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A post on the frustration-aggression hypothesis is here.

This is part of the paper 3 exam if you are studying the aggression topic for AQA psychology. You only study this topic if you are doing the full A level in psychology.

Other recent topics I’ve covered are:

Minority influence 

Brain plasticity and functional recovery

The cognitive approach to psychology is outlined here. This covers paper 2 of the AQA psychology exam for AS and A level psychology students.

Brain Plasticity and Functional Recovery Of The Brain

Hi guys, A new post is available on Loopa covering brain plasticity and functional recovery of the brain for AQA psychology paper 2. This is part of paper 2 and the biopsychology section for AQA psychology. You can get this essay as well as all the other possible essay questions you can be asked in the unit 2 ebook here. Hope this helps – any questions contact me on Loopa psychology. Saj

Hi guys - I’ve just covered biological rhythms here which focuses on circadian rhythms.

This is part of biopsychology and is in the unit 2 ebook. You can download that at Loopa psychology if you need further help with this exam paper.

I’ve also started working on the next topic which is Forensic psychology and this should be released for around end of December, early January approximately.

Any questions drop me a message on Loopa.

Duck’s Model Of Relationship Breakdown

For students studying the relationships topic; I’ve just released a full essay sample on Duck’s phase model of relationship breakdown here. This provides you with all the theory and evaluation you need for a possible 16 mark essay question. This is part of the relationships ebook which I released recently that is covered in this post here. Any further questions on this topic or if you need help…

For those doing the relationships topic for paper 3 of AQA psychology - one of the possible essays you can be asked about is Duck’s phase model. 

For those of you doing the relationships topic for the new specification; I’ve just released model essays for this paper 3 topic which you can get here:

https://www.loopa.co.uk/product/aqa-psychology-paper-3-relationships-model-essay-answers-7182/

A video outlining what’s inside this ebook is below:

The Ethological Explanation Of Aggression

Unit 3 AQA Psychology: Aggression

Hi guys – Saj here,

Download My Aggression Model Essay Answers Over At Loopa.co.uk

One of the possible essay questions for unit 3 aggression is the ethological explanation of aggression. This is new to AQA psychology as it wasnt in the old specification and there’s not much resources on this (until now) to help you understand what exactly an essay on it should…

Issues and debates for unit 3 has now been covered and you can check out my detailed post (over 4000 words) covering it all here:

Issues and Debates in psychology

This covers the unit 3 exam for AQA psychology which includes the following:

Gender and culture in psychology including universality and bias:

Gender bias (alpha bias, beta bias, androcentrism, universality)

Cultural bias (alpha bias, beta bias, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism)

Free will and determinism (hard determinism, soft determinism; biological, environemntal and psychic determinism). The scientific emphasis on causal explanations.

The nature-nurture debate; the relative importance of heredity and environment in determiniing behaviour; the interactionist approach.

Holism and reductionism: levels of explanation in psychology. Biological reductionism and environmental reductionism (stimulus-response reductionism).

Idiographic and nomothetic approaches to psychological investigation

Hi guys - just a quick short update to let you know my aggression model essay answers are now out. These cover every single possible essay question you can be asked including:

Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression, including the role of the limbic system, serotonin and testosterone.

The ethological explanation of aggression, including reference to innate releasing mechanisms and fixed action patterns.

Evolutionary explanations of human aggression.

Social psychological explanations of human aggression including the frustration-aggression hypothesis

Social learning theory as applied to human aggression

Deindividuation explanation of aggression

Institutional aggression in the context of prisons: dispositional and situational explanations

Media influences on aggression including the effects of video games

The role of desensitisation, disinhibition and cognitive priming.

For those of you studying the new AQA psychology specification and moving on to your second year of study; I’ve just released my model essay answers for schizophrenia here. These cover all the possible essay questions you can be asked in the exam and provide you with model essay answers for every single essay question. You can check it out directly here:

https://www.loopa.co.uk/product/aqa-psychology-schizophrenia-model-essay-answers-unit-3-7182/

Addiction June 2015 Predictions (Psya4)

Addiction is possibly the hardest topic you can be doing for Psya4. This is mainly because there is so many possible question variations you have to revise it makes your workload insane. Add to that a stolen AQA van and you have a really tough topic to predict for. I shall do my best however but no angry mobs with pitchforks outside my house please should…

Phobic Disorders Predictions – June 2015 Psya4

The last set of psychopathology predictions for Psya4 for June 2015 is Phobic Disorders. Again – If you’re not already aware of what’s happened in the last few days, the van containing the psya4 exam paper was stolen resulting in AQA re-writing the exam paper last minute. So were in a predicament as there’s a chance that AQA will randomise the exam…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Psya4 June 2015 Predictions

A word of warning for my OCD predictions for June 2015. If you’re not aware the Psya4 exam paper was in a van which was stolenand this has made predictions difficult as there has been a last minute re-write. I base a lot of my predictions on gut instinct but also some rules I go by which go out the window with a situation like this.…