AS Psychology AQA PSYA1/2 Revision Thread 2015!

what are the 3 stages of SIT
1. conceptualisation, what goes after
2.
3.

I don't think that reply makes any sense? ahaha

Ohhhh ahahaa well I have

Bio Approach - McGuffin with depression in twins

Cog approach - Tomarken snake phobias

Bio treatment- Elkin

And all the rest i.e. behavioural and psychodynamic

One mark or maybe non-depending on how generous the examiner is for example you didn't explain why it is oversimplified for example is oversimplified because of a study done by shallice et al on a patient called KF who had impaired verbal skills but a good visual skills. So MSMM doesn't explain this.

Another point could have been about how rehearsal is not the only way information enters the long term memory which was concluded by Lockhart et al.


I would say your answer is not detailed enough but then again you never know
hope this helps x

how is everyone revising? i'm really struggling to remember unit 2, it's my weakest unit. any tips?

How many criteria's are there for ideal mental health and what are they??

it doesnt need to be detailed because it is a 4 marker but 2 points so 1 point gets 2 marks, i did not need to explain why it is oversimplified because t already is and this automatically gets me a mark i would assume i did try to explain by elaborating on it and this is why im not sure whether i get the 2 or 1 mark for it

Ive just looked at the psych book revision guide and bang it says the main criticism is it oversimplfies memory structures and processes which is very similar to my point so it probably gets me 1 and the kf is a seperate study on unitary stores

Yeah I used Asch (measures normative social influence) and Sherif (informational social influence)

Can someone explain the Freud approach to abnormality. I don't understand it properly, this is my idea of it so far:

Freud believed that the subconcious has is allocated into three parts: the ID, the Ego and the Super-ego. The ID is the part of the subconcious that urges a person to their aggressive and sexual biological drives, the ego is the balance between the superego and ID, it is your personality, and the Super-ego is the part of the subconcious that is responsible for your morals and ideal self.

He believes that three parts are in constant tension with each-other and if one is more strong than another: abnormality may occur.

According to the Freudian approach the ID, ego and Super-ego are developed through the psychosexual stages.

At 0-1 the oral stage occurs, if the person becomes fixated at this stage then they are likely to develop obesity and smoking disorders
At 2-3 the anal stage occurs, if the person becomes fixated at this stage they are likely to develop OCD, or become extremely kind or generous.
At 3-6 the phallic stage occurs, if the person becomes fixated at this stage they are likely to develop sexual problems, such as sexual addiction or masturbation problems.

The phallic stage occurs because of the Oedipus complex. The Oedipus complex is when a male baby within the phallic stage develops intense love for the mother and perceives the father as a threat. It generally ends when the boy notices they have similar characteristics as the dad, but if this is not sorted it can have consequences.

The same is for the girl, but it is called the Electra complex, she hates her mother because of penis-envy. (??)

Is that okay? I don't understand how I link in the Oedipus and Electra complex to a question and to be honest I don't really understand the complexes. I mean what is Penis envy and how would a child so small know about such thing?

Do we have to know the stages?:O