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Theme 1: Cognition and Behaviour - Memory

Processes of Memory (4 lessons)

Explore processes of memory in Psychology.

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Encoding, Storage and Retrieval

Explore how memories are encoded, stored in different memory systems and later retrieved for use.

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Types of Memory - Episodic, Semantic and Procedural

Explore the three memory types: episodic, semantic and procedural and how they function differently.

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How Memories are Encoded and Stored

Explore how memories are encoded through sensory channels and stored in different memory systems.

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Review and Practice - Memory Processes

Review memory models and practice applying key concepts to strengthen understanding and recall.

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Structures of Memory (10 lessons)

Explore structures of memory in Psychology.

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The Multi-store Model Introduction

Explore how memory works through Atkinson and Shiffrin's influential three-store model of memory processing.

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Sensory Memory Store

Explore how sensory memory briefly stores and processes incoming information from our senses.

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Short-term Memory Store

Explore how short-term memory works, its limits and how we use it daily.

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Long-term Memory Store

Explore how long-term memories are encoded, stored and retrieved in different memory types.

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Coding in Memory Stores

Explore how information is coded and stored in different memory systems.

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Capacity of Memory Stores

Explore the capacity limits of sensory, short-term and long-term memory stores in psychology.

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Duration of Memory Stores

Explore how long information stays in sensory, short-term and long-term memory stores.

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Primacy and Recency Effects

Explore how memory prioritizes first and last items in a list and why this matters.

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Murdock Serial Position Curve Study

Explore Murdock's classic study on memory position effects and its implications for learning.

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Review and Practice - Memory Structures

Review memory structure models and test your understanding with practice activities.

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Memory as an Active Process (8 lessons)

Explore memory as an active process in Psychology.

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Theory of Reconstructive Memory

Explore how memory actively reconstructs events using schemas rather than playing back exact recordings.

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Effort After Meaning Concept

Explore how memory actively reconstructs information using schemas and cultural knowledge.

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Bartlett War of the Ghosts Study

Explore how Bartlett's famous study revealed memory as an active, reconstructive process shaped by culture.

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Factors Affecting Memory Accuracy

Explore how schemas, leading questions and post-event information affect memory accuracy and reliability.

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Interference in Memory

Explore how memories compete and interfere with each other during the recall process.

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Context Effects on Memory

Explore how environmental and internal contexts powerfully influence memory encoding and retrieval.

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False Memories

Explore how false memories form and impact eyewitness testimony in legal settings.

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Review and Practice - Reconstructive Memory

Explore how memory is actively reconstructed and factors affecting eyewitness testimony accuracy.

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Theme 2: Cognition and Behaviour - Perception

Sensation and Perception (3 lessons)

Explore sensation and perception in Psychology.

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Difference Between Sensation and Perception

Explore how our brains detect stimuli and transform raw sensations into meaningful perceptions.

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Basic Principles of Perception

Explore how the brain organizes sensory information into meaningful patterns using perceptual principles.

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Review and Practice - Sensation vs Perception

Review the key differences between sensation and perception with practical examples and applications.

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Visual Cues and Constancies (9 lessons)

Explore visual cues and constancies in Psychology.

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Monocular Depth Cues Introduction

Explore how our brains use single-eye visual clues to perceive depth in our environment.

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Height in Plane

Explore how objects higher in our visual field appear farther away in perception.

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Relative Size

Learn how relative size helps us judge distance and perceive depth in our visual world.

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Occlusion

Explore how occlusion helps us perceive depth when objects partially hide others.

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Linear Perspective

Explore how linear perspective creates depth perception through converging lines and vanishing points.

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Binocular Depth Cues Introduction

Explore how your two eyes work together to create 3D vision through binocular depth cues.

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Retinal Disparity

Explore how our brain uses slight differences in eye images to create 3D vision.

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Convergence

Explore how eye convergence works as a depth cue and maintains visual constancies.

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Review and Practice - Depth Cues

Explore how visual depth cues help us perceive a 3D world from 2D images.

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Gibson Direct Theory of Perception (5 lessons)

Explore gibson direct theory of perception in Psychology.

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Nature vs Nurture in Perception

Explore how Gibson's theory explains whether perception is innate or shaped by experience.

