AQA • Psychology

My notes on the Asch study in psychology will probably cover the classic research into conformity and social influence. They might start with the aims, which were to investigate whether individuals would conform to group pressure even when the majority was clearly wrong. The procedure would include Asch’s line judgement task, where participants had to say which comparison line matched a standard line while confederates (actors) deliberately gave wrong answers on certain trials. The findings wo...

This document contains comprehensive revision notes for AQA A-level Psychology Paper 2. It covers all major Approaches in Psychology, Biopsychology, and Research Methods, including detailed AO1 explanations and AO3 evaluations. Topics include the origins of psychology (Wundt), behaviourist, cognitive, biological, psychodynamic, and humanistic approaches, as well as social learning theory. The biopsychology section covers the nervous system, neurons, synaptic transmission, brain localisation, pla...

Everything you need to know for Paper 1 Psychology AQA A level, all topics are broken down into essay plans (AO1 & AO3) and evaluations are colour coded into strengths (green) and weakness (red). C.A. Stands for counter argument which you can use in your evaluations as well. Blue evaluations is when you can use it as a weakness or a strength depending on what you prefer more. Purple/pink writing means its things that I’ve got from the official mark schemes. This document contains detailed r...

Well-detailed essay plans and summaries for the topic of 'Addiction' by an A* A-Level Psychology student. Very detailed and is structured with AO1/AO3 content, research studies, strengths/weaknesses, and applications. Much more comprehensive than the average revision resource and perfect for revision of AQA A-Level Psychology Paper 3.

All notes from aqa textbook on schizophrenia. Summary of only want needs to be remembered.

All biopsychology notes taken from the aqa textbook. It is all summarised to only what is needed to be remembered.

This summary covers all approaches in the specification: behaviourist, social learning, biological, cognitive, psychodynamic and humanistic. It further touches on the origins of Psychology (including Wundt and his method of introspection).

This summary covers in-depth notes on phobias (using a behavioural approach), OCD (using a biological approach), depression (using a cognitive approach) and definitions of abnormality.

This summarises all of the attachment module, this includes: caregiver-infant interactions, stages of attachment, animal studies, both learning theory and Bowlby's monotropic theory as explanations of attachment, measuring attachment, cultural variations in attachment, Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation, effects of institutionalisation and the effects of early attachment on later relationships.

In-depth detailed handmade mindmap revision notes created especially for the new AQA specification - everything you need to know. Created to an A* standard (I achieved an A* in 2025 using these). easy to understand.