A Level Psychology at Spalding Grammar School

Class Study resource page

Out of the 15 core studies for AS Psychology, you'll be taught ten in class. But the world is an uncertain place: sometimes you have the sniffles or other commitments and you miss lessons. Sometimes you just want to go over what you learned in class or revise for exams. So, to help you out we're putting up all the teaching resources on this site, all the slideshows and handouts and the end-of-topic assessments too. So what are you waiting for?

1 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Social Psychology looks at how we are affected by being in social situations - by the behaviour of our peer group, by role models, by being put into a uniform or made to feel anonymous, powerful or helpless.

Click the image to view the Social Psychology page, with links to the studies by Milgram (1963), Piliavin et al. (1969) and Reicher & Haslam (2006).

2 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Cognitive Psychology looks at our thought processes and tries to work out the "rules" behind things like memory, language and identity. It is the study of thought itself.

Click the image to view the Cognitive Psychology page, with links to the studies by Loftus & Palmer (1974), Savage-Rumbaugh et al. (1986) and Baron-Cohen et al. (1997).

3 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Biological Psychology looks at how our behaviour is affected by our bodies. In particular, it looks at the workings of the brain.

Click the image to view the Biological Psychology page, with links to the studies by Dement & Kleitman (1957), Sperry (1968) and Maguire et al. (2000)

4 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Developmental Psychology looks at how our thought processes change from childhood to adulthood. In particular, it looks at how we learn.

Click the image to view the Developmental Psychology page, with links to the studies by Freud (1909), Bandura et al. (1961) and Samuel & Bryant (1984)

5 PSYCHOLOGY OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

The Psychology of Individual Differences looks at what makes us unique and unusual. It includes abnormal psychology, the difference between madness and sanity.

We will be posting an Individual Differences page with links to the studies by Thigpen & Cleckley (1954), Rosenhan (1973) and Griffiths (1994)