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Direct Perception Theory

Explore how we perceive the world directly through environmental information and affordances.

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Motion Parallax

Explore how motion parallax helps us perceive depth through relative movement of objects.

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Real World Information for Perception

Explore how we directly perceive information from our environment using Gibson's ecological approach.

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Review and Practice - Gibson Theory

Explore Gibson's Direct Theory of Perception and evaluate its strengths and limitations with evidence.

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Visual Illusions (12 lessons)

Explore visual illusions in Psychology.

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What are Visual Illusions?

Explore how visual illusions trick our brain and what they reveal about visual perception.

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Ambiguity in Visual Illusions

Explore how our brain interprets ambiguous images and switches between multiple visual perceptions.

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Misinterpreted Depth Cues

Explore how our brain misinterprets visual depth cues, creating fascinating optical illusions.

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Fiction in Visual Illusions

Explore how our brain creates fictional perceptions through various types of visual illusions.

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Size Constancy

Explore how our brain maintains consistent object size perception despite varying distances.

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The Ponzo Illusion

Explore how the Ponzo illusion reveals depth perception mechanisms and size constancy principles.

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The Muller-Lyer Illusion

Explore how the Müller-Lyer illusion tricks our brain and what it reveals about visual perception.

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Rubin Vase

Explore how the Rubin Vase illusion reveals principles of figure-ground perception in psychology.

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The Ames Room

Explore how the Ames Room illusion tricks our perception of size and depth through clever design.

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The Kanizsa Triangle

Explore how the Kanizsa Triangle reveals the brain's ability to perceive illusory contours.

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The Necker Cube

Explore the Necker Cube illusion and how our brain processes ambiguous visual information.

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Review and Practice - Visual Illusions

Review visual illusions, understand their causes and apply theories to explain perceptual errors.

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Gregory Constructivist Theory (4 lessons)

Explore gregory constructivist theory in Psychology.

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Constructivist Theory Introduction

Explore how Gregory's theory explains perception as an active construction process using prior knowledge.

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Role of Inferences in Perception

Explore how our brains use inferences to actively construct meaning from sensory information.

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Past Experience and Perception

Explore how past experiences shape our perception according to Gregory's Constructivist Theory.

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Review and Practice - Gregory Theory

Explore Gregory's constructivist theory of perception and apply it to real-world scenarios.

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Factors Affecting Perception (8 lessons)

Explore factors affecting perception in Psychology.

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Perceptual Set Introduction

Explore how expectations and context shape what we perceive in our everyday visual world.

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Culture and Perception

Explore how cultural background shapes our visual perception and interpretation of the world.

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Motivation and Perception

Explore how our needs and desires shape what we perceive in our environment.

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Emotion and Perception

Explore how emotions influence what we perceive and how we interpret sensory information.

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Expectation and Perception

Explore how our expectations shape what we perceive and interpret in our environment.

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Gilchrist and Nesberg Study

Explore how hunger affects perception of food images in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study.

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Bruner and Minturn Study

Explore how context and expectations influence our perception of ambiguous stimuli.

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Review and Practice - Perceptual Factors

Explore how motivation, expectation, emotion and culture influence our perception of the world.

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Theme 3: Cognition and Behaviour - Development

Early Brain Development (10 lessons)

Explore early brain development in Psychology.

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Basic Brain Development

Explore how the brain develops from conception through childhood and its critical periods.

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Neural Structures in the Womb

Explore how the brain forms and develops its key structures during pregnancy.

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Brain Stem Development

Explore how the brain stem develops and controls vital survival functions from early pregnancy.

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Thalamus and Cerebellum

Explore the structure and functions of the thalamus and cerebellum in early brain development.

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Cortex Development

Explore how the cerebral cortex develops from embryo to adolescence and its critical periods.

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Autonomic Functions Development

Explore how the brain develops vital automatic functions essential for survival from birth.

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Sensory Processing Development

Explore how the brain develops sensory processing abilities from prenatal stages through childhood.

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Movement and Cognition Development

Explore how brain development influences movement skills and cognitive abilities in early childhood.

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Nature vs Nurture in Development

Explore how genes and environment interact to shape early brain development and behaviour.

