Psychology
Daily-habit recall for GCSE Psychology — core studies, psychological approaches, research methods and applied psychology. Named studies and researchers anchor every topic. Three minutes a day on Milgram, Bandura, Loftus, Asch and the concepts examiners actually test.
AQA · Eduqas · OCR · WJEC
~95k
GCSE entries / year
Psychology has grown into the seventh-largest humanities GCSE by entries — in many schools it now rivals History in popularity. The subject has a high density of named studies and researchers, making it an excellent fit for the recall mechanic.
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Boards in scope
AQA 8182 is the dominant spec (primary authoring target). Eduqas C511, OCR J203 and WJEC share significant content overlap — core approaches, memory, social influence, research methods. Per-card boards tagging handles board-specific applications (e.g. criminological psychology on AQA).
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Fit for spaced repetition
GCSE Psychology is built on named studies (Milgram 1963, Bandura 1961, Loftus & Palmer 1974), psychological terms (cognitive dissonance, ecological validity, independent variable) and precise definitions. Recall cards on named researchers and studies produce the strongest exam performance.
What's covered
Core studies, approaches and applications — spec-anchored.
GCSE Psychology examiners reward students who can name the researcher, state the aim, describe the procedure, give findings and state a conclusion. Educator's recall mechanic ingrains the study-to-finding link that makes psychology exam answers land.
Psychological approaches
- ✓Cognitive approach — information processing, schemas, CBT
- ✓Behaviourist approach — classical conditioning (Pavlov), operant conditioning (Skinner)
- ✓Social learning theory — Bandura's Bobo doll study, vicarious reinforcement
- ✓Biological approach — brain structure, genes, neurochemistry
- ✓Psychodynamic approach — Freud, the unconscious, defence mechanisms
Memory
- ✓Multi-store model — Atkinson & Shiffrin, STM vs LTM
- ✓Working memory model — Baddeley & Hitch, phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad
- ✓Forgetting — decay, displacement, interference, retrieval failure
- ✓Eyewitness testimony — Loftus & Palmer (1974), leading questions, post-event info
- ✓Improving memory — mnemonics, method of loci, chunking
Social influence
- ✓Obedience — Milgram (1963), situational factors, agentic state
- ✓Conformity — Asch (1951), normative vs informational social influence
- ✓Bystander behaviour — diffusion of responsibility, Darley & Latané
- ✓Social loafing and group behaviour
- ✓Independent behaviour — resisting obedience and conformity
Perception & brain
- ✓Visual perception — depth cues (monocular/binocular)
- ✓Gibson's direct theory vs Gregory's constructivist theory
- ✓Perceptual set — expectations, motivation, emotion
- ✓Brain structure — cerebral cortex lobes, localisation of function
- ✓Brain damage — Broca's area, hemispheric lateralisation
Research methods
- ✓Experimental methods — lab, field, natural experiments; IVs and DVs
- ✓Non-experimental methods — observations, questionnaires, case studies
- ✓Research design — independent groups, repeated measures, matched pairs
- ✓Validity and reliability — internal, external, ecological
- ✓Ethics — BPS guidelines, consent, deception, right to withdraw
Spec-faithful, authoring in progress. Cards will cover: psychological approaches (cognitive, behaviourist, social learning, biological, psychodynamic), memory (multi-store model, working memory, forgetting, EWT), perception (depth cues, Gibson vs Gregory), social influence (obedience, Milgram; conformity, Asch; bystander behaviour), language, thought and communication, brain and neuropsychology, psychological problems, sleep and dreaming, research methods, and applied psychology topics (criminological, sport, health — board-dependent).
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