Approaches | Live Revision for AQA A Level Psychology 2024

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The session focuses on different approaches in psychology like biological, psychodynamic, behaviorist, and cognitive, emphasizing the importance of comparison in exam preparation. Participants engage in activities to identify key terms, discuss Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and practice comparing approaches for exams.

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  • Participants in the session engage in various interactive games and activities to understand and compare different psychological approaches, such as Connect Four and Red Herring, to identify key terms and concepts specific to each approach.
  • The text emphasizes the importance of effectively comparing psychological approaches by focusing on key command words, assumptions, features, strengths, weaknesses, and using precise key terminology to demonstrate understanding, preparing students for exams by providing practical tips and strategies for successful comparison questions.

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Recent questions

  • What are the key approaches in psychology?

    Biological, psychodynamic, behaviorist, cognitive

  • How can students effectively compare psychological approaches?

    Consider assumptions, features, strengths, and weaknesses

  • What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

    Levels like self-esteem and self-actualization

  • What are some key terms in the cognitive approach?

    Internal working model, schema, cognitive neuroscience

  • How can students prepare effectively for psychology exams?

    Use practical tips, strategies, and key command words

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Summary

00:00

Approaches for Exam: Connect Four and More

  • The event is a revision blast focusing on approaches for an upcoming exam.
  • The session includes a game called Connect Four to identify and evaluate four different approaches: biological, psychodynamic, behaviorist, and cognitive.
  • Participants engage in identifying phrases specific to each approach, such as socially sensitive for biological, idiographic and nomothetic for psychodynamic, scientific and nurture for behaviorist, and machine reductionism for cognitive.
  • The session also includes a game of Red Herring where participants identify the odd one out and explain the commonality among the other terms.
  • Maslow's hierarchy of needs is discussed, with participants identifying the missing levels like self-esteem and self-actualization.
  • Cognitive approach key terms are highlighted, including internal working model, schema, cognitive neuroscience, inference, theoretical model, and computer model.
  • The importance of comparison of approaches is emphasized, with key command words like outline, evaluation, and discussion used in comparison questions.
  • Participants are encouraged to consider the assumptions, features, strengths, and weaknesses of each approach when comparing them.
  • The session aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the different approaches and how to effectively compare them for exams.
  • Practical tips and strategies for approaching comparison questions are shared to help students prepare effectively for their exams.

18:15

Comparing Approaches in Psychology: Importance and Tips

  • The text discusses the importance of comparing different approaches in psychology, focusing on similarities and differences.
  • Comparison involves evaluating the scientific nature, practical applications, participants, and methodology of different approaches.
  • An example exam question is provided, asking students to outline and evaluate the humanistic approach and compare it with another approach in psychology.
  • The importance of focusing on the AO1 knowledge for the humanistic approach is emphasized.
  • Students are advised not to include the AO1 knowledge of the approach they are comparing with in their response.
  • Evaluation of the humanistic approach can be done using issues and debates, such as subjectivity and lack of scientific basis.
  • The text suggests comparing the humanistic approach with a more scientific approach like the biological approach.
  • Students are encouraged to use connectives like "similarly" and "whereas" when making comparisons between approaches.
  • The text highlights the importance of using key terminology accurately in responses to demonstrate understanding.
  • Examples of key terminology replacement in statements related to vicarious reinforcement and humanistic psychology are provided to illustrate the importance of precise language use.

34:02

"Crack the Codes: Freud's Stages Arranged"

  • Participants engaged in an activity called "Crack the Codes" where they had to arrange stages according to Freud's psychodynamic theory from earliest to latest, with successful participants receiving praise for their quick responses.
  • The stages included fixation leading to smoking, the development of the ego, the Oedipus complex in the phallic stage, sexual impulses being repressed in latency, and the pursuit of sexual relationships in the genital stage, with a focus on school work and hobbies during latency.
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