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Review and Practice - Brain Development

Review key processes of brain development and practice applying concepts to real-world scenarios.

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Piaget Stage Theory (11 lessons)

Explore piaget stage theory in Psychology.

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Piaget Theory Introduction

Explore how Piaget's theory explains cognitive development through distinct stages and key concepts.

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Assimilation and Accommodation

Explore how children adapt to new information through mental processes of assimilation and accommodation.

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Sensorimotor Stage

Explore Piaget's sensorimotor stage theory and how infants develop cognitive abilities from birth to age two.

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Pre-operational Stage

Explore how children aged 2-7 think symbolically but struggle with logical reasoning

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Concrete Operational Stage

Explore how children develop logical thinking about concrete situations between ages 7-11.

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Formal Operational Stage

Explore how adolescents develop abstract reasoning and hypothetical thinking abilities.

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Egocentricity Reduction

Explore how children develop the ability to understand others' perspectives beyond their own.

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Conservation Development

Explore how children develop understanding that quantity remains unchanged despite appearance changes.

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McGarrigle and Donaldson Study

Explore how the "naughty teddy" study challenged Piaget's conservation task findings.

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Hughes Policeman Doll Study

Explore Hughes' Policeman Doll Study and how it challenged Piaget's theory of egocentrism.

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Review and Practice - Piaget Stages

Review Piaget's four cognitive development stages and practice applying this theory to real-world scenarios.

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Piaget Theory in Education (4 lessons)

Explore piaget theory in education in Psychology.

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Educational Applications

Discover how Piaget's cognitive development theory shapes modern educational approaches and classroom practices.

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Stage-appropriate Learning

Explore how Piaget's developmental stages guide effective age-appropriate teaching methods.

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Active Learning Principles

Explore how Piaget's theory shapes active learning principles in modern education.

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Review and Practice - Educational Applications

Explore how Piaget's cognitive development theory shapes modern educational practices and classroom learning.

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Effects of Learning on Development (10 lessons)

Explore effects of learning on development in Psychology.

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Dweck Mindset Theory

Explore how beliefs about intelligence affect learning, motivation and achievement through Dweck's theory.

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Fixed Mindset

Explore how fixed mindset beliefs limit learning potential and shape developmental outcomes.

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Growth Mindset

Explore how growth mindset beliefs shape learning, achievement and psychological development.

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Role of Praise in Learning

Explore how different types of praise impact motivation, mindset and learning outcomes

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Self-efficacy Beliefs

Explore how beliefs about our abilities shape our behaviour, choices and development.

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Learning Styles Introduction

Explore different learning style theories and how they affect educational development.

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Verbalisers and Visualisers

Explore how verbalisers and visualisers process information differently and apply learning strategies.

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Willingham Learning Theory

Explore how Willingham's cognitive theory explains effective learning through memory and practice.

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Criticism of Learning Styles

Examine why learning styles theories lack scientific support despite their educational popularity.

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Review and Practice - Learning and Development

Review key learning theories and practice applying them to developmental psychology scenarios.

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Theme 4: Cognition and Behaviour - Research Methods

Formulation of Hypotheses (4 lessons)

Explore formulation of hypotheses in Psychology.

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Null Hypothesis

Learn how to formulate null hypotheses in psychology research and understand their importance in statistical testing.

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Alternative Hypothesis

Learn to formulate and test alternative hypotheses in psychological research

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Writing Testable Hypotheses

Learn to write clear, testable hypotheses for psychological research with proper variables and predictions.

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Review and Practice - Hypotheses

Learn to formulate and evaluate different types of hypotheses for psychological research.

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Types of Variables (4 lessons)

Explore types of variables in Psychology.

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Independent Variables

Learn how to identify, manipulate and evaluate independent variables in psychological research experiments.

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Dependent Variables

Learn how to identify, measure and analyse dependent variables in psychological research.

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Extraneous Variables

Learn to identify and control extraneous variables in psychological research studies.

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Review and Practice - Variables

Learn to identify and control different variables in psychological research designs.

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Sampling Methods (8 lessons)

Explore sampling methods in Psychology.

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Target Populations and Samples

Learn how psychologists select research participants using different sampling methods.

