<p>Law Making: Judicial Precedent :<br />
The doctrine of judicial precedent.<br />
The hierarchy of the courts including the Supreme Court.<br />
Stare decisis, ratio decidendi and obiter dicta; law reporting in outline and the reasons for it.<br />
The operation of judicial precedent: following, overruling and distinguishing.<br />
The advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of judicial precedent and the operation of precedent.</p>
<p>Set to the 2017 spec using the Hodder AQA A Level Law textbook.<br />
Sold as a bundle of three PowerPoints</p>
<p>The civil courts and other forms of dispute resolution including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Civil courts, starting a court case,</li>
<li>the three tracks</li>
<li>reform of the civil courts</li>
<li>appeal routes</li>
<li>Other forms of dispute resolution, tribunals</li>
<li>Alternates dispute resolution (ADR)</li>
<li>Comparing courts and ADR.</li>
<li>Set to the 2017 spec using the Hodder AQA A Level Law textbook.</li>
<li>Sold as a bundle of two PowerPoints</li>
<li>Knowledge check and exam question</li>
</ul>
<p>What is memory?<br />
Research on coding Baddeley (1966a, 1966b) with evaluation,<br />
Research on capacity Joseph Jacobs (1887) digit-span technique, Miller (1956) with evaluation<br />
Research on duration STM Peterson and Peterson (1959), LTM Bahrick et al (1975) with evaluations.<br />
Multi-store model (1968, 1971) Atkinson and Shiffrin with evaluation, case study of HM<br />
Shallice and Warrington (1970) and case study of KF<br />
More than one type of rehearsal Craik and Watkins (1973)<br />
Scenarios given throughout and potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>Types of Long-term Memory: episodic memory, semantic memory and procedural memory. <br />
Tulving (1972) episodic research, defintions of semantic and procedural<br />
Evaluation: Clinical evidence Clive Wearing<br />
Evaluation: Neuroimaging evidence Tulving et al (1994)<br />
Useful applications Belleville et al (2006)<br />
Evaluation : Limitations, Three types of LTM or two? Cohen and Squire (1980)<br />
Scenarios given throughout, revision web link, study tips and potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>Explanations for forgetting: Interference theory and Retrieval failure theory.<br />
Interference theory: proactive and retroactive.<br />
Effects of Similarity: (McGeoch & McDonald, 1931)<br />
Real-life application: Burke and Skrull (1988)<br />
Evaluation: Evidence from lab studies PEEL paragraph<br />
Evaluation: Artificial materials PEEL paragraph<br />
Evaluation: Real-life studies PEEL paragraph<br />
Accessibility or availability? Endel Tulving and Psotka (1971)<br />
Retrieval failure theory: tip of the tongue phenomenon<br />
Encoding specificity principle (ESP) Tulving (1983)<br />
Context dependent remembering and forgetting – External cues Godden & Baddeley (1975), Aggleton and Waskett (1999<br />
Questioning context effects: Baddeley (1997), Godden and Baddeley (1980)<br />
State dependent remembering and forgetting Carter & Cassaday (1998):<br />
Evaluations: Michael Eysenck 2010, problems with the ESP<br />
Scenarios given throughout and potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>Observational techniques. Types of observation: naturalistic and controlled observation; covert and overt observation; participant and non-participant observation.<br />
Self-report techniques. Questionnaires; interviews, structured and unstructured.<br />
Questionnaire construction, including use of open and closed questions; design of interviews.<br />
Correlations. Analysis of the relationship between co-variables. The difference between correlations and experiments.<br />
Scenarios given throughout and potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>•Types of delegated legislation; orders in council, statutory instruments, and by laws<br />
•Control of delegated legislation<br />
•Advantages and disadvantages of delegated legislation<br />
Knowledge check and exam question</p>
<p>Effects of Institutionalisation; Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation hypothesis<br />
Rutter (1998) – Romanian Orphans - complete breakdown<br />
