A Level Notes Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, American Government, History of USA, History of Europe, A Level Notes, tcanotes, TCA Notes, The Concept Academy Notes
1. Introduction to Sociology Deviance 2. What Is Deviance? 3. Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 4. Structural Functional Theory 5. Conflict Perspective 6. Crime & Quick Review Identity and Reality 7. Introduction & Social Construction of Reality 8. Dramaturgy 9. Social Status & Quick Review Social Groups and Organization 10. Intro, Groups, Aggregates, and Categories, Group Classifications & Social Integration 11. Groups Within Society & Quick Review Social Institutions 12. Introduction, Economy & Government 13. Family & Religion 14. Social Institutions Education, Medicine & Quick Review Socialization 15. Introduction & Primary Socialization 16. Resocialization, Anticipatory, Gender Socialization & Quick Review Social Stratification and Inequality 17. Origins & Theories 18. Historical & Modern Stratification Systems 19. Stratification System of the United States 20. Social Classes & Poverty in the United States 21. Global Stratification & Quick Review Society and Culture 22. Introduction & What Is a Society? 23. Types of Societies, Norms, Status and Roles 24. Hierarchy, Interaction & Quick Review Sociology Major Figures and Glossary 25. Sociology Major Figures 26. Sociology Glossary
Political Science Introduction to Political Science 1. Introduction, Development, Fields of Study, Other Social Sciences & What Political Scientists Do Politics and Political Science 2. Overview? Key Terms, Types of Regimes, Sources of Political Power & Legitimacy Political Ideologies & Styles 3. Political Ideologies What Is an Ideology? & Major Political Ideologies 4. Political Styles & American Ideologies Nations and States 5. Nations and States Key Terms & The Rise of the Nation-State 6. Constitutions, Structure & Systems of Government, The Future of Nation-States Political Economy 7. Overview Rational Choice, Types of Economies & Economic Problems 8. Economic Growth & Fiscal Policy 9. Monetary Policy & Regulatory Policy Political Culture and Public Opinion 10. Political Culture and Public Opinion & Political Socialization 11. Social Capital, Political Participation & Public Opinion International Politics 12. History, Theories, Agreements, Law & Organizations 13. War 14. Revolution & Terrorism
Introduction to American Government 1. American Government Intro, Components, Themes, Social Science & What Political Scientists Do American Political Culture 2. American Political Culture, Importance of Geography & Immigration 3. American Political Ideals 4. American Attitudes Toward Government & Exceptionalism The Founding and the Constitution 5. First Government of the United States & Constitutional Convention 6. Constitution & Struggle for Ratification Federalism 7. Federalism & its Constitutional Basis 8. Federalism, History, in Practice, Advantages and Disadvantages Congress 9. Congress its Structure 10. Congress its Powers & Functions 11. Congress, Legislative Process & Congressional Elections 12. The Presidency, History & Becoming President The Presidency 13. The Presidency President’s Roles & Power 14. The President and the Public & Understanding and Evaluating Presidents The Bureaucracy 15. What Is a Bureaucracy? & The Federal Bureaucracy 16. Becoming a Bureaucrat, Policymaking, Reforming The Judiciary 17. Judiciary & Foundations of American Law 18. Judiciary, Federal Courts, State Courts & Judicial Philosophy, Politics, and Policy Political Parties 19. Political Parties & How Political Parties Work 20. Political Parties American Two-Party System 21. Political Parties Third Parties Interest Groups 22. Interest Groups, Types & Strategies Used 23. Interest Groups Pros and Cons, Inside Game Lobbying, & Outside Game Public Pressure and Electoral Influence The Media 24. The Media, Types, Functions & Government Regulation The Political Process 25. The Political Process, Elections & Voting 26. The Political Process Running for Office Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 27. Civil Liberties & Types of Civil Liberties 28. Civil Rights Movement & Recent Crusades for Equal Rights Public Policy 29. Public Policy, How Policy Gets Made, Welfare & Crime and Law Enforcement 30. Public Policy, Environment, Social Security & Education Foreign Policy 31. Foreign Policy, Tools & Concerns 32. Foreign Policy Regional Issues 33. Foreign Policy Foreign Policymakers 34. U.S. Government and Politics Glossary