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Random Sampling

Learn how random sampling works and why it's crucial for valid psychological research.

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Opportunity Sampling

Learn how opportunity sampling works, its strengths, weaknesses and applications in psychology research.

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Systematic Sampling

Learn how to select research participants using fixed intervals with systematic sampling techniques.

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Stratified Sampling

Learn how to select representative samples using stratified sampling techniques in psychology research.

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Sampling

Learn to evaluate different sampling methods and their impact on psychological research validity.

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Principles of Scientific Sampling

Learn how psychologists select representative samples for valid and reliable research findings.

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Review and Practice - Sampling

Master sampling techniques to select representative participants for psychological research studies.

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Designing Research (16 lessons)

Explore designing research in Psychology.

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Quantitative vs Qualitative Methods

Explore quantitative and qualitative research methods and when to apply each approach effectively.

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Experimental Method Introduction

Learn how to design and evaluate psychological experiments to test cause-effect relationships.

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Independent Groups Design

Learn how to design and evaluate independent groups research in psychology studies.

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Repeated Measures Design

Learn how repeated measures designs work and when to use them in psychological research.

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Matched Pairs Design

Learn how matched pairs design controls variables and strengthens psychological experiments.

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Laboratory Experiments

Learn how to design and evaluate laboratory experiments in psychological research.

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Field Experiments

Learn how field experiments study behaviour in natural settings with experimental control.

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Natural Experiments

Explore how psychologists use natural events as research opportunities without manipulation of variables.

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Interviews

Learn how to design and conduct effective interviews for psychological research

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Questionnaires

Learn how to design and use questionnaires effectively in psychological research.

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Case Studies

Learn how case studies are designed and used as a research method in psychology.

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Observation Studies

Learn how to design and conduct effective observation studies in psychological research.

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Categories of Behaviour

Learn to classify, measure and record observable behaviours in psychological research.

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Interobserver Reliability

Learn how to assess and improve agreement between observers in psychological research.

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Methods

Evaluate research methods in psychology, examining their strengths and limitations for data collection.

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Review and Practice - Research Design

Learn to evaluate and select appropriate research designs for psychological investigations.

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Correlation (5 lessons)

Explore correlation in Psychology.

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Understanding Association

Learn how to identify, measure and interpret relationships between variables in psychological research.

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Scatter Diagrams

Learn to create and interpret scatter diagrams to identify relationships between variables in psychology.

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Correlational Relationships

Explore how variables relate to each other and why correlation doesn't equal causation.

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Correlations

Explore the key strengths and limitations of correlational research in psychological studies.

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Review and Practice - Correlation

Master correlation concepts, interpretation and limitations in psychological research.

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Research Procedures (7 lessons)

Explore research procedures in Psychology.

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Standardised Procedures

Learn how to create and apply standardised procedures in psychological research studies.

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Instructions to Participants

Learn how to create and evaluate effective instructions for participants in psychological research.

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Randomisation

Learn how randomisation techniques create fair and valid psychological research designs.

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Allocation to Conditions

Learn how researchers fairly assign participants to different experimental conditions in psychology studies.

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Counterbalancing

Learn how counterbalancing in psychology research prevents order effects and improves experimental validity.

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Controlling Extraneous Variables

Learn techniques to control unwanted variables in psychological experiments for valid results.

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Review and Practice - Procedures

Master key research procedures in psychology and learn to evaluate studies effectively.

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Planning and Conducting Research (4 lessons)

Explore planning and conducting research in Psychology.

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Planning Research Considerations

Learn how to plan psychological research with proper methods, ethics and design considerations.

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Reliability in Research

Learn how to ensure research measurements are consistent, stable and trustworthy in psychology.

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Validity in Research

Explore how researchers ensure their studies truly measure what they claim to measure.

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Review and Practice - Planning Research

Learn how to plan effective psychological research with valid methods and ethical considerations.

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Ethical Considerations (4 lessons)

Explore ethical considerations in Psychology.

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BPS Guidelines Introduction

Learn how BPS ethical guidelines protect participants and ensure responsible psychological research.

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Ethical Issues in Research

Explore ethical guidelines in psychology research and how to protect participant welfare.

