AQA Psychology A-level: Approaches in Psychology (A* notes)

AQA Psychology A-level: Approaches in Psychology
From specification 7181, 7182 - Psychology in context - paper 2 (I achieved an A* in Psychology A-level in 2018, across all three papers. I prioritised revision on evaluation, necessary for accessing higher grade!)

Includes

• Origins of psychology - introspection, Wundt, empiricism and evaluation
• Behaviourist approach - classical conditioning and Pavlov, operant conditioning and Skinner - evaluation
• Social learning theory - Bandura’s modelling, imitation, identification, meditational process and evaluation
• Cognitive approach - schema, computer models, cognitive neuroscience and evaluation
• Biological approach - genetic basis, genotype vs phenotype, evolution, biological structures and evaluation
• Psychodynamic approach - unconscious mind, structure of personality, defence mechanisms, psychosexual stages and evaluation
• Humanistic approach - free will, self actualisation, congruence and conditions of worth and evaluation
• COMPARISON OF APPROACHES (A03) - views on development, nature vs nurture, reductionism, determinism, views on abnormal behaviour