The Bucharest Early Intervention Project - Zeanah et al. (2005)<br />
Effects of institutionalisation; Disinhibited attachment,<br />
Evaluation of Research into the Effects of Institutionalisation - PEE paragraphs<br />
The Influence of Early Attachments on Later Relationships - Bowlby (1969), Attachment type (Kerns 1994), bullying (Rowan Myron-Wilson and Peter Smith 1998)<br />
Relationships in Adulthood with Romantic Partners: Gerard McCarthy (1999), The Love Quiz Hazen and Shaver (1987)<br />
Relationships in Adulthood as a Parent: Bailey et al (2007)<br />
Evaluations 0f influence of attachment on adult relationships<br />
Potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>The Working Memory Model BADDELEY & HITCH (1974) explanation and case study support<br />
Dual task performance Baddeley & Hitch (1976)<br />
Evaluations: Lack of clarity over the central executive, Support for phonological loop Baddeley et al (1975)<br />
Clinical evidence Braver et al. (1997)<br />
Potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>Caregiver-Infant Interactions inc reciprocity (Feldman 2007) and interactional synchrony (Meltzoff and Moore 1977, Isabella 1989)<br />
Evaluation of reciprocity and interactional synchrony<br />
The Role of the Father: Bowlby and evaluation;Schaffer and Emerson (1964) , Grossman (2002), Field (1978), MacCallum and Golombok (2004)<br />
Schaffer’s stages of attachment: Schaffer & Emerson(1964) full breakdown and evaluations<br />
Ainsworth’s ‘Strange situation’ : Ainsworth and Bell (1969) full breakdown, types and evaluations<br />
Potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>Attachment 4.1.3 Animal studies<br />
Animal Studies of Attachment: Lorenz, Imprinting and the Greylag Geese inc. sexual imprinting<br />
Evaluation inc. Guiton (1966)<br />
Harlow (1958) classic study and evaluations inc. (Howe 1998)<br />
Explanations of attachment: Learning theory inc. Dollard & Miller (1950)<br />
Classical conditioning recap, Operant conditioning inc drive reduction Sears et al (1957)<br />
Evaluation: Reciprocity and interactional synchrony<br />
Dale Hay and Jo Vespo (1988) newer learning theory<br />
Explanations of attachment: Bowlby’s theory inc internal working model and continuity hypothesis<br />
Social releasers and the critical period<br />
Evaluation ref Schaffer and Emerson (1964)<br />
Caregiver-Infant Interactions inc reciprocity (Feldman 2007) and interactional synchrony (Meltzoff and Moore 1977, Isabella 1989)<br />
Evaluation of reciprocity and interactional synchrony<br />
The Role of the Father: Bowlby and evaluation;Schaffer and Emerson (1964) , Grossman (2002), Field (1978), MacCallum and Golombok (2004)<br />
Schaffer’s stages of attachment: Schaffer & Emerson(1964) full breakdown and evaluations<br />
Ainsworth’s ‘Strange situation’ : Ainsworth and Bell (1969) full breakdown, types and evaluations<br />
Cross-Cultural Variations in attachment type ref to Ainsworth<br />
Explantion individualistic and collectivist cultures with examples<br />
Van Ijzendoorn & Kroonenberg (1988) meta-analysis of Strange Situation studies, complete breakdown and evalautions<br />
Other studies of cultural variations: Simonella et al (2014), Jin et al (2012)<br />
16 marker with exam break down and marks<br />
Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis: John Bowlby (1951)<br />
Separation vs deprivation and the critical period<br />
Effects on development:Intellectual Goldfarb (1955), Emotional Bowlby’s 44 Thieves Study (1944)<br />
Evaluations; Czech Twins Case Study – (Koluchová, 1976)<br />
Effects of Institutionalisation; Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation hypothesis<br />
Rutter (1998) – Romanian Orphans - complete breakdown<br />
The Bucharest Early Intervention Project - Zeanah et al. (2005)<br />
Effects of institutionalisation; Disinhibited attachment,<br />
Evaluation of Research into the Effects of Institutionalisation - PEE paragraphs<br />
The Influence of Early Attachments on Later Relationships - Bowlby (1969), Attachment type (Kerns 1994), bullying (Rowan Myron-Wilson and Peter Smith 1998)<br />
Relationships in Adulthood with Romantic Partners: Gerard McCarthy (1999), The Love Quiz Hazen and Shaver (1987)<br />
