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Topic 1: Psychology of the Individual

2 dot points, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

What is intelligence and how can it be measured?

Explain competing definitions of intelligence and evaluate how it is measured, including IQ testing and issues of reliability, validity and bias

Intelligence has been defined as a single general factor or many separate abilities. It is measured with standardised IQ tests, which raise questions of reliability, validity and cultural bias.

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How do psychologists explain and describe personality?

Compare the main theoretical approaches to personality, including psychodynamic, humanistic, trait and social-cognitive perspectives

Personality theories explain consistent patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour. SACE covers psychodynamic, humanistic, trait and social-cognitive approaches, each with different assumptions about what shapes us.

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