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Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Psychology (1PS0)

Psychology revision

11 topics. Pick any one to be tested on it, taught it, or to talk it through. This is the course list Zen IQ works from: its tutor, papers and marking all follow it.

Topics

  1. DevelopmentBrain development stages; Piaget's cognitive development theory; Dweck's mindset theory; Willingham's learning theory; studies: Piaget and Inhelder 1956, Gunderson et al 2013
  2. MemorySTM/LTM; amnesia; Reconstructive Memory-Bartlett; Multi-store Model-Atkinson and Shiffrin; studies: Bartlett 1932, Peterson and Peterson 1959
  3. Psychological problemsDepression and addiction; genes; cognitive theory of depression; learning theory of addiction; CBT and drug treatment; studies: Caspi et al 2003, Young 2007
  4. The brain and neuropsychologyLobes; lateralisation; neurons/synapses; visual agnosia/prosopagnosia; studies: Damasio et al 1994 Phineas Gage, Sperry 1968 split-brain
  5. Social influenceObedience/conformity/deindividuation/bystander effect; studies: Piliavin et al 1969, Haney/Banks/Zimbardo 1973 Stanford Prison
  6. Criminal psychologyOperant Conditioning-Skinner; Social Learning Theory-Bandura; Eysenck personality types; studies: Bandura Ross and Ross 1961 Bobo doll, Charlton et al 2000
  7. The selfLewis; Rogers self-concept; Erikson; Baumeister; Maslow hierarchy; trait theory-Allport/Cattell; studies: Vohs and Schooler 2008, Van Houtte and Jarvis 1995
  8. PerceptionDepth cues, illusions, constancies; Direct Theory-Gibson; Constructivist Theory-Gregory; studies: Haber and Levin 2001, Carmichael/Hogan/Walter 1932
  9. Sleep and dreamingSleep stages, REM, circadian rhythms; Freudian dream theory; Activation Synthesis-Hobson and McCarley; studies: Freud 1909 Little Hans, Siffre 1975
  10. Language, thought and communicationPiaget vs Vygotsky; linguistic relativism/determinism; non-verbal communication; studies: Yuki et al 2007, Boroditsky 2001
  11. Research methodsCompulsory: variables, hypotheses, sampling methods, experimental designs, reliability/validity, ethics, all research method types, data analysis/maths skills

How Zen IQ helps with Psychology

Exam papers, marked like an examiner

Papers written in the Edexcel style for Psychology, with a mark scheme, marked part by part, crediting an error carried forward the way a real examiner does.

Your weak spot map

Every topic below turns strong, shaky or weak from your marks and flashcards, so you can see where marks are going. A target test aims straight at the weakest.

Call a tutor

Talk a topic through out loud with Zehan or Maya. They answer in a second, you can cut in, and they write it on a board as they explain.

Video lessons and mind maps

Any topic taught in about four minutes as an animated lesson, or drawn as a mind map where every idea leads to a lesson, a quiz or a call.

Flashcards and study guides

Cards that come back just before you would forget them, and study guides in three lengths, ready to print or download for Word.

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