§-Psychology syllabus
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Psychology syllabus, dot point by dot point
Every dot point in the TAS Psychology syllabus, with a focused answer for each. Click any dot point for a worked explainer, past exam questions and links to related points.
Unit 3: Individual Behaviour
Module overview →Which behaviours happen without any learning?
Distinguish behaviours that do not depend on learning, including reflexes, fixed action patterns and maturation.
How do the nervous system and the brain produce behaviour?
Explain how neurons, the nervous system and brain structures underpin human behaviour.
How do mental processes contribute to learning?
Explain cognitive learning, including insight, latent learning, cognitive maps, learning sets and transfer of learning.
What are consciousness and sleep, and how are they studied?
Compare states of consciousness and explain sleep and dreaming, including how they are measured.
How do psychologists summarise and interpret their data?
Describe and apply descriptive statistics and data-analysis techniques to psychological data.
Why do we forget, and how reliable is memory?
Explain theories of forgetting and factors affecting the reliability of memory, including eyewitness testimony.
How did psychology become a science, and what perspectives explain behaviour?
Describe the origins of psychology and the major perspectives used to explain behaviour.
How do humans learn behaviours and store information in memory?
Describe theories of learning and the multi-store model of memory with supporting research.
How do psychologists design valid, ethical research?
Apply research methods, variables, sampling and ethics to evaluate psychological studies.
Unit 4: Social and Developmental Psychology
Module overview →How do people change across the lifespan?
Explain theories of human development
What makes us help others or harm them?
Explain prosocial behaviour and aggression, including the factors that influence each.
What shapes mental health and wellbeing?
Explain psychological health, disorder and treatment
How do other people influence our behaviour?
Explain social influence on individual behaviour
What explains the stable patterns that make each person unique?
Compare theories of personality and how personality is measured.