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Psychology syllabus, dot point by dot point
Every dot point in the TAS Psychologysyllabus, with a focused answer for each one. Click any dot point for a worked explainer, past exam questions, and links to related dot points. Written by Claude Opus 4.7, Anthropic's latest AI, published by Better Tuition Academy.
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.6 min answer →
- How do the nervous system and the brain produce behaviour?Explain how neurons, the nervous system and brain structures underpin human behaviour.7 min answer →
- How do mental processes contribute to learning?Explain cognitive learning, including insight, latent learning, cognitive maps, learning sets and transfer of learning.7 min answer →
- What are consciousness and sleep, and how are they studied?Compare states of consciousness and explain sleep and dreaming, including how they are measured.9 min answer →
- How do psychologists summarise and interpret their data?Describe and apply descriptive statistics and data-analysis techniques to psychological data.7 min answer →
- Why do we forget, and how reliable is memory?Explain theories of forgetting and factors affecting the reliability of memory, including eyewitness testimony.8 min answer →
- How did psychology become a science, and what perspectives explain behaviour?Describe the origins of psychology and the major perspectives used to explain behaviour.8 min answer →
- How do humans learn behaviours and store information in memory?Describe theories of learning and the multi-store model of memory with supporting research.8 min answer →
- How do psychologists design valid, ethical research?Apply research methods, variables, sampling and ethics to evaluate psychological studies.8 min answer →
Unit 4: Social and Developmental Psychology
Module overview →- How do people change across the lifespan?Explain theories of human development8 min answer →
- What makes us help others or harm them?Explain prosocial behaviour and aggression, including the factors that influence each.8 min answer →
- What shapes mental health and wellbeing?Explain psychological health, disorder and treatment8 min answer →
- How do other people influence our behaviour?Explain social influence on individual behaviour8 min answer →
- What explains the stable patterns that make each person unique?Compare theories of personality and how personality is measured.9 min answer →