psychology introductory + attachment + …

SOCIAL SCIENCES CURRICULUM MAP: A-LEVEL Psychology

PSYCHOLOGYINTRODUCTORY+PSYCHOLOGISTSINTRODUCTORY

MEMORY(1)+MEMORY(2)

ATTACHMENT+SOCIALINFLUENCE

PSYCHOPATHOLOGY+RESEARCHMETHODS

Overview by exam paper: Paper 1 (2 teacher split)

Paper 1 mock exam to be sat during Y12


APPROACHES+BIOPSYCHOLOGY(1)

BIOPSYCHOLOGY(2)+

RESEARCHMETHODS


Paper 2 mock sat Autumn Term Y13


ISSUES&DEBATES+

SCHIZOPHRENIA

RELATIONSHIPS+FORENSIC

EXAMTECHNIQUE+RESEARCHMETHODS



Teaching by Topic with key terms, time required and assessment

PAPER ONE

TOPIC SUB-TOPIC

KNOWLEDGE KEY TERMS ASSESSMENT TEACHING TIME

REQUIRED MEMORY CODING, CAPACITY,

DURATION STM LTM Coding Capacity Duration Chunking Acoustically Semantically

Worksheet Quiz Intro to exam questions – what they look like End of memory topic knowledge test

2 lessons

MULTI-STORE MODEL Sensory register Maintenance rehearsal Retrieval HM

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question End of memory topic knowledge test

2 lessons

TYPES OF LTM Episodic Semantic Procedural Clive Wearing


1-2 lessons

WORKING MEMORY MODEL

Central executive Phonological loop Visuospatial sketchpad Episodic buffer


1-2 lessons

FORGETTING: INTERFERENCE

Proactive Retroactive

Worksheet Quiz

1 lesson


End of memory topic knowledge test

FORGETTING: RETRIEVAL FAILURE

Encoding specificity principle Context-dependent forgetting State-dependent forgetting

Worksheet Quiz End of memory topic knowledge test

2-3 lessons

EWT: MISLEADING INFORMATION

Leading questions Post-event discussion False memory

Worksheet Quiz Exam question End of memory topic knowledge test

2-3 lessons

EWT: ANXIETY Anxiety Weapon focus Yerkes Dodson Law

Worksheet Quiz End of memory topic knowledge test

1 lesson

EWT: COGNITIVE INTERVIEW

ECI Worksheet Quiz Practise exam questions

1-2 lessons Memory topic = approx. 20 lessons (4 weeks) inc. prep and knowledge test

SOCIAL INFLUENCE CONFORMITY Group size Unanimity Task difficulty

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question End of Social Influence topic knowledge test

1-2 lessons

CONFORMITY: TYPES Internalisation Identification Compliance ISI NSI

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question End of Social Influence topic knowledge test

1-2 lessons

CONFORMITY: SOCIAL Stanford Prison Worksheet 1-2 lessons


ROLES Experiment

De-individuation Quiz Practise exam question End of social influence topic knowledge test

OBEDIENCE Confederate Quantitative data Qualitative data

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question End of social influence topic knowledge test

1-2 lessons

OBEDIENCE: SITUATIONAL VARIABLES

Proximity Location Uniform


1 lesson

OBEDIENCE: SITUATIONAL EXPLANATIONS

Agentic state Legitimacy of authority


1 lesson

OBEDIENCE: DISPOSITIONAL EXPLANATIONS

Dispositional Authoritarian personality


1 lesson + 1 lesson re-cap obedience

RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL INFLUENCE

Resistance Social support Locus of control


1-2 lessons

MINORITY INFLUENCE Consistency Commitment Flexibility


1-2 lessons


SOCIAL INFLUENCE

AND SOCIAL CHANGE Drawing attention Consistency Deeper processing Augmentation principle Snowball effect Social cryptomnesia


1-2 lessons SOCIAL INFLUENCE topic = approx. 18-20 lessons (4 weeks) inc. prep and knowledge test

ATTACHMENT CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTION

Reciprocity Interactional synchrony

Practise exam question End of attachment topic knowledge test

1 lesson

SCHAFFER’S STAGES Asocial Indiscriminate Specific Multiple Secondary attachments

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question End of Attachment topic knowledge test

