Lauren's A2

Welcome to the section of the website where Lauren's A2 resources are held (powerpoints, handouts etc)

Just follow the links below

PSYA4 - June exam

Schizophrenia
- Clinical characteristics
- Issues surrounding classification & diagnosis
- Biological explanations
- Psychological explanations
- Biological therapies (appropriateness & effectiveness)
- Psychological therapies (appropriateness & effectiveness)


Addictive Behaviour
Model of addictive behaviour (applied to smoking and gambling)
- Biological
- Cognitive
- Learning

Vulnerability to addiction
- Risk factors (including stress, peers, age and personality)
- Media influences

Reducing addictive behaviour
- Theory of planned behaviour
- Type of intervention and their effectiveness (biological, psychological and publich health interventions)

PSYA3 - January exam

Eating Behaviour
- Biological explanations
Neural mechanisms involved in controlling eating behaviour
Evolutionary explanations of food preference

- Eating behaviour
Factors influencing attitudes to food and eating behaviour
Explanations for the success and failure of dieting

- Eating disorders
Psychological explanations
Biological explantions

Aggression
- Social psychological approaches to explaning aggression
Social psychological theories
Institutional aggression

- Biological explanations of aggression
Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression
Genetic factors in aggressive behaviour

- Evolution and human aggression
Evolutionary explanations of human aggression
Evolutionary explanations to group display in humans


Sleep & Biological Rhythms

- Biological rhythms
Circadian, infradian and ultradian rhythms (inc EPs & EZs in circadian)
Disruption of biological rhythms

- Sleep
The nature of sleep (stages & lifespan changes)
Functions of sleep (inc evolutionary & restoration theories)

- Disorders of sleep
Explanations for sleep disorders (inc insomnia, sleep walking & narcolepsy)