AQA(A) A2 Psychology Student Unit Guide: Unit 3 Topics in Psychology (1): Intelligence and Learning, Eating Behaviour, Perception and Gender

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Table of Contents:
Introduction
About this guide
The examination
Unit 3 topics
Content Guidance
About this section
Intelligence and learning
Theories of intelligence
Animal learning and intelligence
Evolution of intelligence
Eating behaviour
Eating behaviour
Biological explanations of eating behaviour
Eating disorders
Perception
Theories of perceptual organisation
Development of perception
Face recognition and visual agnosias
Gender
Psychological explanations of gender development
Biological influences on gender
Social contexts of gender role
Questions and Answers
About this section
Q1 Theories of intelligence
Q2 Animal learning and intelligence
Q3 Evolution of intelligence
Q4 Eating behaviour
Q5 Biological explanations of eating behaviour
Q6 Eating disorders
Q7 Theories of perceptual organisation
Q8 Development of perception
Q9 Face recognition and visual agnosias
Q10 Psychological explanations of gender development
Q11 Biological influences on gender
Q12 Social contexts of gender role

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 and is an author of several psychology textbooks.