2 lessons

ROLE OF THE FATHER Longitudinal study Practise exam question End of Attachment topic knowledge test

1 lesson

ANIMAL STUDIES Imprinting Contact comfort

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam questions End of Attachment topic knowledge test

2-3 lessons

LEARNING THEORY Classical conditioning Operant conditioning (all associated language)

Quiz Practise exam question End of Attachment topic knowledge test

1 lesson

BOWLBY’S THEORY Monotropic Critical period Internal working model

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question

1 lesson


End of Attachment topic knowledge test

ATTACHMENT TYPES Strange situation Secure attachment Insecure-avoidant Insecure-resistant


1-2 lessons

CULTURAL VARIATIONS Meta-analysis Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question End of Attachment topic knowledge test

1-2 lessons

MATERNAL DEPRIVATION

Separation v deprivation Critical period Intellectual development Emotional development Affectionless psychopathy


1-2 lessons

ROMANIAN ORPHANS Control group Orphans Institutionalisation


1-2 lessons

LATER RELATIONSHIPS Childhood relationships Adult relationships Internal working model

Quiz Practise exam question End of Attachment topic knowledge test

1 lesson ATTACHMENT topic = 19-20 lessons inc. prep and knowledge test

PSYCHOPATHOLOGY DEFINITIONS OF ABNORMALITY

Statistical infrequency Deviation from social

Worksheet Quiz

2-3 lessons


norms Failure to function adequately Deviation from ideal mental health

Practise exam question End of Psychopathology topic knowledge test

PHOBIAS DSM-5 Behavioural / Emotional / Cognitive characteristics of phobias

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question End of Psychopathology topic knowledge test

1-2 lessons

DEPRESSION DSM-5 Behavioural / Emotional / Cognitive characteristics of depression


1-2 lessons

OCD DSM-5 Behavioural / Emotional / Cognitive characteristics of OCD


1-2 lessons

BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH: EXPLAINING PHOBIAS

Two process model Acquisition by classical conditioning Maintenance by operant conditioning


1-2 lessons

BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH: TREATING PHOBIAS

Systematic desensitisation flooding


1-2 lessons


COGNIITVE APPROACH: EXPLAINING DEPRESSION

Negative triad ABC model


1-2 lessons

COGNITIVE APPROACH: TREATING DEPRESSION

CBT REBT


1-2 lessons

BIOLOGICAL APPROACH: EXPLAINING OCD

Genetic explanations Candidate genes Polygenic Serotonin Decision-making systems


1-2 lessons

BIOLOGICAL APPROACH: TREATING OCD

SSRIs Tricyclics SNRIs


1-2 lessons PSYCHOPATOLOGY topic = approx.. 23 lessons inc prep and knowledge test

PAPER TWO

TOPIC SUB-TOPIC KNOWLEDGE

KEY TERMS ASSESSMENT TEACHING TIME REQUIRED

APPROACHES ORIGINS Introspection Standardised procedures Structuralism Paradigm


1-2 lessons


BEHAVIOURIST

APPROACH Classical conditioning Operant conditioning Reinforcement

Quiz Practise exam questions

1 lesson

SLT Imitation Identification Modelling Vicarious reinforcement Meditational processes


1-2 lessons

COGNITIVE APPROACH Internal mental processes Schema Inference Cognitive neuroscience


1-2 lessons

BIOLOGICAL APPROACH

Genes Biological structure Neurochemistry Genotype Phenotype Evolution


1-2 lessons

PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH

Id, ego, superego Psychosexual stages Defence mechanisms


2 lessons

HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

Free will Maslow’s hierarchy of needs Self-actualisation Client-centred


2 lessons

COMPARISON OF APPROACHES

Nature versus nurture Reductionism

Practise exam questions

2-3 lessons APPROACHES topic 16-17 lessons including knowledge test

BIOPSYCHOLOGY THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

CNS PNS

Assignment Quiz

2 lessons


Glands Hormones Fight or flight response Adrenaline

End of topic test and/or Paper 2 mock

NEURONS AND SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION

(all labels and processes involved in synaptic transmission) Excitation Inhibition Summation

Assignment Quiz End of topic test and/or Paper 2 mock

2 lessons

LOCALISATION OF FUNCTION IN THE BRAIN

Motor area Somatosensory area Visual area Auditory area Broca’s area Wernicke’s area

