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Example Essays for A-level Psychology (AQA A Spec) on areas Media, Aggression, Relationships, Eating Behavior and Phobic Disorders. Simple Easy to read Essays from a student who just finished Psycholgy A-Level!

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Discuss Theories of the Maintenance of Relationships (8 and 16 marks)

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One Theory into the maintenance of relationships is Walster et al’s Equity theory. This says that people want equity in a relationship and ...
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Discuss Theories for the Breakdown of Relationships (8 and 16 marks)

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One Theory for the breakdown of relationships is Walster et al’s Equity theory. This says that people want equity in a relationship and ine...

Discuss Theories about the Formation of Relationships (8 and 16 marks)

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One theory of the formation of relationships is Byrne and Clore’s Reward/Need Satisfaction theory which says that we look for a relationshi...

Discuss the Relationship between Sexual Selection and Human Reproductive Behaviour (8 & 12 marks)

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Reproductive success is a big part of evolution as without it genes would not be passed on. Darwin (1874) came up with the theory of Sexual...

Discuss the Influence of Childhood on Adult Relationships (8 and 16 marks)

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Parent-Child Relationships are one way in which childhood can affect your adult relationships. Shaver et al (1988) said that our romantic l...
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Discuss Sex differences in Parental Investment (8 and 16 marks)

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Parental Investment is said to be any investment by a parent in an offspring that increases the chance that the offspring will survive at t...
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Discuss Research into the Nature of Relationships in Different Cultures (8 & 16 marks)

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Different cultures have different ideas on relationships and how they are viewed and acted out. For example love and romance are seen to be...

Outline and Explain Psychological Explanations of and Eating Disorder (8 & 16 marks)

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One psychological theory of Bulimia is the Cognitive approach. Cooper et al. (2004) said that Bulimics usually had a trauma in early life t...

Outline and Evaluate the Role of Neural Mechanisms in Controlling Eating (8 & 16 marks)

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Homeostasis is the way in which the brain controls the body’s eating behaviour and keeps levels in our body constant and stable. One theory...

Outline and Evaluate Biological Explanations of an eating disorder (8 & 16 marks)

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One biological explanation of Bulimia is Evolutionary explanations. Abed (998) said that bulimia is a direct consequence of trying to attra...
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Discuss Explanations for the Success and Failure of Dieting (8 & 16 marks)

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People Diet in order to get rid of body dissatisfaction and to change their body shape, but often fail for a number of different reasons. ...
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Discuss Evolutionary Explanations of Food Preferences (8 & 16 marks)

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Our Eating Habits and food preferences are said to have come from our ancestors and to have adapted in our Environment of Evolutionary Adap...

Discuss Attitudes to Food and Eating Behaviour (8 & 16 marks)

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Culture is a big factor in eating behaviour and most cultures have their own ideas on which foods are allowed to be eaten, when and how the...
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Outline and Evaluate one or more Social Psychological Theories of Aggression (8 & 16 marks)

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One Social Psychological Theory of Aggression is Deindividuation. This says that an individual changes when part of a crowd due to the comb...

Discuss the role of Neural and/or Hormonal Mechanisms in Aggression (8 & 16 marks)

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Neurotransmitters are chemicals in the brain. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter which has been linked to aggression by inhibiting responses t...

Discuss Research into Institutional Aggression (8 and 16 marks)

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Lots of research into institutional aggression was conducted in prisons as it is a good opportunity sample of both aggressive and non-aggre...
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Discuss Group Displays as an Adaptive Response to Aggression (8 and 16 marks)

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Men have adapted to survive better as a group with the larger and more aggressive groups getting the most resources. Nowadays this is most ...
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