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FACTS AND THEORIES
Get marks by describing and recalling
psychological knowledge and understanding.

Describe, Identify, Outline,

Discuss
Outline the learning theory of
attachment [6]

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2
APPLICATION AND
KNOWLEDGE

Get marks by applying your

knowledge to scenarios or contexts.
Using the report, suggest how Bowlbys
internal working model of attachment
might explain Amys current relationships
[4]

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3
EVALUATION

Get marks by analysing,

interpreting, evaluation, suggesting
or concluding.
Discuss research into the effect of
misleading information on EWT [8]
Describe and evaluate the
psychodynamic approach [16]

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Can the study be generalised

to the whole population?
Where was it conducted and
can that be generalised?
Sample size?
Gender of participants?
Age of participants?
Is the study repeatable?
How much control was there?
Lab, field or natural
experiement?
Extraneous variables?
Cofounding variables?
How can this study support
theory?
Does it provide evidence for a

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Gender
Bias

Reductioni

specific theory?
Can the findings explain reallife phenomenon?

Ecological validity was

the study artificial?
What variables were
present?
Did it stick to ethical
guidelines?
Informed consent?
Psychological harm?
Debrief?
Deception?
Researcher competence

Gender bias in theory/study?

Do the findings apply to both
genders
Would the other gender
behave the same? Why?
What does this mean for the
original theory?
Too reductionist/simplistic?
Is there something more
complex?

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Ethics
Nature/
Nurture

Animals
Determinis
m/ Freewill

Ethnocentri
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How does this affect the

theory?
What ethical issues are there?
How could the research
affect/hinder society?
Implications?
Does it support nature or
nurture?
How do they interact?
How does this affect the
theory?
Were animal used?
Physical/psychological
damage?
Why might animals help us?
Why cant we generalise to
humans?
Too deterministic? Little
control?
Freewill and conscious though?
Responsible when we have no
control?
Society implications?
Cultural bias?
Cultural difference?
Can we generalise?