Worksheet Quiz End of topic test and/or Paper 2 mock

1-2 lessons

PLACTICITY AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY

Plasticity Hippocampus Positive correlation Functional recovery Axonal sprouting Reformation of blood vessels Recruitment of homologous area

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam questions End of topic test and/or Paper 2 mock

1-2 lessons

SPLIT-BRAIN RESEARCH

Hemispheric lateralisation (all terms associated with Sperry’s research)

Worksheet / tasks Quiz End of topic test and/or Paper 2 mock

2-3 lessons

WAYS OF INVESTIGATING THE BRAIN

fMRI EEG ERPs Post-Mortem


1 lesson

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS Sleep/wake cycle Worksheet 1-2 lessons


Circadian

Quiz End of topic test and/or Paper 2 mock

INFRADIAN AND ULTRADIAN RHYTHMS

Infradian Ultradian Endogenous Exogenous Pheromones Seasonal adjustment disorder


1-2 lessons

ENDOGENOUS PACEMAKERS AND EXOGENOUS ZEITGEBERS

Exogenous pacemakers SCN Pineal gland Melatonin Exogenous zeitgebers


1-2 lessons

RESEARCH METHODS SEE SEPARATE SECTION

PAPER THREE

TOPIC SUB-TOPIC KNOWLEDGE

KEY TERMS ASSESSMENT TEACHING TIME REQUIRED

ISSUES & DEBATES GENDER BIAS Universality Gender bias Androcentrism Alpha bias Beta bias

Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question End of topic test and/or Paper 3 mock

1-2 lessons

CULTURAL BIAS Ethnocentrism Cultural relativism


1 lesson

FREE WILL & DETERMINISM

Hard determinism Soft determinism Biological determinism


1-2 lessons


Environmental determinism Psychic determinism


NATURE-NURTURE Heredity Environment Interactionism


1 lesson

HOLISM & REDUCTIONISM

Holism Reductionism Biological reductionism Environmental reductionism


1-2 lessons

IDIOGRAPHIC & NOMOTHETIC

Idiographic Nomothetic


1 lesson

ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH AND THEORY

Social sensitivty End of Issues & Debates topic assessment (homework) as prep for Paper 3 mock

1-2 lessons I&D topic 11-12 lessons

RELATIONSHIPS SEXUAL SELECTION AND HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR

Sexual selection Anisogamy Inter-sexual selection Intra-sexual selection


1-2 lessons

FACTORS AFFECTING ATTRACTION: SELF-DISCLOSURE

Self-disclosure Social penetration Reciprocity


1-2 lessons

FACTORS AFFECTING ATTRACTION: PHYSICAL

Halo effect Matching hypothesis

Worksheet Quiz

1-2 lessons


ATTRACTIVENESS Practise exam question


FACTORS AFFECTING ATTRACTION: FILTER THEORY

Filter theory Social demography Complimentarity


1-2 lessons

THEORIES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY

SET CL CLalt


1-2 lessons

THEORIES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: EQUITY THEORY

Equity Equality


1-2 lessons

THEORIES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: RUSBULT’S INVESTMENT MODEL

Commitment Satisfaction Investment


1-2 lessons

THEORIES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: DUCK’S PHASE MODEL

Intra-psychic Dyadic Social phase Grave-dressing


1-2 lessons

VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN SOCIAL MEDIA

Self-disclosure Absence of gating


1-2 lessons

PARASOCIAL Entertainment-social End of RELATIONSHIPS 1-2 lessons


RELATIONSHIPS Intense-personal

Borderline pathological Absorption-addiction

topic assessment (homework) as prep for Paper 3 mock

SCHIZOPHRENIA SCHIZOPHRENIA Classification Positive symptoms Hallucinations Delusions Negative symptoms Speech poverty Avolition Co-morbidity Symptom overlap


1-2 lessons

BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS

Candidate genes Dopamine hypothesis Hyperdopaminergia in the subcortex Hyperdopaminergia in the cortex Neural correlates


1-2 lessons

PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS

Family dusfunction Schizophrenogenic mother Double-blind theory Expressed emotion Dysfunctional thought processing


1-2 lessons

BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES: DRUG THERAPY

Antipsychotics Typical antipsychotics Chlorpromazine Atypical antipsychotics Clozapine Risperidone


