§-Psychology Q&A
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Psychology Q&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every QLD Psychology syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Unit 3: Individual thinking
Explain how acquired brain injury and neurological disorders affect cognition and behaviour, and describe how neuroplasticity supports recovery of function
Describe Piaget's stages of cognitive development and explain the processes of assimilation, accommodation and equilibration that drive movement between stages
Explain Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognitive development, including the zone of proximal development, scaffolding, the more knowledgeable other and the role of language
Explain how normality and abnormality are defined, and describe how classification systems such as the DSM are used to diagnose psychological disorders, including the issues this raises
Explain the concept of emotional intelligence, describe its components and models, and evaluate how it relates to and differs from cognitive intelligence
Describe the localisation of function in the cerebral cortex and explain how lesion, split-brain and neuroimaging evidence links specific brain regions to cognition
Describe the multi-store and working memory models of memory and explain the brain structures and processes involved in encoding, storage and retrieval
Explain neuroplasticity, including developmental and adaptive plasticity, the mechanisms of synaptic change, and how the brain reorganises after injury
Explain the role of bottom-up and top-down processing in perception, and describe how selective and divided attention determine which information reaches awareness
Compare theories of intelligence including general intelligence and multiple intelligences, and evaluate how intelligence is measured and the reliability and validity of intelligence testing
Describe classical conditioning, operant conditioning and observational learning, and explain how each accounts for the acquisition of behaviours including learnt fear
Unit 4: The influence of others
Describe the tri-component model of attitudes and explain how attitudes form and change, including cognitive dissonance and persuasion
Explain conformity and obedience as forms of social influence, and describe the situational and individual factors that affect them using classic studies
Explain how group membership affects cognition and emotion, including group polarisation, groupthink, deindividuation and the bystander effect
Explain the factors that influence prosocial behaviour and the factors that influence antisocial behaviour and aggression, using studies such as Bandura's and the bystander research
Explain social identity theory and how it produces stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination, and evaluate strategies for reducing intergroup conflict
Explain the concepts of status and power, describe the bases of social power, and analyse how status and assigned roles influence behaviour using studies such as Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment