AQA(A) A2 Psychology Student Unit Guide: Unit 4 Psychology in Action and Research Methods

Summary:
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Table of Contents:
Introduction
About this guide
The examination
How are the marks awarded
Content guidance
About this section
Psychology in action
Media psychology
Media influences on social behaviour
Persuasion, attitude and change
The psychology of ‘celebrity’
The psychology of addictive behaviour
Models of addictive behaviour
Factors affecting addictive behaviour
Reducing addictive behaviour
Anomalistic psychology
Theoretical and methodological issues in the study of anomalous experience
Factors underlying anomalous experience
Belief in exceptional experience
Psychological research and scientific method
The application of scientific method in psychology
Designing psychological investigations
Data analysis and reporting on investigations
Questions and Answers
About this section
Q1 Media influences on social behaviour
Q2 Persuasion, attitude and change
Q3 The psychology of ‘celebrity’
Q4 Models of addictive behaviour
Q5 Factors affecting addictive behaviour
Q6 Reducing addictive behaviour
Q7 Theoretical and methodological issues in the study of anomalous experience
Q8 Factors underlying anomalous experience
Q9 Belief in exceptional experience
Q10 Psychological research and scientific method

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.