Bodily rhythms
When we sleep there are many different influences that affect the quality and type of sleep that we get. One ...
Biological explanations of criminality
Unlike learning theories, which take a person’s life experiences into account, the biological theory maintains that it is a person’s ...
Bartlett’s war of the ghosts
It is stated that Bartlett came up with his idea of ‘War of the Ghosts’ whilst playing Chinese whispers when ...
Bartlett’s theory
Bartlett realised that memory was not a perfect system; he maintained that when people were trying to remember things, they ...
Bobo Doll Experiment
This study, carried out by Bandura and his colleagues, is an example of how social learning theory is researched. The ...
Atkinson and Shiffrin theory
The Multi-store Model of Memory, was proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in the 1960s in an attempt to show how ...
Activation-synthesis theory (Hobson and McCarley 1977)
Unlike other research about sleep and dreaming, Hobson and McCarley’s theory focuses specifically on the neurobiological aspects of this, in ...
Yuki et al
There is still a growing interest in cultural differences in non-verbal communication, with research trying to identify how much non-verbal ...
Writing Speeches
You may get asked to write a speech during the exam. Transcripts of speeches, especially political ones, can be found ...
Writing Reports
Reports are normally formal accounts, written in a logical, sometimes chronological, order by a person with specific knowledge of a ...
Writing Magazine and Newspaper Articles
As you may already be aware, there are a number of different magazines and newspapers out there. In the exam, ...
Writing Letters
If you are asked to write a letter in the exam, there is a basic layout that you can follow. ...
Writing Diary Entries
If you are asked to write a diary/journal entry in the exam, then you will not normally be asked to ...
Writing Advertisements
You may get asked to write some sort of advertisement in the exam. An advertisement is an announcement or notice ...