Revise Psychology for AS Level

Part 1. Preparing for the Exam. Revision Techniques. How You Will be Assessed. Evaluating Psychological Studies. What Not to Say in Exams. The Exam Format. Exam Technique. Part 2. Cognitive Psychology: Memory. Defining Key Terms and Concepts. Describing and Evaluating Key Studies. Short-term Memory and Long-term Memory. Forgetting. Critical Issue: Eyewitness Testimony. Part 3. Developmental Psychology: Attachments in Development. Defining Key Terms and Concepts. Describing and Evaluating Key Studies. The Development and Variety of Attachments. Deprivation and Privation. Critical Issue: Day Care. Part 4. Physiological Psychology: Stress. Defining Key Terms and Concepts. Describing and Evaluating Key Studies. Stress as a Bodily Response. Sources of Stress. Critical Issue: Stress Management. Part 5. Individual Differences: Abnormality. Defining Key Terms and Concepts. Describing and Evaluating Key Studies. Defining Psychological Abnormality. Biological and Psychological Models of Abnormality. Critical Issue: Eating Disorders - Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Part 6. Social Psychology: Social Influence. Defining Key Terms and Concepts. Describing and Evaluating Key Studies. Conformity and Minority Influence. Obedience to Authority. Critical Issue: Ethical Issues in Psychological Research. Part 7. Research Methods. Defining Key Terms and Concepts. Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods. Research Design and Implementation. Data Analysis. Part 8. Sample Questions and Answers. Cognitive Psychology: Human Memory. Developmental Psychology: Attachments in Development. Physiological Psychology: Stress. Individual Differences: Abnormality. Social Psychology: Social Influence. Research Methods. Appendix: Key Studies. Glossary.

Roz Brody is Head of Psychology at Brighton & Hove Sixth Form College and is committed to introducing psychology to a very broad range of students in both further and higher education. She has run several psychology departments, as well as lecturing in media studies and communication. She was co-author of Teaching Introductory Psychology and scriptwriter and producer of Getting Through. Diana Dwyer has been a lecturer in psychology for 20 years. She has been an Examiner for both GCSE and A-level psychology and has been an Executive Committee Member of the ATP for 15 years. Her other books include Work Out A-level Psychology, Supporting Psychology Students, Interpersonal Relationships and Angles on Criminal Psychology.

"This book will be of tremendous help to those students following the AQA-A specification. A comprehensive program of study covers all three AS modules, working through the relevant theories and research studies and offering clear guidance on practice exam questions." David Putwain, Department of Psychology, All Saints Catholic College; "The structure is excellent and really helpful and the general style is friendly and approachable. This revision guide is comprehensible by the grade D or average student plus there is more, much more, for the above average grade C, B or A student." Evie Bentley, ATP Chair and Head of Psychology, Haywards Heath College