This website has been created to support students studying A level psychology (specifically the AQA specification).
Although the content of this site mainly focuses on the AQA psychology A level specification, the information presented could also appeal to students studying psychology at GCSE level, other A level psychology specifications, students studying psychology at university or individuals with a keen interest in the subject of psychology in general.
Attachment is a two-way, enduring, emotional tie between two people (usually and infant and their primary caregiver). An attachment is usually shown in the behaviour between two people. An [...]
Main Assumptions of the Cognitive Approach (AO1): People actively respond to environmental stimuli, depending on schemas and thoughts People are information processors Human mind operates in the [...]
Even though the time after birth is a very special, important time for parents to bond with their new baby, the overall process of the formation of attachments takes longer in human infants, and [...]
One of the most important questions attachment research has to answer concerns over who infants become attached to. What is the role of the Father? What are the multiple attachments that infants [...]
There are two main explanations of attachment formation; the Learning Theory of attachment which states that all attachments are learned and, the Evolutionary Explanation of Attachment which [...]
Secure and insecure attachments are examples of a particular type of style of attachment bond that may be established between any two individuals (usually the mother and infant).
Determinism and Free Will is one of the classic debates in psychology and refers to the extent that psychologists believe human behaviour is influenced by forces beyond our control. [...]
Culture Bias in Psychology is when a piece or pieces of research are conducted in one culture and the findings are generalised and said to apply to lots of different cultures. Cultural bias can [...]
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