Edexcel AS/A Level Psychology

Notes by an A* student. A detailed mind-map about the extreme male brain theory of autism. A summary is highlighted in a box and then more detail is given surrounding it. The mind-map includes definitions of sympathiser and empathiser and why this theory makes sense. There are also evaluation points given on a separate page including supporting and conflicting evidence.

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• By  chloeg123

Notes by an A* student. A mind-map containing a summary of the hypothesis and a more in-depth description of both long-term and short-term effects of deprivation. This document also includes an evaluation of the hypothesis with supporting evidence, and some notes on how the effects of deprivation can be reversed (with supporting evidence).

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• By  chloeg123

Notes by an A* student. A mind map explaining what privation is and three studies into privation: Genie, Freud and Dann, and the Czech twins. For each study, I have written about the weaknesses of the study and whether it suggests that privation can be reversed or not. There is also a page of evaluation points about general privation research including points about triangulation and ecological validity.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map explaining the Carlsson review study into schizophrenia including results, conclusions and a brief description of what a review study is. There is also a page of evaluation points including reliability and objectivity. Key words in the evaluation are highlighted.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student about the classical study for biological psychology. The whole study explained in terms of the aim, participants, procedure , results and conclusions. The study is condensed into key things you need to know with extra details to boost the marks. There is also a page of evaluation points including generalisability and validity. There are a balanced amount of positives and negatives given.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student about cognitive behavioural therapy. It explains how it works including the assumptions that need to be made for it work, common features of CBT and the main stages. There is also a page of evaluation with supporting evidence of it working, along with generic positives and negatives of using CBT as a treatment.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map by an A* student explaining the study Kety et al. This study can be used if asked to give and example of an adoption study and is also evidence of the genetic explanation of schizophrenia. The mind map describes the study in detail by splitting it into aims, sample, procedure, results and conclusions. There is also a page of evaluation notes including points about reliability and validity.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student. It gives the definition of reliability and validity and explains the different kinds. It also says what affects the reliability and validity of diagnosis. There is a page of evaluation which gives lots of studies relating to both reliability and validity and also some general evaluation points.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map by an A* student outlining the features and symptoms of schizophrenia along with some general useful information about it. There are descriptions of both positive and negative symptoms and the main symptoms are circled. The bottom is slightly cut off, it is meant to say "affective flattening reduced expression....."

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• By  chloeg123

Notes from an A* student.A venn diagram showing the similarities and differences between the two types of autism therapies: ABA and CBT.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map by an A* student about the CNS, neurons and action potential, which is information you need to know for biological psychology. There are clear diagrams to explain biological processes to make them less confusing, but the mind map also includes the necessary key words and descriptions to get all the marks.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student explaining classical conditioning. All the definitions you need to know are clearly shown along with the formula and what each part means. There is also a page of evaluation including supporting/conflicting evidence, usefulness and testability. Key words in the evaluation are highlighted.

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•  • 1 pages • 
• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student about cognitive behavioural therapy. It explains how it works including the assumptions that need to be made for it work, common features of CBT and the main stages. There is also a page of evaluation with supporting evidence of it working, along with generic positives and negatives of using CBT as a treatment.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student about using CBT as a therapy for autism. The CBT usually focuses on anxiety so this mind map explains why autistic people tend to be anxious and how it is adapted for autistic people, with an example. There is also a page of evaluation points with a fairly balanced amount of positives and negatives including supporting evidence.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student describing the two types of classification systems for mental illness: ICD and DSM. It describes how they both classify mental illness and how people are diagnosed using each. There is also a page of evaluation points about both systems including points about ethnocentrism and subjectivity.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student. It gives the definition of reliability and validity and explains the different kinds. It also says what affects the reliability and validity of diagnosis. There is a page of evaluation which gives lots of studies relating to both reliability and validity and also some general evaluation points.

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•  • 2 pages • 
• By  chloeg123

A mind map by an A* student outlining the features and symptoms of schizophrenia along with some general useful information about it. There are descriptions of both positive and negative symptoms and the main symptoms are circled. The bottom is slightly cut off, it is meant to say "affective flattening reduced expression....."

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student about interviews explaining the three different types and more specifically, how they are used for clinical psychology. The mind map contains examples of interviews being used in clinical psychology. It is colour coded to show clearly what is relating to interviews in general and what is specific to clinical interviews.

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map by an A* student about the biological treatment for schizophrenia: drug therapy. The mind map is clearly split into description and evaluation. The description includes the different types of drugs that can be used for schizophrenia and the evaluation includes notes about effectiveness, ethics and limitations (EEL).

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• By  chloeg123

A mind map made by an A* student about the social explanation of schizophrenia. This can be used instead of the cognitive explanation. The mind map is split into description and evaluation. The evaluation includes issues with cause and effect and studies.

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• By  chloeg123