PSYCHOLOGY
What is
Psychology?
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Psychology is the study of the mind and behaviour.
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It questions why people behave in they ways in which they do.
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How many of you spotted the grammatical error in the previous sentence?
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Were you bothered by it?
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Some of you were – some of you were not – what does this say about your personality? Psychology can
explain behaviour such as this. Why would someone point it out, and another person who spots the
same error simply ignore it – and quietly move on….
CASE 1
Kitty in 1964, was mugged and
murdered outside her house. The
attack lasted half an hour and
there were over 30 witnesses.
How many people went out
to help her?
How many people rang the
police?
CASE 1
How many people went out
to help her?
0
How many people rang the
police?
1
WHY DID NOBODY HELP KITTY?
BYSTANDER BEHAVIOUR
TOPICS
• Attachment Personality
Type
• Advertising
• Stalking
• Stress
• Celebrity Worship
• Memory
• Psychopathology
• Police Interviews
• OCD
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Computer game
violence
• Schizophrenia
• Conformity
• Somnambulism
(Sleepwalking)
• Obedience to the
extent of Nazi
Germany.
• Narcolepsy
• Media Psychology
CASE 2
She was 21 years
old but weighed
the same as a 12
year old!
Her diet consisted of
only eating apples
and tomatoes.
WHY?
RESEARCH....
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Stimulus 1
Stimulus 2
Stimulus 3
Stimulus 4
Stimulus 5
Metal Bar
Hammer
Little Albert
White rat
Little Albert associated the little white rat
with ______________, and therefore
scary loud ofnoise
developed a ______________
it.
This process of learning through
association is called CLASSICAL
CONDITIONING.
phobia
TOPICS
• Attachment Personality
Type
• Somnambulism
(Sleepwalking)
• Stalking
• Narcolepsy
• Celebrity Worship
• Media Psychology
• Psychopathology
• Stress & Wellbeing
• OCD
• Memory
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Police Interviews
• Schizophrenia
• Computer game
violence
• Conformity
Psychology
•Research Design & Implementation
•Data Collection & Statistical Analysis
•Reporting & Essay writing
•Public Speaking
•Independence of thought
•Critical Thinking
•Media literacy
•Teamwork
•Employability skills – i.e. Empathy, Leadership,
Perseverance , Confidence, Responsibility etc
•Fundamentals of Science
SKILLS YOU’LL
GAIN FROM
PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology
Universities
Research Design &
Implementation
Research skills and techniques
Data Collection & Statistical
Analysis
Research management
(organisational skills, time and
project management)
Reporting & Essay writing
Communication skills (verbal and
written)
Public Speaking
Independence of thought
Self-awareness and the ability to
identify your own training needs
Critical Thinking
Personal effectiveness (flexibility,
open-mindedness, self-discipline)
Media literacy
Teamwork
Networking and team working
skills
Employability skills – i.e. Empathy,
Leadership, Perseverance ,
Confidence, Responsibility etc
Fundamentals of Science
Career management
Psychology
Universities
Employers
Research Design &
Implementation
Research skills and techniques
Problem solving
Data Collection & Statistical
Analysis
Research management
(organisational skills, time and
project management)
Organisation
Communication skills (verbal and
written)
Communication
Reporting & Essay writing
Public Speaking
Confidence
Negotiation and persuasion
Independence of thought
Self-awareness and the ability to
identify your own training needs
Commercial awareness
Critical Thinking
Personal effectiveness (flexibility,
open-mindedness, self-discipline)
Leadership
Media literacy
Teamwork
Perseverance and motivation
Networking and team working
skills
Employability skills – i.e. Empathy,
Leadership, Perseverance ,
Confidence, Responsibility etc
Fundamentals of Science
Teamwork
Ability to work under pressure
Career management
SKILLS TEST: 30 MINUTES
1. How Science Works questions – IVs, DVs & Hypotheses.
2. Data – Measures of Central Tendency (Mean, Median, Mode)
3. Research & Literacy – Research and define the following terms and for each
give a real life example:
• Vicarious Reinforcement
• Classical Conditioning
• Selective Reporting
(2 marks each –1 mark for definition, 1 mark for example, )
4.
Choose a news story and explain what the implications of it are for society –
which members if any will be affected? (4 marks)
OTHER AREAS OF
INTEREST
OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST
Are you afraid of the dark?
Achluophobia: Fear of the dark or of night
Arrhenphobia: Fear of men
Abluthophobia8: Fear of bathing
Why do we dream?
To what extent are you
influenced by TV?
COURSE STRUCTURE
AS PSYCHOLOGY : UNIT 1 (PSYA1)
Topic 1: Cognitive Psychology – Memory
Topic 2: Developmental Psychology – Attachments
Topic 3: Research Methods
1 HOUR & 30 MINUTES
AS PSYCHOLOGY: UNIT 2 (PSYA2)
Topic 1: Social Psychology – Social Influence
Topic 2: Psychopathology
Topic 3: Physiological Psychology – Stress
1 HOUR & 30 MINUTES
A2 COURSE STRUCTURE
A2 PSYCHOLOGY : UNIT 3 (PSYA3)
Topic 1: Aggression
Topic 2: Biological Rhythms & Sleep
Topic 3: Eating Behaviour – Anorexia Nervosa
1 HOUR & 30 MINUTES
AS PSYCHOLOGY: UNIT 4 (PSYA4)
Topic 1: Psychopathology - Schizophrenia
Topic 2: Media, Advertising & Stalking
Topic 3: Research Methods
2 HOURS
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