Edexcel AS/A Level Psychology notes (1st edition)

A mind map made by an A* student about daycare. The mind-map includes descriptions of what makes good daycare, advantages and disadvantages of daycare with lots of supporting evidence. There are also some notes on how the amount of time spent in daycare influences how beneficial/detrimental it is. This document includes evaluation points of daycare research including ethnocentrism and social sensitivity. Fairly detailed notes but still all condensed into two A4 pages.

A mind map made by an A* student about cognitive behavioural therapy. It explains how it works including the assumptions that need to be made for it work, common features of CBT and the main stages. There is also a page of evaluation with supporting evidence of it working, along with generic positives and negatives of using CBT as a treatment.

Notes by an A* student. A mind map explaining what privation is and three studies into privation: Genie, Freud and Dann, and the Czech twins. For each study, I have written about the weaknesses of the study and whether it suggests that privation can be reversed or not. There is also a page of evaluation points about general privation research including points about triangulation and ecological validity.

Notes by an A* student. A detailed mind-map about the extreme male brain theory of autism. A summary is highlighted in a box and then more detail is given surrounding it. The mind-map includes definitions of sympathiser and empathiser and why this theory makes sense. There are also evaluation points given on a separate page including supporting and conflicting evidence.

Notes by an A* student. A mind map describing the study, split into the different stages, results and conclusion. The mind map also includes evaluation of the study, with key points highlighted. The document includes a condensed, day by day description of what happened over the eight day study.

Notes by an A* student. A mind-map containing a summary of the hypothesis and a more in-depth description of both long-term and short-term effects of deprivation. This document also includes an evaluation of the hypothesis with supporting evidence, and some notes on how the effects of deprivation can be reversed (with supporting evidence).

Notes from an A* student.A venn diagram showing the similarities and differences between the two types of autism therapies: ABA and CBT.

A mind map made by an A* student explaining classical conditioning. All the definitions you need to know are clearly shown along with the formula and what each part means. There is also a page of evaluation including supporting/conflicting evidence, usefulness and testability. Key words in the evaluation are highlighted.

Mind maps made by an A* student about the cognitive explanation of depression. There is summary points but then there's also detailed explanations of Beck's theory of depression to deepen your understanding. The mind map contains diagrams to further help your understanding. A second mind map is included in this document which describes a summary of two studies into this explanation to be used in evaluations (Yost and Weary and Beck). Also in this document is a page of evaluation notes includi...

A mind map by an A* student about the biological treatment for schizophrenia: drug therapy. The mind map is clearly split into description and evaluation. The description includes the different types of drugs that can be used for schizophrenia and the evaluation includes notes about effectiveness, ethics and limitations (EEL).