Hamburg Abitur Psychology gA study guide
Hamburg Abitur Psychology gA · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
This independent study page provides practice for Hamburg Abitur Psychology gA. Its editorial learning areas include Research, biological explanations and evidence; Perception and cognition; Personality, motivation and social psychology. The questions develop subject knowledge and application through worked reasoning, distinctions between competing answers, and practical scenarios. Study the relevant guide before attempting a mixed set, then explain the evidence or calculation that supports each answer. Topics on this exam: Research, biological explanations and evidence, Perception and cognition, and Personality, motivation and social psychology. The Hamburg Abitur Psychology gA study guide has 3 sections and about 1,352 words.
01Research, biological explanations and evidence
This domain links nervous system structure to behavior. Be able to describe neurons (dendrites receive, axons transmit, myelin speeds conduction, terminal buttons release neurotransmitters across the synapse ). inhibitory signals and that a neuron fires when threshold is reached (all-or-none). Distinguish agonists (mimic or enhance a neurotransmitter) from antagonists (block it).
457 words, about 2 min02Perception, cognition and information processing
Cognition covers attention, memory, language, problem solving, and decision making. For memory , know the three-stage model : sensory memory (brief, iconic/echoic), short-term and working-memory models (limited capacity thatdepends on the task, material and measurement; the classic 7±2 immediate-span estimate is not a universal working-memory limit), and long-term memory (effectively unlimited). Distinguish explicit (declarative; episodic and semantic) from implicit (procedural, priming) memory. Know encoding, storage, retrieval and phenomena like the serial position effect (primacy and recency), spacing effect , context-dependent and state-dependent memory, and interference (proactive: old disrupts new; retroactive: new disrupts old).
421 words, about 2 min03Personality, motivation and social processes
Social psychology studies how situations shape behavior. Know attribution (internal vs. external) and the fundamental attribution error (overweighting disposition, underweighting situation when judging others). Understand cognitive dissonance (tension from conflicting cognitions, reduced by changing beliefs or behavior) and self-serving bias .
474 words, about 2 min