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Dealing with Ethical Issues

Learn how psychologists address ethical issues in research to protect participant welfare.

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Review and Practice - Ethics

Review ethical principles in psychology research and practice applying them to real scenarios.

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Data Handling (12 lessons)

Explore data handling in Psychology.

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Quantitative vs Qualitative Data

Learn to distinguish between quantitative and qualitative data collection methods in psychological research.

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Primary vs Secondary Data

Learn to distinguish between primary and secondary data sources in psychological research.

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Computation and Standard Form

Master data computation, standard form and statistical analysis for psychological research

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Ratios, Fractions and Percentages

Learn to use ratios, fractions and percentages to analyse and interpret psychological data.

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Descriptive Statistics

Learn how to calculate, interpret and present data using descriptive statistical methods in psychology.

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Mean, Median and Mode

Learn to calculate and apply mean, median and mode in psychological research data analysis.

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Range as Measure of Dispersion

Learn how to calculate and interpret range as a measure of data spread in psychology research.

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Frequency Tables and Diagrams

Learn to create and interpret frequency tables and diagrams for psychological data analysis.

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Bar Charts and Histograms

Learn to create and interpret bar charts and histograms for effective psychological data analysis.

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Scatter Diagrams for Correlation

Learn to create and interpret scatter diagrams to identify relationships between psychological variables.

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Normal Distributions

Learn how normal distributions help psychologists interpret data patterns and make predictions about behaviour.

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Review and Practice - Data Handling

Master essential data handling skills for analysing and presenting psychological research findings effectively.

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Theme 5: Social Context and Behaviour - Social Influence

Conformity (10 lessons)

Explore conformity in Psychology.

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What is Conformity?

Understand how and why people change their behaviour to match others in social situations.

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Social Factors in Conformity

Explore how group size, unanimity and social status influence our conformity behaviours.

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Group Size Effects

Explore how the number of people in a group affects conformity levels and social influence.

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Anonymity Effects

Explore how anonymity influences conformity behaviour and social identity in groups.

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Task Difficulty Effects

Learn how task difficulty increases conformity through uncertainty and informational social influence.

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Dispositional Factors in Conformity

Explore how personality traits and individual differences affect conformity behaviour in social situations.

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Personality and Conformity

Explore how personality traits influence conformity levels and social influence susceptibility.

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Expertise and Conformity

Explore how expert status influences conformity and social behaviour in different contexts.

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Asch Study of Conformity

Explore Asch's famous line experiment and why people conform to incorrect group judgments.

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Review and Practice - Conformity

Review key theories and practice applying knowledge about conformity in social psychology.

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Obedience (9 lessons)

Explore obedience in Psychology.

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What is Obedience?

Explore the psychology of obedience, why people follow authority and Milgram's famous experiments.

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Milgram Agency Theory

Explore Milgram's Agency Theory explaining why people obey authority figures in extreme situations.

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Agency in Obedience

Explore how people shift responsibility to authority figures when following harmful orders.

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Authority and Obedience

Explore why people obey authority figures and the psychological factors influencing obedient behaviour.

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Culture and Obedience

Explore how cultural factors influence obedience levels across different societies worldwide.

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Proximity and Obedience

Explore how physical distance affects obedience levels in social psychology experiments and real life.

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Dispositional Factors in Obedience

Explore how personality traits and individual differences influence obedience to authority figures.

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Adorno Authoritarian Personality

Explore how Adorno's theory explains why some people blindly obey authority figures.

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Review and Practice - Obedience

Review key obedience studies and practice applying concepts to exam-style questions.

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Prosocial Behaviour (9 lessons)

Explore prosocial behaviour in Psychology.

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Bystander Behaviour Introduction

Explore why people do or don't help in emergencies and the psychology of bystander behaviour.

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Social Factors in Helping

Explore how social factors influence whether people help others in emergency situations.

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Presence of Others

Explore how others' presence affects our performance and helping behaviour in emergencies.

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Cost of Helping

Explore how time, risk and effort costs influence our decisions to help others.

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Dispositional Factors in Helping

Explore how personality traits, gender and empathy influence our willingness to help others.

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Similarity to Victim

Explore how perceived similarity to victims influences our willingness to help others in need.

