Psychology and Sociology Flashcards
Explore the science of the mind and human behaviour with our free Psychology & Sociology flashcard decks. Whether you are preparing for AP Psychology, A-Level Psychology, introductory university courses, or simply want to understand why people think and behave the way they do, our decks use active recall — the most effective study technique — to help you retain concepts, theories, and key thinkers. Topics span major psychological perspectives and their key figures, research methods and ethics, developmental psychology, social psychology, abnormal psychology and mental health, sensation and perception, memory and cognition, and sociology including socialisation, stratification, and institutions. All content is based on publicly available educational resources including APA guidelines, OpenStax Psychology, and standard AP/A-Level curricula.
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Build your psychological knowledge from the ground up with this essential flashcard deck covering all major psychological theories and the key thinkers behind them. Understanding the history and major perspectives of psychology is the foundation of every psychology course from GCSE through to university level. This deck covers the seven major psychological perspectives (biological, psychodynamic, behavioural, cognitive, humanistic, sociocultural, evolutionary), key figures including Freud, Piaget, Maslow, Skinner, Bandura, Pavlov, Erikson, and Vygotsky, and their core theories. Essential for AP Psychology, A-Level Psychology, and introductory university psychology courses.
Explore how other people and social situations shape our thoughts, feelings, and behaviour with this fascinating social psychology flashcard deck. Social psychology has produced some of the most striking and controversial experiments in all of science — from Milgram's shocking obedience study to Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment to Asch's conformity experiments. This deck covers conformity, obedience to authority, group dynamics, social influence, the bystander effect, attribution theory and fundamental attribution error, stereotypes and prejudice, cognitive dissonance, social identity theory, and persuasion techniques. Essential for AP Psychology, A-Level Psychology, and university social psychology courses.