K5PS4 Clinical Psychology and Mental Health personal learning checklist
AQA A-level Psychology · exams from 2027 · Paper 1
Name ____________________ Class __________ Date __________
Tick one box per statement. Red: need help. Amber: partly confident. Green: can do independently.
| I can | Red | Amber | Green |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defining and describing mental health difficulties | |||
| compare definitions with contextual and cultural qualifications | |||
| distinguish behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics | |||
| Behavioural explanations and phobia treatments | |||
| explain and evaluate acquisition and maintenance in the two-process model | |||
| compare systematic desensitisation and flooding using effectiveness and appropriateness criteria | |||
| Cognitive explanations and depression treatments | |||
| compare Beck's and Ellis's explanations through explicit mechanisms | |||
| evaluate cognitive therapy and the causal claims it can support | |||
| Biological explanations and OCD treatments | |||
| evaluate genetic and neural explanations without deterministic or reductionist overclaims | |||
| explain the SSRI mechanism and critically evaluate treatment evidence | |||
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