Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!Glad I could help!(Original post by Tpos)
Would a gender dysphoria question be long? I haven't much info on it :/
thanks for that research
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!Relationships - Maintenance / Sexual selection(Original post by Hamsey45)
Im doing Relationships, Intelligence and Eating Behaviour.
Anyone have any ideas on possible essay questions they may ask?.
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!Thank you. One other question with IDA do you include it within AO2 evaluations.(Original post by Mephestic)
I think you can use lynch mobs provided you adapt it to explain evolutionary displays of group aggression.
I used it for the Jan 2012 exam when I did psya3 and it was fine!
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!Hello, you know for a biosocial approach towards gender development - do you include research from gender dysphoria such as 'drummond et al' - because i think i have the old book and gender dysphoria is in a different category than the biosocial approach
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!Well the biosocial approach is like different in loads of textbooks! Iv got money and ehrarhdts theory and eagly and woods social role theory; only a week to go, cannot wait till its over!(Original post by :)J)
Hello, you know for a biosocial approach towards gender development - do you include research from gender dysphoria such as 'drummond et al' - because i think i have the old book and gender dysphoria is in a different category than the biosocial approach
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!I can't believe they've done that - its so confusing! one book only talks about wood and eagly and the other talks about the social constructionist theory. is the social constructionist theory by any chance the social role theory with a different name haha?(Original post by Bjcross)
Well the biosocial approach is like different in loads of textbooks! Iv got money and ehrarhdts theory and eagly and woods social role theory; only a week to go, cannot wait till its over!
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!Thanks, yeah it was Philips that did that study(Original post by WrongSideUp)
Looks good to me. However, you only mentioned work which was relevant to children, be sure to point out it can't be generalised to adults. I think a researcher called Philips found that daily homicide rates increased in the week following a major boxing match on Television, showing that social learning occurs in adults too.
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!Hey guys does anybody know that sections you could use the behavioural approach in sleep to evaluate? e.g. can it be used in the evaluation of sleep states, nature of sleep sleep disorders etc. I have managed to use the bio approach the cognitive and the psychodynamic when evaluating but not the behavioural approach to support or go against an argument/theory/explanation. Can anyone tell me where i can use the behavioural approach?
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!Ya I think it can be used when evaluating insomnia (appropriate for both primary and secondary). I know that's a piddly little section but its all I can think of!(Original post by mkigz77)
Hey guys does anybody know that sections you could use the behavioural approach in sleep to evaluate? e.g. can it be used in the evaluation of sleep states, nature of sleep sleep disorders etc. I have managed to use the bio approach the cognitive and the psychodynamic when evaluating but not the behavioural approach to support or go against an argument/theory/explanation. Can anyone tell me where i can use the behavioural approach?
Morin et al (1999) developed 'Stimulus Control Therapy' which is based on the idea that insomnia is a conditioned response to various cues such as night-time and the bedroom environment. Because of this negative association, a new association between sleep and these cues must be learned.
Morin et al identified procedures such as
only going to bed when sleepy
using bedroom only for 'bed-related activities' (sex, sleep)
establishing a waking and getting up routine
no naps in the daytime
The fact that this is so effective supports the role of conditioning and learned associations in the dev of insomnia. I'll let you know if I find any more!
Edit* this is from the Nelson Thornes bookLast edited by Dollyandra; 03-06-2012 at 10:21. Reason: to ads source -
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!Thank you for that - it looks useful and something that i could use!(Original post by Dollyandra)
Ya I think it can be used when evaluating insomnia (appropriate for both primary and secondary). I know that's a piddly little section but its all I can think of!
Morin et al (1999) developed 'Stimulus Control Therapy' which is based on the idea that insomnia is a conditioned response to various cues such as night-time and the bedroom environment. Because of this negative association, a new association between sleep and these cues must be learned.
Morin et al identified procedures such as
only going to bed when sleepy
using bedroom only for 'bed-related activities' (sex, sleep)
establishing a waking and getting up routine
no naps in the daytime
The fact that this is so effective supports the role of conditioning and learned associations in the dev of insomnia. I'll let you know if I find any more!
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!I'm doing Biological Rhythms & Sleep, Aggression and Relationships - does anyone have any predictions as to what might come up? My teacher predicted them perfectly in January, and she's done the same for me for the resit but I just wanted to check with you guys. Here they are:
Aggression - social explanations i.e. social learning theory / deindividuation (hasn't been set in two years)
Relationships - formation or maintenance of relationships (maintenance hasn't been set yet)
Bio rhythms - functions of sleep: restoration theory (hasn't been set yet)
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!On aggression, I wanted to find a study that goes against the deindividuation theory (i.e. anonymity) and used Gergon et al study.
I wrote " A study that does not support the deindividuation theory that anonymity leads to aggression is by Gergon et al who lowered levels of individuation by taking 6 men and 6 women into a dark room (the experimental group) and taking a further 12 subjects to a lit room (The control group). They were allowed to spend the time as they wished. In the experimental group, the first 15 minutes their behaviour was social and polite, but by 60 minutes, the pitch black nature of the situation meant that inhibitions were lowered and Gergon et al found that at least half ended up cuddling and 80% got physical"
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA3 11th June 2012!What do you reckon for relationships then?(Original post by Brap4k22DivideBy2)
Formation and breakdown essays have come up before. What makes you think they will stick to the same subject area and do maintenance.
I don't think sexual selection has been on on its own before either, so maybe that?Last edited by lp94; 03-06-2012 at 12:19.
you need a variety of theories x