Relationships in Adulthood as a Parent: Bailey et al (2007)<br />
Evaluations of influence of attachment on adult relationships<br />
Scenarios throughout and potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>What is memory?<br />
Research on coding Baddeley (1966a, 1966b) with evaluation,<br />
Research on capacity Joseph Jacobs (1887) digit-span technique, Miller (1956) with evaluation<br />
Research on duration STM Peterson and Peterson (1959), LTM Bahrick et al (1975) with evaluations.<br />
Multi-store model (1968, 1971) Atkinson and Shiffrin with evaluation, case study of HM<br />
Shallice and Warrington (1970) and case study of KF<br />
More than one type of rehearsal Craik and Watkins (1973)<br />
Types of Long-term Memory: episodic memory, semantic memory and procedural memory. <br />
Tulving (1972) episodic research, defintions of semantic and procedural<br />
Evaluation: Clinical evidence Clive Wearing<br />
Evaluation: Neuroimaging evidence Tulving et al (1994)<br />
Useful applications Belleville et al (2006)<br />
Evaluation : Limitations, Three types of LTM or two? Cohen and Squire (1980)<br />
The Working Memory Model BADDELEY & HITCH (1974) explanation and case study support<br />
Dual task performance Baddeley & Hitch (1976)<br />
Evaluations: Lack of clarity over the central executive, Support for phonological loop Baddeley et al (1975)<br />
Clinical evidence Braver et al. (1997)<br />
Explanations for forgetting: Interference theory and Retrieval failure theory.<br />
Interference theory: proactive and retroactive.<br />
Effects of Similarity: (McGeoch & McDonald, 1931)<br />
Real-life application: Burke and Skrull (1988)<br />
Evaluation: Evidence from lab studies PEEL paragraph<br />
Evaluation: Artificial materials PEEL paragraph<br />
Evaluation: Real-life studies PEEL paragraph<br />
Accessibility or availability? Endel Tulving and Psotka (1971)<br />
Retrieval failure theory: tip of the tongue phenomenon<br />
Encoding specificity principle (ESP) Tulving (1983)<br />
Context dependent remembering and forgetting – External cues Godden & Baddeley (1975), Aggleton and Waskett (1999<br />
Questioning context effects: Baddeley (1997), Godden and Baddeley (1980)<br />
State dependent remembering and forgetting Carter & Cassaday (1998):<br />
Evaluations: Michael Eysenck 2010, problems with the ESP<br />
Scenarios given throughout, revision web link, study tips and potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>Complete topic for AS and A Level - specification AQA.<br />
Six Powerpoints included covering the topics-<br />
Types of conformity: internalisation, identification and compliance. Explanations for conformity: informational social influence and normative social influence, and variables affecting conformity including group size, unanimity and task difficulty as investigated by Asch.<br />
Conformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo.<br />
Explanations for obedience: agentic state and legitimacy of authority, and situational variables affecting obedience including proximity and location, as investigated by Milgram, and uniform. Dispositional explanation for obedience: the Authoritarian Personality.<br />
Explanations of resistance to social influence, including social support and locus of control.<br />
Minority influence including reference to consistency, commitment and flexibility.<br />
The role of social influence processes in social change.</p>
<p>Scenarios given throughout the PPs and potential exam questions for topics at the end.</p>
<p>Types of conformity: internalisation, identification and compliance.<br />
Explanations of why people conform, including informational and normative social influence.<br />
Asch’s (1951, 1955) research and variables affecting conformity including group size, unanimity and task difficulty. EVALUATION A03<br />
The role of discussion in changing opinion regarding a matter of fact – Arthur Jenness, 1932, EVALUATION A03<br />
Sherif (1935) Autokinetic Effect Experiment, EVALUATION A03<br />
Scenarios included and possible exam questions at the end of the PP</p>
<p>Cross-Cultural Variations in attachment type ref to Ainsworth<br />
Explantion individualistic and collectivist cultures with examples<br />