1-2 lessons

PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

CBT Family therapy

Worksheet Quiz

1-2 lessons


Token economies Practise exam question


INTERACTIONIST APPROACH

Interactionism Diathesis-stress model

End of SCHIZOPHRENIA topic assessment (homework) as prep for Paper 3 mock

1-2 lessons Schizophrenia = approx..12 lessons

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

OFFENDER PROFILING: TOP-DOWN

Investigative psychology Geographical profiling


1-2 lessons

OFFENDER PROFILING: BOTTOM-UP

Organised offender Disorganised offender


1-2 lessons

BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS: ATAVISTIC FORM

Lombroso Facial asymmetry


1-2 lessons

BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS: GENETIC AND NEURAL EXPLANATIONS

Mz & Dz twins Candidate genes Diathesis-stress model Prefrontal cortex Mirror neurons


2-3 lessons

PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS: EYSENCK

Extraversion Neuroticism


2-3 lessons

PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS:

Moral reasoning Cognitive distortions

Worksheet Quiz

2-3 lessons


COGNITIVE Hostile attribution bias

Minimisation Practise exam question End of topic test and/or Paper 3 mock

PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS: DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION THEORY

Differential association Farrington


2 lessons

PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS: PSYCHODYNAMIC

Weak superego Over harsh super ego Affectionless psychopathy


1-2 lessons

CUSTODIAL SENTENCING

Deterrence Incapacitation Retribution Rehabilitation Recidivism


1 lesson

BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION IN CUSTODY

Token economy Worksheet Quiz Practise exam question End of topic test and/or Paper 3 mock

1 lesson

ANGER MANAGEMENT Cognitive preparation Skill acquisition Application practice


1 lesson

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Restorative Justice Council

End of FORENSIC prep for Paper 3 mock

1 lesson FORENSIC topic = 23-25 lessons


RESEARCH METHODS: Key points

• Research methods questions can arise on all three papers, and there is a distinct section on Paper 2 • Student confidence in this topic is crucial • Teaching is split between Y12 and Y13 to reflect the nature of the content and corresponding maturity of the students

o Content covered in Y12 is covered again in Y13 • All mock exams include research methods questions • Delivery takes place throughout the substantive topics specific points arise, and it is delivered as a separate topic by a least one

teacher

Research Methods delivered in Y12 (those in bold are non-negotiable and MUST be delivered prior to Paper One mock)

Typesofexperiment,laboratoryandfieldexperiments;naturalandquasi-experiments.

Observationaltechniques.Typesofobservation:naturalisticandcontrolledobservation;covertandovertobservation;participantandnon-participantobservation.

Self-reporttechniques.Questionnaires;interviews,structuredandunstructured.

Correlations.Analysisoftherelationshipbetweenco-variables.

Thedifferencebetweencorrelationsandexperiments.

Contentanalysis.

Casestudies.

Aims:statingaims,thedifferencebetweenaimsandhypotheses.


Hypotheses:directionalandnon-directional.

Sampling:thedifferencebetweenpopulationandsample;samplingtechniquesincluding:random,systematic,stratified,opportunityandvolunteer;implicationsofsamplingtechniques,includingbiasandgeneralisation

Pilotstudiesandtheaimsofpiloting

Experimentaldesigns:repeatedmeasures,independentgroups,matchedpairs.

Observationaldesign:behaviouralcategories;eventsampling;timesampling.

Questionnaireconstruction,includinguseofopenandclosedquestions;designofinterviews

Variables:manipulationandcontrolofvariables,includingindependent,dependent,extraneous,confounding;operationalisationofvariables

Control:randomallocationandcounterbalancing,randomisationandstandardisation.

Demandcharacteristicsandinvestigatoreffects

Ethics,includingtheroleoftheBritishPsychologicalSociety’scodeofethics;ethicalissuesinthedesignandconductofpsychologicalstudies;dealingwithethicalissuesinresearch.

Theroleofpeerreviewinthescientificprocess.

Theimplicationsofpsychologicalresearchfortheeconomy

Reliabilityacrossallmethodsofinvestigation.Waysofassessingreliability:test-retestandinter-observer;improvingreliability.

Typesofvalidityacrossallmethodsofinvestigation:facevalidity,concurrentvalidity,ecologicalvalidityandtemporalvalidity

Assessmentofvalidity.Improvingvalidity.

