------------------ psychlotron.org.uk ------------------ Name of resource: AS Psychology Essay Walkthrough Author(s): Aidan Sammons Specification: AQA-B Details: A series of essay writing guides intended to build new AS students' essays skills from the ground up. Each one is based on a different topic from Social Influence, Perceptual Processes and Anxiety Disorders and develops a progressively more difficult essay skill. Number Topic Skills 1 Social facilitation Describing and commenting on studies 2 Monocular depth cues Analysing novel material 3 Conformity Critically discussing studies 4 Theories of perception Describing and evaluating theories 5 Obedience Discussing issues in research 6 Phobia treatments Comparing and contrasting 7 Defiance of authority Discussing factors 8 Explanations of OCD Evaluating with evidence