Van Ijzendoorn & Kroonenberg (1988) meta-analysis of Strange Situation studies, complete breakdown and evalautions<br />
Other studies of cultural variations: Simonella et al (2014), Jin et al (2012)<br />
16 marker with exam break down and marks<br />
Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis: John Bowlby (1951)<br />
Separation vs deprivation and the critical period<br />
Effects on development:Intellectual Goldfarb (1955), Emotional Bowlby’s 44 Thieves Study (1944)<br />
Evaluations; Czech Twins Case Study – (Koluchová, 1976)<br />
Potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>Factors affecting eyewitness testimony: misleading information<br />
Misleading information - Loftus and Palmer (1974)<br />
Post-event discussion - Gabbert et al. (2003)<br />
Evaluations of misleading information<br />
Factors affecting eyewitness testimony: Anxiety Johnson and Scott (1976<br />
Evaluation of anxiety - conflicting evidence Yuille and Cutshall (1986)<br />
Kenneth Deffenbacher (1983) application of Yerkes-Dodson Law to EWT and evaluation<br />
Weapon focus - Pickel (1998) and evalautions<br />
Eyewitness Testimony test and YouTube link, Unreliability of EWT Ronald Cotton case YouTube link<br />
Potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>
<p>Aims: stating aims, the difference between aims and hypotheses.<br />
Hypotheses: directional and non-directional.<br />
Variables: manipulation and control of variables, including independent, dependent, extraneous, confounding; operationalisation of variables.<br />
Demand characteristics and investigator effects.<br />
Types of validity across all methods of investigation: face validity, concurrent validity, ecological validity and temporal validity. Assessment of validity. Improving validity.<br />
Reliability across all methods of investigation. Ways of assessing reliability: test-retest and inter-observer; improving reliability.<br />
Experimental method. Types of experiment, laboratory and field experiments; natural and quasi-experiments.</p>
<p>Criminal courts and lay people</p>
<p>oBasic understanding of the criminal process including the classification of offences, and the appeal system.<br />
oCriminal court powers and sentencing of adult offenders.<br />
oThe role of lay people: the role and powers of magistrates in criminal courts and the role of juries in criminal courts.<br />
oThe advantages and disadvantages of using juries in criminal courts.</p>
<p>Set to the 2017 spec using the Hodder AQA A Level Law textbook.<br />
Sold as a bundle of five PowerPoints<br />
Knowledge check and exam question.<br />
Exam tips and web links throughout.</p>
<p>Conformity to social roles,<br />
Stanford prison experiment – Craig Haney, Curtis Banks and Philip Zimbardo (1971) APFC and in-depth examination,<br />
deindividuation and learned helplessness, evaluation,<br />
Role of Dispositional Factors,<br />
ethical issues,<br />
replication of the Stanford Prison Experiment, carried out by Reicher and Haslam (2006),<br />
TAJFEL & TURNER (1979) SOCIAL IDENTITY EXPLAINS PREJUDICE,<br />
scenarios and potential exam questions for this topic</p>
<p>AQA spec suitable for AS and A Level</p>
<p>·The rules of statutory interpretation: literal, golden and mischief rules; the purposive approach.<br />
·Internal (intrinsic) and external (extrinsic) aids.<br />
·The impact of European Union law and of the Human Rights Act 1998 on statutory interpretation.<br />
·The advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches to statutory interpretation.<br />
Knowledge check and exam question<br />
Case studies examined throughout</p>
<p>Minority influence: including reference to consistency, commitment and flexibility.<br />
Moscovici (1969) - exploration and evaluation<br />
Nemeth (1986) - flexibility<br />
The process of change: snowball effect<br />
Social influence and social change: The special role of minority influence<br />
Real-life example – the African-American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s.<br />
Lessons from conformity and obedience research<br />
Social influence evaluation<br />
Bashir et al. (2013 barriers to social change<br />
Scenarios given throughout and potential exam questions for this topic at the end.</p>