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Component 3: Psychology Implications in the Real World - behaviours

6 dot points across 6 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do different approaches explain addiction, and how can addictive behaviour be modified or treated?

Addictive behaviour: explanations from the approaches (biological, learning/behaviourist, cognitive), the concept of addiction (dependence, tolerance, withdrawal), and methods of modifying behaviour (drug treatments, behavioural and cognitive interventions). One of six Component 3 behaviours.
An Eduqas A-Level Psychology answer to addictive behaviour, one of the six Component 3 behaviours. Covers what addiction is (dependence, tolerance, withdrawal), biological, learning and cognitive explanations, and methods of modifying it (drug, behavioural and cognitive treatments), with evaluation for the Implications in the Real World paper.
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How do different approaches explain autistic spectrum behaviour, and how can it be supported?

Autistic spectrum behaviour: the features of autism, explanations from the approaches (biological/genetic, cognitive theory of mind and weak central coherence), and methods of supporting or modifying behaviour (behavioural and educational interventions). One of six Component 3 behaviours.
An Eduqas A-Level Psychology answer to autistic spectrum behaviour, one of the six Component 3 behaviours. Covers the features of autism, biological and cognitive explanations (theory of mind, weak central coherence), and methods of supporting behaviour (behavioural and educational interventions), with evaluation for the Implications in the Real World paper.
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How do different approaches explain bullying, and how can bullying behaviour be reduced?

Bullying behaviour: the nature of bullying (including cyberbullying), explanations from the approaches (evolutionary/biological, learning/social learning, individual differences), and methods of reducing it (anti-bullying programmes and interventions). One of six Component 3 behaviours.
An Eduqas A-Level Psychology answer to bullying behaviour, one of the six Component 3 behaviours. Covers the nature of bullying and cyberbullying, evolutionary, social-learning and individual-differences explanations, and methods of reducing bullying (anti-bullying programmes), with evaluation for the Implications in the Real World paper.
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How do different approaches explain criminal behaviour, and how can offending be reduced or treated?

Criminal behaviour: explanations from the approaches (biological/genetic and neural, learning/social, cognitive), and methods of modifying behaviour (treatment and rehabilitation, anger management, restorative justice). One of six Component 3 behaviours.
An Eduqas A-Level Psychology answer to criminal behaviour, one of the six Component 3 behaviours. Covers biological, learning and cognitive explanations of offending, and methods of modifying behaviour (rehabilitation, anger management, restorative justice), with evaluation for the Implications in the Real World paper.
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How do different approaches explain schizophrenia, and how can it be treated?

Schizophrenia: symptoms (positive and negative), explanations from the approaches (biological - dopamine and genetics; psychological - cognitive and family), and methods of treatment (antipsychotic drugs and psychological therapies such as CBT). One of six Component 3 behaviours.
An Eduqas A-Level Psychology answer to schizophrenia, one of the six Component 3 behaviours. Covers positive and negative symptoms, biological explanations (the dopamine hypothesis, genetics) and psychological explanations, and treatments (antipsychotic drugs and CBT), with evaluation for the Implications in the Real World paper.
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How do psychologists explain the causes and effects of stress, and how can stress be managed?

Stress: the body's stress response and the sources of stress, explanations and effects (the physiology of stress, life changes and daily hassles, workplace stress), and methods of managing stress (biological - drugs; psychological - CBT, biofeedback, stress inoculation). One of six Component 3 behaviours.
An Eduqas A-Level Psychology answer to stress, one of the six Component 3 behaviours. Covers the physiology of the stress response, sources of stress (life changes, daily hassles, work), the effects of stress, and methods of managing it (drugs, biofeedback, CBT and stress inoculation), with evaluation for the Implications in the Real World paper.
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