VCE Psychology (Unit 1/2)

Psychology (Unit 1/2)

1a. Psychological Development - the interactive nature of hereditary and environmental factors

1b. Development - Biopsychosocial Approach

1c. Development - Psychological Development over the Lifespan

1e. Development - Criteria to Categorise Behaviour

1f. Development - Normality and Neurotypicality

1g. Development - Neurodiversity

1h. Development - Role of Mental Health Workers

2a. Brain - approaches over time ti\o understanding the role of the brain

2b. Brain - roles of the hindbrain, midbrain and forebrain, including the cerebral cortex

2c. Brain - the capacity of the brain to change in response to experience and brain trauma

2d. Brain - the impact of acquired brain injury

2e. Brain - Contribution of Contemporary Research

2f. Brain - Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

3a. Social Cognition - the role of person perception, attributions, attitudes and stereotypes

3b. Social Cognition - Cognitive Dissonance

3c. Social Cognition - Heuristics

3d. Social Cognition - Prejudice, Discrimination and Stigma

3e. Social Cognition - Influence of Social groups and Culture

3f. Social Cognition - Obedience and Conformity

3g. social Cognition - positive and negative influences of media sources on individual and group behaviour

3h. Social Cognition - Independence and Anti-conformity

4a. Perception - Role of Attention

4b. Perception - Top-down and Bottom-up Processing

4c. Perception - the influence of biological, psychological and social factors on visual and gustatory perception

4c. Perception - the influence of biological, psychological and social factors on visual and gustatory perception

4d. Perception - the fallibility of visual perception systems and 4e. Perception - the fallibility of gustatory perception

4f. Perception - distortions of perception of taste and vision such as synaesthesia and spatial neglect

Practical Investigation & Research Methods

Practical Investigation & Research Methods