AQA A-Level Psychology: Year 1 Revision Worksheet — Outline
This revision worksheet covers the core Year 1 AQA A-Level Psychology topics including Social Influence, Memory, Attachment, Clinical Psychology,

Biopsychology, and Research Methods.

1. Social Influence
   Conformity
   Asch’s line study
   Types of conformity: compliance, identification, internalisation
   Factors affecting conformity
   Obedience
   Milgram’s shock experiment
   Agentic state and legitimacy of authority
   Proximity and buffers
   Resistance to Social Pressure
   Social support
   Locus of control
   Authoritarian personality
2. Memory
   Multi-Store Model
   STM, LTM, sensory memory
   Evaluation and limitations
   Working Memory Model
   Central executive
   Phonological loop
   Visuospatial sketchpad
   Episodic buffer
   Types of Long-Term Memory
   Episodic
   Semantic
   Procedural
   Forgetting
   Trace decay
   Interference
   Retrieval failure
   Eyewitness 91¶¶Òõtimony
   Leading questions
   Anxiety and weapon focus
   Cognitive interview
3. Attachment
   Bowlby’s Theory
   Monotropy
   Critical period
   Internal working model
   Attachment Types
   Secure
   Insecure-avoidant
   Insecure-resistant
   Cultural Variations
   Van IJzendoorn & Kroonenberg
   Cultural childcare differences
   Consequences of Disruption
   Maternal deprivation
   Institutionalisation
   Day care research
4. Clinical Psychology
   Definitions of Abnormality
   Statistical infrequency
   Social norms
   Failure to function adequately
   Depression
   Symptoms
   Biological, cognitive, behavioural explanations
   OCD
   Obsessions and compulsions
   Biological and behavioural explanations
   Treatments
   CBT
   ERP
   Drug therapies
5. Biopsychology
   Nervous System
   CNS and PNS
   Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
   Neurons & Synaptic Transmission
   Types of neurons
   Neurotransmission process
   Brain Structure and Function
   Lobes
   Limbic system
   Brainstem
   Stress Response
   SMP pathway
   HPA axis
6. Research Methods
   Experimental Designs
   Repeated measures
   Independent groups
   Matched pairs
   Data Analysis
   Descriptive and inferential statistics
   Parametric vs non-parametric tests
   Ethics and Validity
   Ethical guidelines
   Reliability and validity types
7. Revision & Exam Skills
   Spaced practice
   Retrieval practice
   Interleaving
   Essay planning (PEEL)
   Balancing AO1 and AO3