Pearson Edexcel • Psychology

EDEXCEL GCE A-LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY 6PSO3/01 ADVANCED UNIT 3, APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY JUNE EXAM 2024 (AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)

EDEXCEL GCE PSYCHOLOGY 6PS02/01 ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY UNIT 2, UNDERSTANDING THE INDIVIDUAL JUNE EXAM 2024 (AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)

EDEXCEL GCE PSYCHOLOGY 6PS02/01 ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY UNIT 2, UNDERSTANDING THE INDIVIDUAL JUNE EXAM 2024 (AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)

EDEXCEL GCE A-LEVEL PSYCOLOGY (6PS01/01) ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY UNIT 1, SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE PSYCOLOGY SUMMER MAY EXAM PAPER (AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)

Mary Ainsworth was a developmental psychologist who conducted groundbreaking research on attachment theory, which seeks to explain how infants and young children form emotional bonds with their caregivers. Her research was based on the work of John Bowlby, who proposed that a child's attachment to their primary caregiver is critical for their emotional and social development. Ainsworth's most famous contribution to attachment theory was her "Strange Situation" experiment, which involved obser...

A psychology student can benefit from Mary Ainsworth's work on attachment in several ways: Understanding the importance of attachment: Ainsworth's research provides a clear understanding of the importance of attachment in the emotional and social development of children. This can help students to appreciate the significance of early relationships and their impact on later development. Understanding attachment styles: Ainsworth's "Strange Situation" experiment identified different attachment ...

A level summary notes - learning theories psych

This covers the issues and debates of psychology as a science, social control, reductionism, Culture, and gender, The use of psychological knowledge in wider society, how psychology has changed over time, ethical issues, socially sensitive research, and nature versus nurture. All perfect for generally using over psychology as a whole and for paper 3.

This summarises all of clinical psychology from the diagnosis of mental disorders with the ICD-10 or DSM-5 to exploring the causes and treatments of mental disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. It covers Carlsson as the contemporary and Rosenhan as the classic study.

This summary covers causes of criminal behaviour, both biological and social. It also covers ways to reduce criminal behavior and recidivism. The reliability of eyewitness testimony is also looked at with the classic study of Loftus and Palmer as well as the contemporary study of Valentine and Mesout who looked at how stress can affect eyewitness testimony.