Abnormal Psychology

-Discuss normality versus abnormality

-To what extent do sociocultural factors influence the etiology of abnormal psychology?

-Discuss the use of one or more psychological treatments for one psychological disorder.

Developmental psychology

-Discuss the influence of poverty and/or socio-economic status on human development.

-Evaluate one or more theories and/or studies relevant to the development of gender
identity and/or social roles.

-Discuss one or more research methods used to investigate how humans develop as
learners.

Health psychology

-Discuss one or more risk and/or protective factors influencing one or more health
issues.

-Using one or more health problems as examples, discuss prevalence rates.

-Discuss the effectiveness of one or more health promotion programmes.

Psychology of human relationships

-Discuss the role of communication in personal relationships.

-Discuss prejudice and/or discrimination in relation to group dynamics.

-Evaluate one or more research methods used in studies investigating social

responsibility.

Abnormal Psychology

Discuss the role of two or more clinical biases in diagnosis.

Contrast two explanations of one or more disorders.

Evaluate the effectiveness of one or more treatments.

Developmental psychology

To what extent does childhood trauma affect development?

Discuss one or more theories of gender identity development.

Evaluate one or more theories of brain development.

Health psychology

Evaluate the biopsychosocial model of health and well-being.

Evaluate one or more explanations of one or more health problems.

Evaluate one or more health promotion programmes

Psychology of human relationships

Discuss one or more research methods used in the study of personal relationships.

To what extent does the sociocultural approach contribute to the understanding of

group dynamics?

Discuss by-standerism, with reference to one or more studies.

Abnormal psychology

Discuss validity and reliability of diagnosis.

Discuss prevalence rates of one or more disorders.

Discuss the role of culture in the treatment of one or more disorders.

Developmental psychology

Contrast two theories of cognitive development.

Discuss the role of peers and/or play in development.

Discuss the role of attachment in development.

Health psychology

To what extent do dispositional factors and/or health beliefs affect health?

Evaluate one or more studies related to explanations of one or more health problems.

Discuss one or more ethical considerations related to promoting health.

Psychology of human relationships

To what extent does the sociocultural approach contribute to the understanding of

personal relationships?

Discuss origins of conflict and/or conflict resolution.

Evaluate one or more studies related to promoting prosocial behaviour

Abnormal psychology

To what extent do cognitive factors influence abnormal behaviour?

Evaluate one or more examples of psychological research (theories and/or studies)

related to approaches to treatment.
Contrast the use of biomedical and individual approaches to the treatment of one
disorder.

Developmental psychology

To what extent do biological factors influence human development?

Evaluate one or more examples of psychological research (theories and/or studies)

relevant to the formation and development of gender roles.

Discuss the relationship between physical change and development of identity during
adolescence.

Health psychology

Discuss one or more strategies for coping with stress.

Examine one or more prevention strategies for substance abuse and/or addictive
behaviour.

Discuss two or more factors related to overeating and the development of obesity

Psychology of human relationships

Evaluate the effectiveness of two strategies for reducing violence.

Analyse the role that culture plays in the formation and maintenance of relationships.

Discuss two theories explaining altruism in humans.

Abnormal psychology

Discuss concepts of normality and abnormality.

Discuss the use of one or more examples of an eclectic approach to treatment.

Explain, with reference to psychological research, two etiologies of one anxiety, affective
or eating disorder.

Developmental psychology

Examine potential effects of deprivation and/or trauma in childhood on later

development.

Evaluate one or more examples of psychological research (theories and/or studies) into
adolescence.

To what extent does attachment in childhood play a role in the formation of

relationships later in life?

Health psychology

Discuss physiological and/or social aspects of stress.

Examine one or more models and/or theories of health promotion.

To what extent do biological factors influence health-related behaviour

Psychology of human relationships

Discuss one or more social and/or cultural origins of attraction.

Evaluate two examples of research (theories and/or studies) investigating the role of
communication in maintaining relationships.

Abnormal psychology

Discuss the relationship between etiology and therapeutic approach(es) in relation to

one disorder.

