the rise of Lenin 1917 revolution the abdication of Nicholas II the provisonal government and dual authority end of the first world war bolshevik rise to power the civil war bolshevik opposition Lenin political control the New economic policy and war communism the Red Army and Cheka death of Lenin cult of personalty

Russo Japan war bloody sunday st petersburg soviet 1905 revolution 1905 October manifesto opposition (Liberals, Socialist Revolutionaries, Social democrats) society under Nicholas economy under Nicholas the rise of Lenin

Leadership struggle after Lenins death (bukharin, stalin, trotsky, kamenev, zinoviev) the rise of Stalin collectivisation Five year plans (1,2,3,4,5) the great terror (causes, moscow show trails, party purges, the NKVD, social political and economic consequences) second world war (Nazi soviet pact, stalin as a war leader, politics, society, economy, after the war) the cult of personality socialist realism cultural revolution Society economy

How Edward IV regained the throne in 1471 How he consolidated the throne in his second reign (policy towards the North, Ireland and Wales, Burgundy and Scotland, 1475 treaty of Picquingy) Edward IV domestic policy (law and order, royal finance) 1471 battle of Barnet 1471 battle of Tewksbury Edwards death

the rise of Khrushchev Khrushchevs Russia opposition economy (industry and agriculture) society politics the fall of Khrushchev

Alexander II – ‘tsar liberator’ (1855-1881) Reforms emancipation of the serfs military reform judicial reform education and censorship reform local government reform Alexander III – ‘the reaction’ (1881-1894) Reversing Reforms education censorship law and order judiciary Nationalism Russification anti-Semitism comparison of the Tsars

The loss of Normady Cade’s Rebellion 1450 Dartford Coupe 1452 First Battle of St Albans 1455 Blore Heath 1459 Northampton 1460 Wakefield 1460 Mortimers Cross 1461 Second Battle of St Albans 1461 Towton 1461 Hedgeley Moor 1464 Hexham 1464 Edgecote 1469 Losecoat Field 1470 All including the causes, events, outcomes and impacts.

The origins of conflict, 1450–1459 English society and politics in 1450: the weakness of Henry VI’s rule; baronial factions; Cade’s rebellion; the loss of Normandy The impact on English politics of the emerging power and influence of Richard of York The outbreak of war: the first Battle of St Albans and the balance of military power in 1455 The uneasy peace: the influence of Margaret of Anjou; factional rivalries and their impact on English society The War of the Barons, 1459–1461 The renewal of war: York’s flight into exile; the emergence of Warwick ‘the Kingmaker’; the capture of Henry VI at Northampton Filling the political vacuum: the rule of Richard of York as Protector of England Shifting loyalties and the Lancastrian revival: Wakefield; the second Battle of St Albans; the death of York and the restoration of Henry VI Proclamation of Edward IV as King; Yorkist victory at Towton; the strengths and weaknesses of the Yorkists by 1461 The triumph of the Yorkists, 1461–1471 The personal rule of Edward IV and the political impact of his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville Factional rivalries: Warwick ‘the Kingmaker’; attempts to restore Henry VI; Margaret of Anjou; Edward, Prince of Wales The crushing of the Lancastrian cause: Barnet and Tewkesbury; the destruction of the Lancastrian nobility The impact of the baronial wars on English society by 1471: the weakening of the aristocracy; the impact on trade and the economy

AQA Psychology notes includes classification and diagnosis (reliability and validity, positive and negative symptoms) Biological explanations (Genetics, Dopamine hypothesis, Neural correlates, Evaluation) Psychological explanations (Family dysfunction) Cognitive explanations (Dysfunctional thought processes) Drug therapy Psychological therapies (CBT, Family therapy, Token economies) The Interactionist approach (Diathesis stress model)

AQA issues and debates notes include gender and culture (gender bias and cultural bias) free will and determinism (definitions, biological environmental and psychic determinism, hard and soft determinism) nurture nature debate (importance of heredity and environment in determining behaviour, interactionist approach) holism and reductionism (biological and environmental reductionism, idiographic and nomathetic approaches, ethical implications of research)

AQA Psychology notes on memory including -models of memory (multi-store model, working memory model + encoding, duration and capacity) -short and long term memory (types of long term) -explanations for forgetting (Interference, retrieval failure) -eyewitness testimony (factors affecting it and improving- cognitive interview)

AQA Biopsychology notes include Biopsychology (structure and function of neurons, process of synaptic transmission, division of the nervous system, the endocrine system, the fight or flight response) localisation of brain function (the centers of the brain including Broca and Wernicke, split brain research, plasticity and functional recovery after trauma) ways of studying the brain (fMRI’s, EEG’s, ERP’s and post mortem examinations) biological rhythms (Circadian, infradian, ultradian rhythms, endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers, sleep wake cycle)

AQA psychology approaches notes includes the Origins of psychology the learning approaches (Behaviourist approach, Social learning theory) the cognitive approach (internal processes, schema, theoretical and computer models, cognitive neuroscience) the biological approach (evolution, genetic basis of behaviour) the psychodynamic approach (structure of personality, role of the unconscious, defence mechanisms, psychosexual stages) the humanistic approaches (Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, congruence, conditions of worth)

AQA psychology psychopathology notes include characteristics of disorders (behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics) phobias (behavioural explanation and treatment) depression (cognitive explanation and treatment) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Biological explanation and treatment) definitions of abnormality (deviation from social norms, failure to function, statistical infrequency, deviation from ideal mental health)

AQA Psychology notes for social influence Includes -Conformity: Types, Asch, Zimbardo and Explanations -Obedience: Milgram, Explanations (including dispositional and situational) -Independant Behaviour: Explanations of resistance to social influence (social support and locus of control) -Minority Influence and social change