Welcome to Psychology

Psychology fascinates people because they are intrigued by how their mind works. But it isn't all hypnotism and body language, it is a serious science that studies: memory, how we are influenced by others, how to improve your sporting performance, amoungst others.

Social Facilitation
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"If you are confidednt in your ability, then being watched makes you perform well, because, in effect, you are showing off. But if you are not confident about the task then you will constantly be worrying about being..." See Social Facilitation


Representing Data
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"Graphs are a good way of visually representing your findings in a study, the first one will be a histogram. They are different to bar charts because their scale is continuous (1,2,3,4,5 rather than red, blue and green), so the..." See Representing Data


Psychoanalytic Theory of Gender
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"During the phallic stage it was believed that gender developed. In boys this was as a result of the Oedipus complex and in girls it was the Electra complex. Both Electra and Oedipus are characters from Greek mythology..." See Psychoanaytic Theory