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4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What is depression, what explains it, and how is it treated?

Depression: the nature, symptoms and diagnosis of depression, biological and psychological explanations of its causes, biological and psychological treatments, and the supporting research evidence and methods.
The SQA Higher Psychology Individual Behaviour optional topic on depression: symptoms and diagnosis, biological and psychological explanations of its causes, biological and psychological treatments, and the research evidence and methods used to study depression.
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How do we store, hold and retrieve information in memory?

Memory: the structure and processes of memory, models and explanations of memory, theories of forgetting, and the research evidence and methods used to study memory.
The SQA Higher Psychology Individual Behaviour optional topic on memory: encoding, storage and retrieval, the multi-store and working memory models, the levels-of-processing approach, theories of forgetting, and the key research evidence and methods used to study memory.
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Why do we sleep and dream, and what happens when sleep goes wrong?

Sleep, dreams and sleep disorders: the nature and stages of sleep, theories and explanations of why we sleep and dream, sleep disorders, and the research evidence and methods used to study sleep.
The SQA Higher Psychology mandatory Individual Behaviour topic on sleep and dreams: the stages and cycle of sleep, restoration and evolutionary theories of sleep, theories of dreaming, common sleep disorders, and the research evidence and methods used to study them.
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What is stress, what causes it, and how can it be managed?

Stress: the nature and physiology of stress, sources and causes of stress, the effects of stress on health, methods of coping with and managing stress, and the supporting research evidence and methods.
The SQA Higher Psychology Individual Behaviour optional topic on stress: the physiology of the stress response, sources of stress, the effect of stress on health, physiological and psychological methods of coping, and the research evidence and methods used to study stress.
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