Course topics.

Try this with Psychology

1. Compare the topic list with the current course outline from your school.
2. Pick a topic you can partly explain and identify the exact part you want to work through.
3. Bring one example of the kind of question or task your school uses.

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Topics in the resource inventory

• Organisation of the Human Nervous System
• The Neuron and Synaptic Transmission
• Localisation of Function and Neurotransmitter Roles
• From Reception to Interpretation: The Visual Perception Process
• Perceptual Set, Gestalt Principles, Depth Cues, and Cultural Influences
• Visual Illusions and the Fallibility of Perception
• Sensory, Short-Term, and Long-Term Memory Characteristics
• Working Memory Model and Levels of Processing Model
• Classical Conditioning: Pavlov, Watson and Rayner, and Key Concepts
• Operant Conditioning, Schedules of Reinforcement, and Observational Learning
• Conformity, Obedience, and Social Influence Processes
• Group Processes: Groupthink, Deindividuation, Social Loafing, and Conformity to Social Roles
• Factors Affecting Prosocial Behaviour and the Bystander Effect
• Factors Influencing Aggression and Media Effects on Behaviour
• Tri-Component Model of Attitudes and How Attitudes Form
• Elaboration Likelihood Model, Cognitive Dissonance, and Prejudice
• Culture Shock: Oberg's Four Stages and Berry's Acculturation Strategies
• Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, and Cross-Cultural Research Limitations
• Reducing Prejudice Towards Immigrants and Minority Groups
• How Social Context Shapes Attitudes, Stereotypes, and Behaviour