Psychology "AS" level class notes

• Perspectives on Psychology
  • 03-Oct-2002 Behaviourism (Watson, Skinner)
  • 10-Oct-2002 Psychodynamic (Freud)
  • 17-Oct-2002 Physiological, Cognitive and Humanistic (Rogers, Maslow)
• Social Influence
  • 24-Oct-2002 Conformity (Asch)
  • 07-Nov-2002 Conforming to Roles; Minority Influence (Zimbardo, Moscovici)
  • 14-Nov-2002 Obedience to Authority (Milgram)
• Developmental Psychology
  • 21-Nov-2002 Attachment (1) - What is it (Ainsworth, Main & Weston, Ijzendoorn & Kroonenberg, Takahashi)
  • 28-Nov-2002 Attachment (2) - Why does it happen (Lorenz, Schaffer & Emerson, Harlow, Bowlby, Robertson & Robertson)
  • 05-Dec-2002 Attachment (3) - Breaks in Attachment (Bowlby, Suomi & Harlow, Rutter, Andersson, Tizard & Hodges, Scarr, Belsky)
  • 12-Dec-2002 Daycare (Bryant, Kagan, Vandell & Corasaniti, Belsky)
• Methods in Psychological Research
  • 19-Dec-2002 Experimental Method
  • 09-Jan-2003 Experimental Design
  • 16-Jan-2003 Sampling, Bias and Measurement (Ora, Dobson, Orne, Rosenthal & Fode)
  • 23-Jan-2003 Case Studies, Observational Studies, Questionnaires, Correlational Studies (Festinger)
• Memory
  • 30-Jan-2003 Introduction; Short Term/Long Term Memory (Reber, Peterson & Peterson, Miller, Waugh and Norman, Murdock, Glanzer & Cunitz, Conrad, Bahrick, Tulving and Pearlstone, Baddeley, Milner)
  • 06-Feb-2003 Models, Forgetting, Flashbulb Memories (Atkinson & Shiffrin, Shallice & Warrington, Bekerian & Baddeley, Craik & Lockhart, Craik & Tulving, Baddeley & Hitch, Peterson & Peterson, Jenkins & Dallenbach, Bower, Tulving & Pearlstone, Abernathy, Goodwin, McCormick & Mayer, Keppel & Underwood, Bradley & Baddeley, Eyesenck & Wilson, Brown & Kulik, Neisser )
  • 13-Feb-2003 Reconstructive Memory, Eyewitness Testimony, Face Recognition (Bartlett, Loftus, Nolan & Markham, Geiselman, Young, Hellawell & Hay, Valentine & Bruce, Platz & Hosch )
  • 20-Feb-2003 Revision
• Abnormality
  • 06-Mar-2003 What is Abnormality? (Szasz, Maslow, Jahoda, Rosenhan & Seligman)
  • 13-Mar-2003 Eating Disorders (Comer, Holland, Kendlar, Gelfand, Garner, Bruch, Minuchen)
• Stress
  • 27-Mar-2003 What is Stress? (Selye, Russek, Friedman & Rosenman, Dembroski & Costa, Johnstone)
  • 03-Apr-2003 Physical symptoms and causes of stress (Evans, Sweeney, Riley, Homes & Rahe, Lazarus, Marmot, Ganster, Weiss, Brady, Frankenhauser, Kim & McKenry, Cooper)
  • 10-Apr-2003 Managing Stress (Frey, Bradley)