Observational techniques

Self-report techniques

Correlations

Aims, hypotheses, IVs and DVs

Sampling

Pilot studies and experimental design

Control, demand characteristics and investigator effects

Ethical guidelines

Peer review and the economy

Types of data

Descriptive statistics

Presentation and display of quantitative data

Distributions: normal and skewed

Origins of Psychology

The behaviourist approach

Social learning theory

The cognitive approach

The biological approach

The psychodynamic approach

The humanistic approach

The nervous system

Neurons and neurotransmission

The endocrine system

Definitions of abnormality

Clinical characteristics of mental health issues

Behavioural explanations of phobias

Behavioural treatments of phobias

Cognitive explanations of depression

Cognitive treatments of depression

Biological explanations of OCD

The multi-store model

Types of long-term memory

The working memory model

Explanations for forgetting

Eyewitness testimony