Discuss cultural variations in the prevalence of psychological disorders.

Discuss two or more ethical considerations in diagnosis.

Developmental psychology

To what extent do social and/or environmental variables affect cognitive development?

Discuss two strategies to build resilience.

Contrast two examples of psychological research (theories or studies) relevant to

developmental psychology.

Health psychology

Discuss social and/or psychological aspects of stress.

Discuss the effectiveness of one or more health promotion strategies.

Evaluate one or more prevention strategies for obesity.

Psychology of human relationships

To what extent do biological factors influence human relationships?

Discuss two or more factors influencing bystanderism.

Evaluate one or more sociocultural explanations of the origins of violence.

Abnormal psychology

Contrast one individual approach (psychological, not biomedical) and one group
approach to the treatment of one disorder.

To what extent do biological factors influence abnormal behaviour?

Discuss one or more cultural considerations in diagnosis.

Developmental psychology

Examine how one or more sociocultural factors influence human development.

Examine the relationship between physical change and development of identity during
adolescence.

Evaluate one theory of cognitive development.

Health psychology

Evaluate two strategies for coping with stress.

Discuss two or more factors related to overeating and the development of obesity.

Explain two or more factors related to the development of substance abuse and/or
addictive behaviour.

Psychology of human relationships

Explain cross-cultural differences in prosocial behaviour.

Discuss the role of communication in maintaining relationships.

Discuss the effectiveness of two strategies for reducing violence.

Abnormal psychology

To what extent do cognitive factors or sociocultural factors infl uence abnormal

behaviour?

Discuss gender variations in the prevalence of one or more disorders.

Evaluate the use of an eclectic approach to treatment.

Developmental psychology

Examine how one or more biological factors infl uence human development.

Evaluate one theory of cognitive development.

Discuss two strategies to build resilience.

Health psychology

Examine factors related to overeating and the development of obesity.

Discuss physiological aspects of stress.

Evaluate treatments for substance abuse and/or addictive behaviour

Psychology of human relationships

Discuss factors infl uencing bystanderism.

Explain the role that culture plays in the formation and maintenance of relationships.
Evaluate psychological research (theories and/or studies) relevant to the origins of
attraction

Abnormal psychology

Evaluate one individual (psychological, not biomedical) approach to treatment for one
disorder.

Discuss concepts of normality and abnormality.

Discuss cultural variations in the prevalence of psychological disorders.

Developmental psychology

Examine the relationship between physical change and development of identity during
adolescence.

Explain cultural variation in gender roles.

Evaluate one example of psychological research (theory or study) relevant to

attachment.

Health psychology

Discuss physiological and social aspects of stress.

To what extent do biological factors influence health-related behaviour?

Discuss two prevention strategies for substance abuse or addictive behaviour

Psychology of human relationships

Contrast two theories explaining altruism in humans.

Discuss the effectiveness of two strategies for reducing violence.

Evaluate one theory or study relevant to the study of human relationships.

Abnormal psychology

Discuss concepts of abnormality.

Discuss ethical considerations in diagnosis.

Contrast two approaches to the treatment of one disorder.

Developmental psychology

Discuss how social and/or environmental variables may affect cognitive development.

Evaluate one theory or one study related to adolescence.

To what extent does deprivation and/or trauma in childhood affect later development?

Health psychology

Evaluate two strategies for coping with stress.

To what extent do sociocultural factors influence health-related behaviour?

Discuss two models and/or theories related to health promotion.

Psychology of human relationships

To what extent do sociocultural factors influence human relationships?

Discuss the effects of short-term and/or long-term exposure to violence.

Evaluate two examples of research (theories and/or studies) investigating the role of
communication in maintaining relationships.

Abnormal psychology

Evaluate the use of eclectic approaches to treatment.

Discuss cultural and ethical considerations in diagnosis.

Discuss gender variations in the prevalence of disorders.

Developmental psychology

Discuss one theory of cognitive development.

To what extent does attachment in childhood play a role in the subsequent formation of
relationships?

Discuss how sociocultural factors influence the formation and development of gender
roles.