Datahandlingandanalysis

Quantitativeandqualitativedata;thedistinctionbetweenqualitativeandquantitativedatacollectiontechniques.


Primaryandsecondarydata,includingmeta-analysis.

Descriptivestatistics:measuresofcentraltendency–mean,median,mode;calculationofmean,medianandmode;measuresofdispersion;rangeandstandarddeviation;calculationofrange;calculationofpercentages;positive,negativeandzerocorrelations.

Presentationanddisplayofquantitativedata:graphs,tables,scattergrams,barcharts,histograms.

Contentanalysisandcoding.

Research Methods delivered in Y13

Levelsofmeasurement:nominal,ordinalandinterval

Thematicanalysis

Distributions:normalandskeweddistributions;characteristicsofnormalandskeweddistributions

Featuresofscience:objectivityandtheempiricalmethod;replicabilityandfalsifiability;theoryconstructionandhypothesistesting;paradigmsandparadigmshifts

Reportingpsychologicalinvestigations.Sectionsofascientificreport:abstract,introduction,method,results,discussionandreferencing.

Inferentialtesting

Introductiontostatisticaltesting;thesigntest.Whentousethesigntest;calculationofthesigntest.

Probabilityandsignificance:useofstatisticaltablesandcriticalvaluesininterpretationofsignificance;TypeIandTypeIIerrors

Factorsaffectingthechoiceofstatisticaltest,includinglevelofmeasurementandexperimentaldesign.Whentousethefollowingtests:Spearman’srho,Pearson’sr,Wilcoxon,Mann-Whitney,relatedt-test,unrelatedt-testandChi-Squaredtest

Analysisandinterpretationofcorrelation,includingcorrelationcoefficients.


The topics are disproportionately loaded into Year 12, this reflects the school calendar and nature of the topics. However, it is likely that not all methods topics may be delivered in a year which is disrupted for any reason (e.g staffing). The non-negotiable research methods topics which absolutely must be delivered before students take a Paper One mock exam are:

Experimental design

Sampling

Hypotheses

Validity

Ethics


Psychology Teaching Over 2yr Course: Teaching Plan by Half Term (assuming equal teaching split)

Y12 Autumn first half-term Teacher 1 Intro to basic research methods Teacher 2 Intro to psychology Memory topic:

Coding capacity duration Multi store model Types of LTM WMM Research Methods: IV & DV, experimental design, ethics, types of experiments

Memory topic: Forgetting – interference Forgetting – context & state dependent EWT – misleading Qs EWT – anxiety EWT – cognitive interview

End of memory topic knowledge test Begin Attachment Begin Social influence

Y12 Autumn second half-term Attachment

Research Methods: sampling, validity End of attachment topic knowledge test (inc. short exam Qs)

Social influence Intro to exam questions and technique End of SI topic knowledge test (inc. short exam Qs)

Y12 Spring first half-term Research Methods: hypotheses, observational

techniques / design, descriptive statistics Exam prep

Psychopathology Exam prep

Y12 Spring second half-term Biopsychology

Research Methods: self-report, questionnaire construction Exam prep

Approaches Exam prep

Y12 Summer first half-term Biopsychology

Exam prep Approaches

Exam prep


Remainder of Y12 research methods

Y12 Summer second half-term (limited teaching time) Re-cap paper one and paper 2 topics

Paper 3 topic? (TBC) Re-cap paper one and paper 2 topics

Paper 3 topic? (TBC) Y13 Autumn first half-term

Re-cap all Research Methods for paper 2 mock Research Methods: 12 mark questions Schizophrenia

Issues & Debates Exam prep for paper 2 mock

Y13 Autumn second half-term Schizophrenia

Forensic Psychology Practise research methods maths questions

Issues & Debates Relationships

Y13 Spring first half-term Forensic Psychology

Exam prep Relationships

Exam prep Y13 Spring second half-term

Research methods: inferential testing and all associated sub-topics (type one and type two errors etc.) Exam prep

Research Methods: sections of a lab report, features of science, thematic analysis (an other remaining methods topics) Exam prep

Y13 Summer second half-term Structured revision and exam prep (Paper 2 and Paper

3) Structured revision and exam prep (Paper 1 and Paper

3)

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