AQA A Level Psychology Exam Questions By Topic

Types of Conformity, Explanations for Conformity, Asch & Variables Affecting Conformity

Explanations for Obedience, Milgram's Obedience Study, Milgram's Situational Variables Affecting Obedience, Dispositional Explanation for Obedience: Authoritarian Personality

Social Support & Locus of Control

Minority Influence

Multi-store Model of Memory (MSM)

Working Memory Model (WMM)

Proactive & Retroactive Interference, Retrieval Failure due to Absence of Cues

Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony: Leading Questions & Post-event Discussion, Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety, Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony: Cognitive Interview

Animal Studies in Attachment: Lorenz & Harlow

Learning Theory of Attachment, Bowlby’s Monotropic Theory

Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’ & Types of Attachment, Cultural Variations in Attachment: Van Ijzendoorn

Bowlby's Theory of Maternal Deprivation, The Effects of Institutionalisation: The English & Romanian Adoptees Project

Early Attachment and Later Relationships

Deviation from Social/Cultural Norms, Failure to Function Adequately, Deviation from Ideal Mental Health, Statistical Infrequency

Characteristics of Phobias, Behavioural Approach to Explaining Phobias: Two-process Model, Behavioural Approach to Treating Phobias: Systematic Desensitisation, Behavioural Approach to Treating Phobias: Flooding

Characteristics of Depression, Cognitive Approach to Explaining Depression, Cognitive Approach to Explaining Depression: Ellis' ABC Model, Cognitive Approach to Treating Depression

Characteristics of OCD, Biological Approach to Explaining OCD, Biological Approach to Treating OCD

Classical Conditioning & Pavlov's Research, Operant Conditioning & Skinner's Research

Assumptions & Key Concepts of SLT, Bandura's Research

Assumptions & Key Concepts of the Cognitive Approach

The Genetic Basis of Behaviour & Evolution, Biological Structures & Neurochemistry, Cognitive Neuroscience

The Role of the Unconscious & Structure of Personality, Defence Mechanisms & Psychosexual Stages

Free Will, Self-actualisation & Maslow's Hierarchy, Congruence & Conditions of Worth

Comparison of Approaches

The Divisions of the Nervous System, The Function of the Endocrine System, The Fight or Flight Response

The Structure & Function of Neurons, The Process of Synaptic Transmission

Localisation of Function in the Brain, Hemispheric Lateralisation

Ways of Studying the Brain, Plasticity & Functional Recovery of the Brain After Trauma

Aims & Hypotheses, Manipulation and Control of Variables

Research Issues & Controls, Pilot Studies & the Aims of Piloting

Types of Experiment, Experimental Design

Sampling Methods

Ethical Issues & Ways of Dealing with Them

The Role of Peer Review in the Scientific Process, Implications of Psychological Research & the Economy

Types of Observation, Observational Design

Self-report: Questionnaires, Self-report: Interviews

Correlations, Meta-analysis

Content Analysis, Case Studies

Reliability, Validity

Measures of Central Tendency, Measures of Dispersion, Mathematical Content

Types of Data, Presentation & Display of Quantitative Data, Distributions

Statistical Testing, The Sign Test, Factors Affecting the Choice of Statistical Test

Features of Science, Reporting Psychological Investigations: Sections of a Scientific Report

Gender Bias, Culture Bias

Free Will & Determinism

Nature & Nurture: The Relative Importance of Heredity & Environment

Holism & Reductionism

Idiographic & Nomothetic Approaches

Social Sensitivity in Psychological Research

Self-disclosure, Physical Attractiveness, Filter Theory

Social Exchange Theory, Equity theory, Rusbult's Investment Model, Duck's Phase Model of Relationship Breakdown

Explaining Online Relationships

Explaining Parasocial Relationships

The Role of Chromosomes & Hormones, Diversity in Sex Development

Gender Identity: Gender Binary, Gender Identity: Non-binary & Gender Fluidity, Measurement of Gender

Biological Explanations of Gender Development, Cognitive Explanations of Gender Development, Social Learning Theory & Gender Development, The Inflluence of Culture & Media on Gender Development

Explanations for Gender Incongruence

Piaget's Theory, Piaget's Stages of Intellectual Development

Vygotsky’s Theory

Baillargeon’s Theory

Selman's Theory, Theory of Mind, Mirror Neurons

Positive & Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia, Issues in the Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

Biological: The Genetic Basis of Schizophrenia, Biological: Neural Correlates of Schizophrenia, Psychological: Family Dysfunction Theories of Schizophrenia, Psychological: Cognitive Explanation of Schizophrenia

Drug Therapy for Schizophrenia, Psychological Therapies: CBT & Family Therapy

The Diathesis-Stress Model of Schizophrenia, Treatment According to the Interactionist Model

The Physiological Response to Stress, The Role of Stress in Illness

Life Changes & Daily Hassles, Workplace Stress

How is Stress Measured?

Personality Types

Drug Therapy, Non-drug Therapies, Gender Differences in Coping with Stress, The Role of Social Support in Coping with Stress

Neural & Hormonal Mechanisms in Aggression, Genetic Factors in Aggression

The Ethological Explanation of Aggression, Evolutionary Explanations of Human Aggression

The Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis, Social Learning Theory of Aggression, De-Individuation & Aggression

Dispositional & Situational Explanations of Aggression in Prisons

The Effects on Computer Games on Aggression, Desensitisation, Disinhibition & Cognitive Priming in Aggression

The Typology Approach, The Data-driven Approach

Genetics & Neural Explanations of Offending Behaviour

Eysenck’s Theory of the Criminal Personality, Kohlberg's Theory, Cognitive Distortions, Differential Association Theory

Custodial Sentencing, Behaviour Modification in Custody, Anger Management, Restorative Justice Programmes