Cambridge GCSE Psychology revision

Topic 1: Memory and forgetting

There are 4 parts: we start with memory, and finish with improving memory.

1. 1.1MemoryFree 29 questions
2. 1.2Forgetting: interference, retrieval failure and decay44 questions
3. 1.3Eyewitness testimony and the cognitive interview36 questions
4. 1.4Improving memory: mnemonics and revision techniques36 questions

Topic 2: Sleep and dreams

There are 5 parts: we start with the stages of sleep, the sleep cycle and EEG evidence, and finish with theories of dreaming.

1. 2.1The stages of sleep, the sleep cycle and EEG evidenceFree 50 questions
2. 2.2Circadian rhythms, the body clock and zeitgebers (Siffre and Aschoff and Wever)42 questions
3. 2.3Functions of sleep, sleep across the lifespan and the effects of sleep deprivation40 questions
4. 2.4Sleep disorders: insomnia, sleepwalking, narcolepsy and sleep apnoea, and their treatments63 questions
5. 2.5Theories of dreaming: Freud's wish fulfilment and activation-synthesis, and research into dreams51 questions

Topic 3: Prosocial behaviour

There are 2 parts: we start with crowd behaviour, deindividuation, prosocial and antisocial behaviour, and the bystander effect, and finish with social influence.

1. 3.1Crowd behaviour, deindividuation, prosocial and antisocial behaviour, and the bystander effect34 questions
2. 3.2Social influenceFree 33 questions

Topic 4: Visual perception

There are 4 parts: we start with perception, and finish with factors affecting perception.

1. 4.1Perception26 questions
2. 4.2Depth cues and perceptual constancies48 questions
3. 4.3Visual illusions and theories of perception (Gregory and Gibson)34 questions
4. 4.4Factors affecting perception: perceptual set, culture, emotion and motivation38 questions

Topic 5: Motivation and needs

We will go through it step by step.

1. 5.1Motivation and needs: Maslow's hierarchy, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and drive theory25 questions

Topic 6: Language development

There are 3 parts: we start with language development in children, and finish with animal communication and human language.

1. 6.1Language development in children: stages, Skinner's and Chomsky's explanations15 questions
2. 6.2Language, thought and communication23 questions
3. 6.3Animal communication and human language: the bee dance, Pepperberg and language-teaching studies41 questions

Topic 7: Research methods

Research methods is about how psychologists design studies, collect data, and analyse results ethically.

We will study experiments, other research methods, sampling and variables.

Then we use maths skills to analyse data, consider ethics, and plan and write up a practical investigation.

1. 7.1Research designFree 20 questions
2. 7.2Data, analysis and ethics71 questions
3. 7.3Maths skills: graphs, percentages, ratios, fractions, probability and significant figures83 questions
4. 7.4Planning, carrying out and writing up a practical investigation (hypotheses, sampling, controls, pilot study)42 questions

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