Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.4 - Cognition and development. The role of the mirror neuron system in social cognition. Complete set of Chapter 11 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.4 - Cognition and development. Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: schemas, assimilation, accommodation, equilibration, stages of intellectual development. Characteristics of these stages, including object permanence, conservation, egocentrism and class inclusion. Complete set of Chapter 11 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.6 - Eating behaviour. Neural and hormonal mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour, including the role of the hypothalamus, ghrelin and leptin. Complete set of Chapter 13 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.1 - Issues and debates in psychology. The nature-nurture debate: the relative importance of heredity and environment in determining behaviour; the interactionist approach. Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.5 - Schizophrenia. Biological explanations for schizophrenia: genetics and neural correlates, including the dopamine hypothesis. Psychological explanations for schizophrenia: family dysfunction and cognitive explanations, including dysfunctional thought processing. Complete set of Chapter 12 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.5 - Schizophrenia. Drug therapy: typical and atypical antipsychotics. Cognitive behaviour therapy and family therapy as used in the treatment of schizophrenia. The importance of an interactionist approach in explaining and treating schizophrenia. Complete set of Chapter 12 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.3 - Gender. Social learning theory as applied to gender development. The influence of culture and media on gender roles. Complete set of Chapter 10 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.5 - Schizophrenia. Classification of schizophrenia. Positive symptoms of schizophrenia, including hallucinations and delusions. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia, including speech poverty and avolition. Reliability and validity in diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia, including reference to co-morbidity, culture and gender bias and symptom overlap. Complete set of Chapter 12 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.1 - Issues and debates in psychology. Idiographic and nomothetic approaches to psychological investigation. Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.2 - Relationships. The evolutionary explanations for partner preferences, including the relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour. Complete set of Chapter 9 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.2 - Relationships. Parasocial relationships: levels of parasocial relationships, the absorption addiction model and the attachment theory explanation. Complete set of Chapter 9 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.3 - Gender. Cognitive explanations of gender development, Kohlberg’s theory, gender identity, gender stability and gender constancy; gender schema theory. Complete set of Chapter 10 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.3 - Gender. Psychodynamic explanation of gender development, Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, Oedipus complex; Electra complex; identification and internalisation. Complete set of Chapter 10 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.2 - Relationships. Theories of romantic relationships: social exchange theory, equity theory and Rusbult’s investment model of commitment, satisfaction, comparison with alternatives and investment. Duck’s phase model of relationship breakdown: intra-psychic, dyadic, social and grave dressing phases. Complete set of Chapter 9 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.2 - Relationships. Factors affecting attraction in romantic relationships: self-disclosure; physical attractiveness, including the matching hypothesis; filter theory, including social demography, similarity in attitudes and complementarity. Complete set of Chapter 9 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.3 - Gender. The role of chromosomes and hormones in sex and gender. Atypical sex chromosome patterns: Klinefelter’s syndrome and Turner’s syndrome. Complete set of Chapter 10 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.1 - Scientific Processes. Pilot studies and the aims of piloting. Experimental designs: repeated measures, independent groups, matched pairs. Observational design: behavioural categories; event sampling; time sampling. Questionnaire construction, including use of open and closed questions; design of interviews. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.1 - Scientific Processes. Variables: manipulation and control of variables, including independent, dependent, extraneous, confounding; operationalisation of variables. Control: random allocation and counterbalancing, randomisation and standardisation. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.1 - Scientific Processes. Demand characteristics and investigator effects. Ethics, including the role of the British Psychological Society’s code of ethics; ethical issues in the design and conduct of psychological studies; dealing with ethical issues in research. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.2 - Data handling and analysis. Calculation of percentages; positive, negative and zero correlations. Distributions: normal and skewed distributions; characteristics of normal and skewed distributions. Presentation and display of quantitative data: graphs, tables, scattergrams, bar charts, histograms. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.