This is a revision guide for Issues & Debates (Approaches), suitable for Paper 3, which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include bullet pointed notes for each Issue & Debate based on the 5 required approaches (Social, Cognitive, Biological, Learning, Clinical). Issues & Debates include: Ethics Practical Issues in Design & Implementation Reductionism Comparisons using different themes Psychology as a science Culture / Gender Issues Nature-nurture How psychological knowledge has changed over time Issues of Social Control Use of Psychological knowledge in society Socially Sensitive Research I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is a revision guide for Biological Psychology which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include both A01 Knowledge Points as well as A03 Evaluation points, both in the form of bullet points and PEEL Paragraphs. This has relevant content including: The CNS Neurons & Synaptic Transmission Recreational Drugs Brain Areas & Aggression Evolution Hormones Freud’s Psychodynamic Approach Individual Differences in Aggression Developmental Issues in Aggression Classic Study - Raine Contemporary Study - Brendgen Key Question (Aggression Nature Vs Nurture) Issues & Debates I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is a revision guide for Criminological Psychology which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include both A01 Knowledge Points as well as A03 Evaluation points, both in the form of bullet points and PEEL Paragraphs. This has relevant content including: Biological Explanations for Crime Social Explanations for Crime Cognitive & Ethical Interviews Psychological Formulation Treatment for Offenders Factors influencing reliability of EWT Factors influencing Jury-making decisions Classic Study – Loftus & Palmer (1973) Contemporary Study – Bradbury & Williams (2013) Individual & Developmental Differences Key Question Issues & Debates I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is a revision guide for Learning Theories which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include both A01 Knowledge Points as well as A03 Evaluation points, both in the form of bullet points and PEEL Paragraphs. This has relevant content including: Classical Conditioning & Pavlov Operant Conditioning Social Learning Theory & Bandura Phobias Systematic Desensitization Flooding Individual Differences in Learning Developmental Issues in Learning Classic Study - Watson & Rayner Contemporary Study - Becker Key Question (Anorexia) Issues & Debates I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is a revision guide for Research Methods which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and includes all research methods mentioned in the specification, as well as both A01 Knowledge Points and A03 Evaluation points. I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is a revision guide for Clinical Psychology which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include both A01 Knowledge Points as well as A03 Evaluation points, both in the form of bullet points and PEEL Paragraphs. This has relevant content including: The 4Ds of Diagnosis Classification Systems (ICD & DSM) Reliability & Validity of Diagnosis Schizophrenia Bio Explanations (Neurotransmitters, Genetics) Non-bio Explanation (Social Drift) Bio Treatment (Drug Therapy) Non-bio Treatment (Family Therapy) Anorexia Nervosa Bio Explanation (Genetics) Non-bio Explanation (Socio-cultural) Bio Treatment (Drug Therapy) Non-bio Treatment (CBT) Individual & Developmental Differences Classic Study – Rosenhan Contemporary Studies – Carlsson and Guardia Key question Issues & Debates Methodology / Research Methods I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is a revision guide for Cognitive Psychology which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include both A01 Knowledge Points as well as A03 Evaluation points, both in the form of bullet points and PEEL Paragraphs. This has relevant content including: Multi Store Model Working Memory Model Tulving’s Explanation of LTM Reconstructive Memory & Schema Theory Individual Differences in Memory Developmental Psych in Memory Classic Study - Baddeley Contemporary Study – Sebastien & Hernandez-Gil Key Question (Working Memory & Dyslexia) Issues & Debates I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is an example answer for an 8 Mark Extended Essay question “Evaluate a twin study you have studied in biological psychology”, where the twin study chosen was the contemporary study of Brendgen et al (2005) This is a question taken from one of the final external exams from the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is a revision guide for Social Psychology which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include both A01 Knowledge Points as well as A03 Evaluation points, both in the form of bullet points and PEEL Paragraphs. This has relevant content including: Obedience Agency Theory Social Impact Theory Milgram Factors affecting Obedience Prejudice Social Identity Theory Realistic Conflict Theory Factors affecting Prejudice Classic Study - Sherif Contemporary Study - Burger Key Question (Crowd Behaviour/Rioting & Prejudice) Issues & Debates I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is an example answer for a 12 Mark Extended Essay question which involves a scenario where you have to explain someone’s behaviour based on explanations in Social & Biological Psychology. This is a question taken from one of the final external exams from the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is an example answer for an 8 Mark Extended Essay question “Assess whether cognitive psychology is reductionist” This is a question taken from one of the final external exams from the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is an example answer for an 8 Mark Extended Essay question on Individual Differences in Social Psychology, which a specific focus on Locus Of Control. This is a question taken from one of the final external exams from the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is an example answer for an 8 Mark Extended Essay question “Evaluate the Working Memory Model” This is a question taken from one of the final external exams from the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies and I wish you all the best of luck.

This is an example answer for an 8 Mark Extended Essay question on the usefulness of observations. This is a question taken from one of the final external exams from the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies and I wish you all the best of luck.