 30 th April 7 th May 14 th May 21 st May Revision Revision Revision Exam period Exam period

6 Half Term 6 4 th June 11 th June 18 th June 25 th June 2 nd July 9 th July 16 th July Exam period Exam period Introduction to A Level content: Biopsychology Methods of studying the brain fmri, EEG, ERP, Post mortems. Case study evidence from studies of brain damage. Evaluation of methods/strengths and limitations. Localisation of function, lateralisation motor, somatosensory, visual auditory and language centres the function of Wernick s and Broca s area. Split brain research. Sperry 1968 Methodology and findings. Gazzinger 2000 and Plasticity and functional recovery after trauma End of year review Know ways of studying the brain: Understand localisation of Discuss split brain research Discuss plasticity and scanning techniques - functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) Know ways of studying the brain: scanning techniques - electroencephalogram (EEGs) Know ways of studying the brain: scanning techniques - eventrelated potentials (ERPs) Discuss the use of post-mortem examinations function in the brain and hemispheric lateralisation: motor, somatosensory, visual, auditory and language centres Understand Broca s and Wernicke s areas functional recovery of the brain after trauma

Coding. The format in which information is stored in the various memory stores.

Coding. The format in which information is stored in the various memory stores. Coding The format in which information is stored in the various memory stores. Coding The format in which information is stored in the various memory stores. Capacity The amount of information that can