Year 12 - Psychology (ATAR)
Components
11 components
- C01-U3 Sensation and perception Unit 3 Memory and learning: the roles of sensation (reception, transduction, transmission) and perception (selection, organisation, interpretation) in memory.
- C02-U3 Models of memory Unit 3 Memory and learning: models for explaining memory — encoding/storage/retrieval, the multi-store model (Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968) and the working memory model (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974; Baddeley, 2000).
- C03-U3 Memory formation and the brain Unit 3 Memory and learning: memory formation and the role of brain structures — hippocampus (Henry Molaison case study), cerebellum and amygdala.
- C04-U3 Remembering and forgetting Unit 3 Memory and learning: remembering and forgetting — recall/recognition/relearning, levels of processing (Craik and Lockhart, 1972; Craik and Tulving, 1975), rehearsal, Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, types of forgetting, and causes of memory loss (CTE, Alzheimer's, WKS).
- C05-U3 Theories of learning Unit 3 Memory and learning: theories of learning — classical conditioning (Pavlov; Watson and Rayner), operant conditioning (Thorndike; Skinner), social learning theory (Bandura), and application to behaviour modification.
- C06-U4 Motivation Unit 4 Motivation, wellbeing and health: sources of motivation and theories — self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan, 2000) and hierarchy of needs (Maslow, 1954, 1970).
- C07-U4 Models of wellbeing Unit 4 Motivation, wellbeing and health: models of wellbeing — subjective wellbeing (Diener, 1984) and the six-factor model of psychological wellbeing (Ryff, 1989).
- C08-U4 Stress and coping Unit 4 Motivation, wellbeing and health: stress, stressors and models of stress — GAS (Selye), Social Readjustment Scale (Holmes and Rahe, 1967), and Transactional Theory of Stress and Coping (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984).
- C09-U4 Sleep and wellbeing Unit 4 Motivation, wellbeing and health: purpose of sleep, the sleep–wake cycle (circadian rhythm, NREM/REM, EEG), sleep deprivation, and sleep hygiene (He et al., 2020).
- C10-SI Research ethics, design and methodology Science inquiry (Units 3 & 4): ethical guidelines and practices for psychological research, formulating research, and methodology — variables, hypotheses, research designs, sampling and allocation, and controlling extraneous/confounding variables.
- C11-SI Data analysis, evaluation and communication Science inquiry (Units 3 & 4): data collection, processing and analysis (data displays, mean/median, Pearson's correlation), drawing evidence-based conclusions, evaluating research (validity, reliability, generalisability), and communicating findings.