Health psychology

Discuss one or more strategies used for coping with stress.

Evaluate two treatments for substance abuse or addictive behaviour.

Evaluate one model or theory of health promotion.

Psychology of human relationships

Discuss the role of communication in maintaining relationships.

Evaluate two theories explaining altruism in humans.

Discuss sociocultural explanations of the origins of violence.

Abnormal psychology

Discuss cultural variations in the prevalence of one affective or eating disorder.

Outline symptoms of one anxiety, affective or eating disorder. To what extent do

cognitive factors influence the etiology of the disorder that you have outlined?

Evaluate the use of one or more biomedical approaches to the treatment of one
disorder.

Developmental psychology

To what extent do biological factors affect human development?

Discuss the relationship between physical change and development of identity during
adolescence.

Discuss psychological research (theories and/or studies) on the formation and

development of gender roles.

Health psychology

Discuss physiological and psychological aspects of stress.

Discuss the effectiveness of one health promotion strategy.

Evaluate one treatment for obesity.

Psychology of human relationships

Evaluate one or more research studies and/or theories related to cross-cultural

differences in prosocial behaviour.

Evaluate the effectiveness of one strategy for reducing violence.

Discuss how two or more cognitive factors influence human relationships.

Abnormal psychology

Discuss validity and reliability of diagnosis.

Evaluate the use of group approaches to treatment of one anxiety, affective or eating
disorder.

Examine how one or more biological factor(s) influence either one specific anxiety
disorder or one specific eating disorder.

Developmental psychology

Contrast two examples of psychological research (theories and/or studies) into

adolescence.

Discuss strategies to build resilience.

Discuss psychological research (theories and/or studies) related to the potential effects
of deprivation or trauma in childhood on later development.

Health psychology

Outline two stressors. Evaluate one strategy for coping with stress.

Discuss one prevention strategy for obesity.

Evaluate one treatment for substance abuse or addictive behaviour.

Psychology of human relationships

To what extent do biological factors influence human relationships?

Discuss research (theories and/or studies) related to why relationships may change or
end.

Evaluate psychological research (theories and/or studies) on factors influencing

bystanderism.

Abnormal psychology

Compare and contrast individual and group approaches to treatment.

Describe psychological research (theories and/or studies) relevant to diagnosis. Evaluate

the psychological research (theories and/or studies) relevant to diagnosis that you have
described.

For one affective or eating disorder, discuss the relationship between etiology and
therapeutic approach.

Developmental psychology

Evaluate two examples of psychological research (theories and/or studies) relevant to

attachment.

To what extent do sociocultural factors influence the formation and development of

gender roles?

Outline one theory of cognitive development. Evaluate the theory of cognitive

development that you have outlined.

Health psychology

Evaluate two examples of psychological research (theories and/or studies) related to

physiological and/or psychological aspects of stress.

Discuss prevention strategies or treatments for addictive behaviour.

“Lifestyle is an important factor in people’s health.” With reference to this statement,

discuss sociocultural factors related to the development of obesity.

Psychology of human relationships

Discuss factors influencing bystanderism.

Contrast one biological explanation of the origin of attraction with one psychological or
social explanation.

Evaluate psychological research (theories and/or studies) related to sociocultural

explanations of the origins of violence

Abnormal psychology

Discuss how biological and sociocultural factors influence one anxiety, affective or eating
disorder.

Discuss cultural and ethical considerations in diagnosis.

Compare and contrast one biomedical and one individual approach to treatment.

Developmental psychology

Examine how social variables may affect cognitive development.

Define attachment. Discuss how childhood attachment may affect the formation of
relationships later in life.

Discuss the development of gender roles.

Health psychology

Evaluate two strategies for coping with stress.

Discuss two or more factors related to overeating and the development of obesity.
Evaluate one model or theory of health promotion.

Psychology of human relationships

Outline two strategies for reducing violence. To what extent are violence reduction
strategies effective?

Discuss the influence of biological factors on human relationships.

Compare and contrast two theories explaining altruism in humans.