Overview of Psychological Skills (Edexcel A-Level Psychology): Flashcards

Applying existing knowledge across entire course to new contexts

Topics interconnected, not isolated; broader perspective needed

WWII and 1950s

Founded behaviourist approach

Negative outcome stops behaviour; positive outcome repeats it

Mind separate from body vs mind and body as one entity

Brain region for speech, found by Pierre Paul Broca (1861)

Past adaptive behaviours persist; genes lag social change

Behaviour aiding survival of individual or species

Therapy for psychological disorders without physical cause