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Expertise and Helping

Explore how specialized knowledge affects helping behaviour in emergency situations.

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Piliavin Subway Study

Explore Piliavin's subway field experiment investigating factors affecting emergency helping behaviour.

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Review and Practice - Prosocial Behaviour

Review prosocial behaviour theories and practice applying concepts to real-world scenarios.

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Crowd and Collective Behaviour (8 lessons)

Explore crowd and collective behaviour in Psychology.

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Prosocial Behaviour in Crowds

Explore how crowds display helping behaviours and the psychological factors behind collective prosocial actions.

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Antisocial Behaviour in Crowds

Explore why crowds sometimes behave antisocially and the psychology behind collective violence.

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Social Loafing

Explore why people work less hard in groups and how to prevent this social phenomenon.

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Deindividuation

Explore how people lose individual identity in groups and how this affects behaviour.

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Culture and Collective Behaviour

Explore how cultural values and norms shape collective behaviour and crowd psychology.

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Personality and Collective Behaviour

Explore how individual personality traits influence behaviour in crowds and collective situations.

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Morality and Collective Behaviour

Explore how group settings transform moral judgments and influence collective ethical behaviour.

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Review and Practice - Collective Behaviour

Review collective behaviour theories and apply them to real-world crowd situations.

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Theme 6: Social Context and Behaviour - Language, Thought and Communication

Language and Thought Relationship (7 lessons)

Explore language and thought relationship in Psychology.

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Piaget Theory - Language Depends on Thought

Explore how Piaget's theory explains cognitive development as a prerequisite for language acquisition.

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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Explore how language may shape our thoughts and perceptions according to the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.

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Thinking Depends on Language

Explore how language shapes our thoughts, perceptions and understanding of the world around us.

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Cultural Variations in Recall

Explore how language and culture shape memory processes and recall patterns across different societies.

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Recognition of Colours

Explore how language shapes our ability to perceive and categorise different colours across cultures.

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Native American Culture Examples

Explore how Native American languages shape thought patterns and cultural worldviews.

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Review and Practice - Language and Thought

Explore how language shapes thought and review key theories and evidence in psycholinguistics.

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Human vs Animal Communication (10 lessons)

Explore human vs animal communication in Psychology.

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Functions of Animal Communication

Explore how and why animals communicate for survival, reproduction and social organisation.

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Survival Communication

Explore how humans and animals communicate vital information for survival and safety.

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Reproduction Communication

Explore how humans and animals communicate for mating and reproduction purposes.

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Territory Communication

Explore how humans and animals communicate to establish and defend territorial boundaries.

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Food Communication

Explore how humans and animals communicate about food sources, methods and evolutionary advantages.

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Von Frisch Bee Study

Explore how bees communicate through the waggle dance in von Frisch's groundbreaking study.

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Human Communication Properties

Explore the unique properties that make human language different from animal communication systems.

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Planning Future Events

Explore how humans and animals communicate about and plan for future events and needs.

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Discussing Abstract Concepts

Explore how humans uniquely communicate abstract ideas compared to limitations in animal communication.

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Review and Practice - Communication Differences

Compare human and animal communication systems and understand their key differences.

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Non-verbal Communication (14 lessons)

Explore non-verbal communication in Psychology.

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Definitions of Non-verbal Communication

Explore how we communicate without words through body language, gestures and expressions.

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Functions of Eye Contact

Explore how eye contact regulates interactions, expresses emotions and signals social relationships.

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Regulating Conversation Flow

Learn how non-verbal signals coordinate turn-taking and manage conversation rhythm and flow.

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Signalling Attraction

Discover how humans use non-verbal cues to signal romantic and social attraction.

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Expressing Emotion

Explore how emotions are expressed non-verbally through universal facial expressions and body language.

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Body Language

Explore how body language conveys emotions and affects social interactions across cultures.

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Open and Closed Posture

Explore how body posture communicates feelings and attitudes in non-verbal interactions.

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Postural Echo

Explore how unconscious posture mirroring reveals social connections and rapport between people.

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Touch Communication

Explore how physical contact conveys messages and affects our psychological wellbeing.

