Psychology A-Level Summer Homework 2017 Year 11 Transition Days During the Year 11 transition days you were introduced to four key approaches from Psychology. These included: The Cognitive Approach The Biological Approach The Learning Approach The Psychodynamic Approach Task 1: Produce a paragraph to summarise the key concepts of each approach, this should include a definition and a brief outline of what the approach is about i.e. how they explain human behaviour. You may wish to use the following resources to help you with your research: AQA course textbooks (available on shared-Human Sciences-Y11 Summer Reading Resources) Task 2: The following are topics that you will study and discuss throughout the duration of the course. Faulty or Inaccurate Eye-Witness Testimony Schizophrenia Obedience Attachment Phobias Your task is to research each topic and to provide a definition and brief explanation of each. You may wish to consider the following: What is it? Why is it an issue in Psychology? Are there any famous psychologists associated with the topic? Task 3: For one of the topics researched (a-e) you must now apply one of the approaches (1-4) as an explanation of the issues. For example: how would the biological approach explain schizophrenia? Or how would the learning approach explain phobias? You need to produce a few sentences to explain your choice of approach and to expand on how the approach would explain the issue. Note: You may wish to present your work using a table. See overleaf for an example. Deadline: Tuesday 6th September Note: You will be expected to bring in evidence of this work and you will require it to use and refer to during the first few lessons of the course. If you have any questions regarding the homework or the course generally please email either: Mrs Allen Miss Gilhespy Have a good summer and we will see you in September!
Psychology A-Level Summer Homework 2017 Year 11 Transition Days During the Year 11 transition days you were introduced to four key approaches from Psychology. These included: The Cognitive Approach The Biological Approach The Learning Approach The Psychodynamic Approach Task 1: Produce a paragraph to summarise the key concepts of each approach, this should include a definition and a brief outline of what the approach is about i.e. how they explain human behaviour. You may wish to use the following resources to help you with your research: AQA course textbooks (available on shared-Human Sciences-Y11 Summer Reading Resources) Task 2: The following are topics that you will study and discuss throughout the duration of the course. Faulty or Inaccurate Eye-Witness Testimony Schizophrenia Obedience Attachment Phobias Your task is to research each topic and to provide a definition and brief explanation of each. You may wish to consider the following: What is it? Why is it an issue in Psychology? Are there any famous psychologists associated with the topic? Task 3: For one of the topics researched (a-e) you must now apply one of the approaches (1-4) as an explanation of the issues. For example: how would the biological approach explain schizophrenia? Or how would the learning approach explain phobias? You need to produce a few sentences to explain your choice of approach and to expand on how the approach would explain the issue. Note: You may wish to present your work using a table. See overleaf for an example. Deadline: Tuesday 6th September Note: You will be expected to bring in evidence of this work and you will require it to use and refer to during the first few lessons of the course. If you have any questions regarding the homework or the course generally please email either: Mrs Allen Miss Gilhespy Have a good summer and we will see you in September!
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