Tag: AQA Spec

AS Psychology – Attachment Spec

Attachment 

Caregiver-Infant Interactions in Humans

  • Reciprocity and Interactional Synchrony
  • Stages of Attachment Identified by Schaffer
  • Multiple Attachments and the Roles of the Father

 

  • Animal Studies of Attachment : Lorenz and Harlow

 

Explanations of Attachment

  • Learning Theory
  • Bowlby’s Monotropic Theory
  • The Concepts of a Critical Period and an Internal Working Model

 

  • Ainsworth – Strange Situation
  • Types of Attachment : Secure, Insecure-Avoidant, Insecure-Resistant
  • Cultural Variations (Van Ijzendoorn)
  • Bowlby’s Theory of Maternal Deprivation
  • Romanian Orphan Studies and the Effects of Institutionalisation
  • Influence of Early Attachment on Childhood and Adult Relationships and The Role of an Internal Working Model

AS Psychology – Social Influences Spec

Conformity

Types of Conformity

  • Internalisation
  • Identification
  • Compliance

Explanations for Conformity

  • Informative Social Influence
  • Normative Social Influence
  • Variables affecting conformity (Asch) – Group Size, Unanimity, Task Difficulty

Conformity to Social Roles

  • Zimbardo

 

Obedience

Explanations for Obedience

  • Agentic State and Legitimacy of Authority
  • Situational variables affecting obedience including proximity, location and uniform (Milgram)
  • Dispositional explanation for obedience : Authoritarian Personality

Explanations of Resistance to Social Influence

  • Social Support and Locus of Control

Minority Influence

  • Consistency, Commitment and Flexibility

The Role of Social Influence in Processes in Social Change