SACE Psychology Stage 2 Notes

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1. Analysing behaviour through biological, psychological and sociocultural factorsScience Inquiry Skills · Science Inquiry Skills

   The biopsychosocial approach

2. Experimental, observational and qualitative investigations comparedScience Inquiry Skills · Science Inquiry Skills

   Investigation types

3. Hypotheses, variables, method and justificationScience Inquiry Skills · Science Inquiry Skills

   Designing an investigation

4. Tables, graphs, means, medians and standard deviationsScience Inquiry Skills · Science Inquiry Skills

   Representing and analysing data

5. Reliability, validity, sampling and ethical practiceScience Inquiry Skills · Science Inquiry Skills

   Evaluating procedures and ethics

6. Factors influencing obedience: proximity, prestige and deindividuationTopic 4 · Topic 4: Social Influence

   Obedience

7. Two landmark obedience experiments and their ethical criticismsTopic 4 · Topic 4: Social Influence

   Milgram and Zimbardo

8. Normative and informational social influence and individual characteristicsTopic 4 · Topic 4: Social Influence

   Conformity

9. Compliance, internalisation and identificationTopic 4 · Topic 4: Social Influence

   Types of conformity

10. Source, message, audience and central versus peripheral routesTopic 4 · Topic 4: Social Influence

    Attitudes and persuasion

11. Bidirectional links, self-monitoring and cognitive dissonanceTopic 4 · Topic 4: Social Influence

    The attitude–behaviour relationship

12. Causes, effects and strategies for reducing prejudiceTopic 4 · Topic 4: Social Influence

    Prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping

13. Pairing stimuli: UCS, UCR, NS, CS and CRTopic 5 · Topic 5: The Psychology of Learning

    Classical conditioning

14. What makes a conditioned association form and holdTopic 5 · Topic 5: The Psychology of Learning

    Acquisition, contiguity and contingency

15. How conditioned responses spread, narrow and fadeTopic 5 · Topic 5: The Psychology of Learning

    Generalisation, discrimination and extinction

16. Taste aversions, phobias, systematic desensitisation and aversion therapyTopic 5 · Topic 5: The Psychology of Learning

    Biological preparedness and classical conditioning applications

17. Reinforcement, punishment and the consequences of behaviourTopic 5 · Topic 5: The Psychology of Learning

    Operant conditioning

18. Fixed and variable, ratio and interval schedules and their effectsTopic 5 · Topic 5: The Psychology of Learning

    Schedules of reinforcement

19. Applying operant principles to change behaviourTopic 5 · Topic 5: The Psychology of Learning

    Shaping, behaviourism and behaviour modification

20. Attention, retention, reproduction, motivation, mirror cells and BanduraTopic 5 · Topic 5: The Psychology of Learning

    Observational learning