QCE PsychologyPractice Examination 7

This paper covers

• Unit 3 Topic 1: Nervous system, neurotransmitters, brain function, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease
• Unit 3 Topic 2: Visual perception, illusions, cross-cultural studies
• Unit 3 Topic 3: Working memory model (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974), levels of processing (Craik and Lockhart, 1972)
• Unit 3 Topic 4: Classical conditioning (Pavlov, Watson and Rayner), operant conditioning (Skinner), social/observational learning (Bandura)
• Unit 4 Topic 1: Conformity (Asch, 1951), obedience (Milgram, 1963), Stanford Prison Experiment (Haney, Banks and Zimbardo, 1973)
• Unit 4 Topic 2: Prosocial and antisocial behaviour, bystander effect (Latane and Darley, 1968/1970), media influences on aggression
• Unit 4 Topic 3: Attitude formation, tri-component model, elaboration likelihood model (Petty and Cacioppo), cognitive dissonance (Festinger)
• Unit 4 Topic 4: Culture shock (Oberg, 1960), acculturation strategies (Berry, 1980), ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, prejudice reduction
• Assessment Objectives 1-4: identify, describe, explain, apply, analyse, evaluate, justify
• Stimulus context: teenage aggression and violent video game exposure

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