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Personal Space

Explore how we establish and maintain personal boundaries through spatial communication.

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Cultural Differences in Space

Explore how different cultures perceive and use personal space in communication.

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Status and Personal Space

Explore how status and personal space influence non-verbal communication in social interactions.

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Gender Differences in Space

Explore how males and females differ in personal space usage and territorial behaviours.

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Review and Practice - Non-verbal Communication

Review key aspects of non-verbal communication and practice applying your knowledge.

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Explanations of Non-verbal Behaviour (8 lessons)

Explore explanations of non-verbal behaviour in Psychology.

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Darwin Evolutionary Theory

Explore how Darwin's evolutionary theory explains the origins and functions of non-verbal behaviours in humans.

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Non-verbal Behaviour as Adaptive

Explore how non-verbal behaviours evolved as adaptive mechanisms for human survival and communication.

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Evidence for Innate Behaviour

Explore evidence supporting the theory that some non-verbal behaviours are innate rather than learned.

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Behaviour in Neonates

Explore innate behaviours in newborns including reflexes, facial preferences and attachment mechanisms.

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Behaviour in Sensory Deprived

Explore how humans react psychologically when deprived of normal sensory inputs and stimulation.

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Evidence for Learned Behaviour

Explore how non-verbal behaviours develop through observation, imitation and cultural learning.

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Yuki Study of Emoticons

Explore how different cultures interpret facial expressions through Yuki's emoticon research.

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Review and Practice - Non-verbal Explanations

Review and evaluate evolutionary and cultural explanations of non-verbal communication behaviours.

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Theme 7: Social Context and Behaviour - Brain and Neuropsychology

Nervous System Structure and Function (5 lessons)

Explore nervous system structure and function in Psychology.

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Central and Peripheral Nervous System

Explore the structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous systems in humans.

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Somatic and Autonomic Systems

Explore how the somatic and autonomic nervous systems control voluntary and involuntary bodily functions.

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Fight or Flight Response

Explore how the nervous system triggers physical and psychological changes during danger responses.

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James-Lange Theory of Emotion

Explore how the James-Lange Theory explains emotions as responses to bodily changes.

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Review and Practice - Nervous System

Review and practice key concepts about the structure and function of the nervous system.

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Neuron Structure and Function (10 lessons)

Explore neuron structure and function in Psychology.

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Sensory Neurons

Explore the structure and function of sensory neurons in transmitting environmental information to the CNS.

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Relay Neurons

Learn how relay neurons transmit signals between sensory and motor neurons in the nervous system.

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Motor Neurons

Explore how motor neurons transmit signals from the brain to muscles for movement

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Synaptic Transmission

Explore how neurons communicate through chemical messengers across the synaptic gap

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Neurotransmitter Release

Explore how neurons communicate through chemical messengers at the synaptic junction.

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Neurotransmitter Reuptake

Explore how neurons recycle chemical messengers and regulate brain communication through reuptake

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Excitation and Inhibition

Explore how neurons communicate through excitatory and inhibitory signals in the nervous system.

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Hebb Theory of Learning

Explore how neurons form stronger connections when activated together, creating the basis for learning and memory.

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Neuronal Growth

Explore how neurons develop, form connections and adapt through neuroplasticity throughout life.

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Review and Practice - Neurons

Explore neuron structure, function and communication in the nervous system.

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Brain Structure and Function (8 lessons)

Explore brain structure and function in Psychology.

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Frontal Lobe

Explore the frontal lobe's structure, functions and impact on behaviour and personality.

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Temporal Lobe

Explore the temporal lobe's structure and its role in hearing, memory and emotions.

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Parietal Lobe

Explore the parietal lobe's structure, sensory processing functions and role in spatial awareness.

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Occipital Lobe

Explore the occipital lobe's structure, function and role in visual processing and perception.

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Cerebellum

Explore the cerebellum's structure and its crucial role in coordinating movement and balance.

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Localisation of Function

Explore how different brain regions control specific mental functions and behaviours.

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Motor and Sensory Areas

Explore how the brain's motor and sensory areas control movement and process sensations.

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Penfield Study of Interpretive Cortex

Explore Penfield's groundbreaking study mapping brain functions through conscious patient surgery.

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