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My Revision Notes: AQA (A) AS Psychology

Jean-Marc Lawton


Paperback
£10.99

ISBN: 9781444152531
Published: 24/02/2012
Extent: 112 pages
Illustrations: Full colour illustrations
Series: MRN


 
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Summary:
Planned revision for your very best grades.

Get the best grades with My Revision Notes: AQA (A) AS Psychology.


  • Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from senior examiner Jean-Marc Lawton
  • Use research summaries and evaluation notes to improve your knowledge of key theories and studies
  • Get the top marks by demonstrating your understanding of the research methods psychologists use
  • Improve your exam skills with self-testing and exam-style questions and answers
My Revision Notes will help you prepare for the big day:


  • Plan and pace your revision with My Revision Planner
  • Use the concise notes to revise the essential information
  • Use the examiner's tips and summaries to clarify key points
  • Avoid making typical mistakes with expert advice
  • Test yourself with end-of-topic questions and answers and tick off each topic as you complete it
  • Practise your exam skills on exam questions then check your answers online
  • Get exam-ready with last-minute quick quizzes at www.therevisionbutton.co.uk/myrevisionnotes


Table of Contents:
Unit 1 Cognitive psychology, developmental psychology and research methods
1 Cognitive psychology - memory
Models of memory
Memory in everyday life
2 Developmental psychology - early social development
Attachment
Attachment in everyday life
3 Research methods
Methods and techniques
Investigation design
Unit 2 Biological psychology, social psychology and individual differences
4 Biological psychology - stress
Stress as a bodily response
Stress in everyday life
5 Social psychology - social influence
Social influence
Social influence in everyday life
6 Individual differences - psychopathology (abnormality)
Defining and explaining psychological abnormality
Treating abnormality


About the Author(s):

Jean-Marc Lawton has been a teacher and lecturer of psychology for many
years, and was a former Head of Psychology at a large sixth form
college in the southwest of England. He has extensive experience as a
senior examiner for a major awarding body and is an author of several
psychology textbooks. 



Reviews:



"It had more useful
features such as the tick boxes on each section, examiners tips, typical
mistakes etc. On other revision guides one or two of these features were used
yet not all of them." 

AQA (A) AS Psychology student
MRN research autumn 2011


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