Cambridge IGCSE Psychology

What is included

What this course covers

• Topic 1 — Memory and forgetting

  • 1.1 – Key concepts: memory and forgetting
  • 1.2 – Craik and Lockhart’s levels of processing (LoP) model of memory
  • 1.3 – Atkinson and Shiffrin’s multistore model (MSM) of memory
  • 1.4 – Motivated forgetting
  • 1.5 – Role of the brain in memory and forgetting

• Topic 2 — Sleep and dreams

  • 2.1 – Key concepts: sleep and dreams
  • 2.2 – Restoration theory of sleep
  • 2.3 – Hobson & McCarley’s activation-synthesis theory of dreaming
  • 2.4 – Psychodynamic theory of dreaming

• Topic 3 — Prosocial behaviour

  • 3.1 – Key concepts: prosocial behaviour
  • 3.2 – Biological explanation of prosocial behaviour
  • 3.3 – Social identity theory of prosocial behaviour
  • 3.4 – Bandura’s social learning theory of prosocial behaviour

• Topic 4 — Visual perception

  • 4.1 – Key concepts: visual perception
  • 4.2 – Gibson’s direct theory of perception
  • 4.3 – Gregory’s constructivist theory of perception
  • 4.4 – Visual illusions and culture

• Topic 5 — Motivation and needs

  • 5.1 – Key concepts: motivation and needs
  • 5.2 – Hull’s drive reduction theory of motivation
  • 5.3 – Positive reinforcement in education
  • 5.4 – Psychodynamic motivation and marketing
  • 5.5 – Motivation to exercise

• Topic 6 — Language development

  • 6.1 – Key concepts: language development
  • 6.2 – Biological explanation of language acquisition
  • 6.3 – Learning theory of language development
  • 6.4 – Piaget’s cognitive theory of language development

• Topic 7 — Research methods

  • 7.1 – Experimental method
  • 7.2 – Non-experimental method: observations
  • 7.3 – Non-experimental method: questionnaires and interviews
  • 7.4 – Non-experimental method: case studies
  • 7.5 – Sampling
  • 7.6 – Validity and reliability
  • 7.7 – Ethical guidelines
  • 7.8 – Role of the researcher, materials and procedure
  • 7.9 – Dealing with data

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