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PsychologyQ&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every WA 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
- Describe the tri-component model of attitudes, attitude-behaviour consistency, and Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance0Q&A pairs
- Explain attribution theory, including internal and external attributions, and the fundamental attribution error, actor-observer bias and self-serving bias1Q&A pairs
- Explain the structure and function of the nervous system, the role of neurotransmitters, and the biological stress response0Q&A pairs
- Explain neuroplasticity, including developmental and adaptive plasticity, and how experience and injury reshape neural connections0Q&A pairs
- Explain classical conditioning, including the key processes and stimuli, and apply it to examples such as Pavlov's dogs and Little Albert0Q&A pairs
- Explain Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance, including the conditions that produce dissonance and the strategies used to reduce it0Q&A pairs
- Explain theories of forgetting and the reconstructive nature of memory, including the reliability of eyewitness testimony with reference to Loftus0Q&A pairs
- Compare theories of learning including classical conditioning, operant conditioning and observational learning, and outline models of memory0Q&A pairs
- Describe and compare the Atkinson-Shiffrin multi-store model and the working memory model, including encoding, storage and retrieval0Q&A pairs
- Explain observational learning and social learning theory, including the four mediational processes, with reference to Bandura's Bobo doll study0Q&A pairs
- Explain operant conditioning, including reinforcement, punishment, shaping and schedules of reinforcement, with reference to Skinner0Q&A pairs
- Apply research methods including experimental design, variables, sampling, validity, reliability and the interpretation of descriptive and inferential statistics.0Q&A pairs
- Describe the major structures of the brain and the lobes of the cerebral cortex, and explain hemispheric specialisation and localisation of function0Q&A pairs
Unit 4
- Explain attachment theory and attachment styles, with reference to the work of Bowlby, Ainsworth and Harlow0Q&A pairs
- Explain conformity, including normative and informational social influence, and the factors affecting it, with reference to Asch's line study0Q&A pairs
- Explain cross-cultural psychology, including individualism and collectivism, and the difference between etic and emic approaches to research0Q&A pairs
- Explain the influence of culture on behaviour, social identity, prejudice, discrimination and strategies to reduce intergroup conflict.0Q&A pairs
- Explain theories of development including Piaget's cognitive stages, attachment, and Erikson's psychosocial stages, with reference to nature and nurture.0Q&A pairs
- Describe Erikson's psychosocial stages of development and explain the nature-nurture interaction, including evidence from twin studies0Q&A pairs
- Explain group processes including social loafing, deindividuation, group polarisation and groupthink, and their effects on individual behaviour0Q&A pairs
- Explain obedience to authority and the factors that influence it, with reference to Milgram's experiments and their ethical evaluation0Q&A pairs
- Describe Piaget's stages of cognitive development and key concepts such as schemas, assimilation, accommodation, object permanence and conservation0Q&A pairs
- Explain prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination, social identity theory, and strategies to reduce intergroup conflict, with reference to Tajfel, Sherif and Allport0Q&A pairs
- Explain prosocial behaviour and the bystander effect, including the factors that increase or decrease helping, with reference to Latane and Darley0Q&A pairs
- Apply ethical principles and research methods to psychological investigations, including informed consent, confidentiality, debriefing and the role of ethics committees.0Q&A pairs
- Explain social influence including conformity, obedience, group processes, prosocial and antisocial behaviour, using key studies.0Q&A pairs