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Edexcel IAL unit 2: Biological psychology, learning theories and development

Learning theories and developmental psychology

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Edexcel IAL unit 2: Biological psychology, learning theories and development

2 lessons · 4 h 15 min of study

Biological psychology2 h of study
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This unit is ≈4% of the Psychology, across 2 lessons. Full syllabus

Lesson 2 of 2 · Edexcel IAL unit 2: Biological psychology, learning theories and development

Learning theories and developmental psychology

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Explain classical conditioning, operant conditioning and social learning theory using the correct concepts, including reinforcement, punishment, imitation, modelling and identification.
Apply learning theories to the development of behaviour in childhood and to everyday examples of acquisition, maintenance and change in behaviour.

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Describe key features of cognitive and developmental change in childhood, including how children think differently at different stages of development where required by the specification.

Explain how developmental psychology accounts for changes in social, moral or cognitive behaviour across childhood and adolescence.

Compare learning explanations with developmental explanations by identifying similarities, differences, strengths and limitations in how each accounts for behaviour.

Evaluate research and theories in learning and developmental psychology with reference to evidence, methodology, applications and debates such as nature versus nurture.

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