Research Methods in Psychology 1. Introduction to Psychological Research & Scientific Method 2. Research Methods in Psychology 3. Methods in Psychology Ethical Considerations, Interpreting Data & Quick Review Evolution and Genes 4. Introduction, Principles & Types of Genetic Studies 5. Evolution and Natural Selection, Evolutionary Psychology & Quick Review Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain 6. Introduction, The Nervous System 7. Neurons: Cells of the Nervous System & Neurotransmitters 8. Studying the Brain Structure, Functions & Quick Review Development 9. Introduction & Theories of Development 10. Prenatal Development, Infancy & Childhood 11. Adolescence, Adulthood & Review Sensation and Perception 12. Introduction The Senses & Hearing 13. Vision 14. Taste, Smell, Position, Movement, Balance, Touch & Review States of Consciousness 15. Introduction to Consciousness & Sleep 16. Dreams, Altered States & Review Learning and Conditioning 17. Introduction to Classical Conditioning 18. Operant Conditioning, Biological & Cognitive Influences, Observational Learning & Review Memory 19. Introduction Memory Processes & Types of Memory 20. Forgetting & Enhancing Memory 21. The Biology, Distortions of Memory & Review Language and Cognition 23. Language Intro Structure, Theories of Language Acquisition, Language and Nonhuman Primates 24. Cognition Structure, Theories of Cognitive Development & Problem-Solving 25. Decision-Making, Creativity & Review Intelligence 26. Introduction, Theories & Intelligence Testing 27. The Influence of Heredity and Environment & Review Emotion 28. Introduction Theories & Biological Bases of Emotion 29. Expression, Culture, Happiness & Review Motivation 30. What is Motivation? & Hunger 31. Motivation & Sexual Drive 32. Motivation Achievement & Review Personality 33. Introduction, Traits & Psychodynamic Theories 34. Behaviorist & Humanistic Theories & Biological Approaches 35. Culture and Personality, Assessing Personality & Review Stress, Coping, and Health 36. Introduction, Stress and Stressors & Coping 37. Stress and Disease & Review Psychological Disorders 38. Introduction & Classification 39. Anxiety & Mood Disorders 40. Eating & Somatoform Disorders 41. Substance-Related & Schizophrenia 42. Dissociative, Personality & Review Psychological Treatment 43. Introduction, Types & Psychotherapy 44. Family, Group & Biomedical Therapies 45. Effectiveness, Seeking & Trends Social Psychology 46. Introduction, Stereotypes and Prejudice 47. Attribution, Attitudes & Social Influence 48. Attraction, Obedience and Authority 49. Groups, Helping Behavior & Quick Review Psychology Major Figures and Glossary 50. Psychology Major Figures 51. Psychology Glossary
The Roman Empire (60 BCE-160CE)
The Fall of Rome (150CE-475CE)
Early Middle Ages (475-1000)
1. Brief Overview, Timeline, Key People, Terms & Events 2. Overview 3. Post-Roman Europe I: Italy and Southern Gaul From Theodoric to the Lombards (488-600) 4. Eastern Rome from Marcian to Justin: Doorstep of Byzantium (450-527) 5. From Eastern Roman Revanche to Byzantium under Siege I: Justinian I (527-565) 6. From Eastern Roman Revanche to Byzantium under Siege II: Justin II to Heraclius (565-641) 7. Islamic Expansion and Political Evolution 632-1000 8. From Roman Gaul to the Merovingian Kingdom of the Franks (450-511) 9. Clovis’ Sons and Creeping Merovingian Anarchy (511-640) 10. Charlemagne and the Carolingian State(s) to 843 11. End of the First European Order: Foreign Invasions, Carolingian Obsolescence, and Doorstep of the High Middle Ages (840s-950s) 12. Political Arrangements in Europe towards the Second Millennium 13. Christianity, 325-650s: Conversion, the Papacy, and Monasticism I 14. Christianity, 650s-950s: Conversion, the Papacy, and Monasticism II
High Middle Ages (1000-1200)
1. Brief Overview, Timeline, Key People, Terms, Events & Study Questions 2. Overview 3. Getting There: Byzantium, 650-870 4. Byzantium Triumphant, Byzantium Faltering: 960-1071 5. Germany, 920-1075: The Saxon Empire to the Investiture Controversy 6. England from Saxon Kingdom to Norman Conquest: 925-1135 7. The Crusades: 1095-1204 8. Byzantium, 1081-1261: Decay, Defeats, Latin Betrayal, and Survival 9. France & England, 987-1226: Capets and Angevins 10. France, 1226-1270: Louis IX 11. Germany in the Hohenstaufen Era: 1137-1250 12. Christianity: Expansion, Monastic and Papal Reform, Clash with Secular Rulers (910-1122) 13. Reconquista 1000-1250 14. Christianity, 1130-1244: Spiritual Invigoration, the Papal Monarchy, and Heresy
Italian Renaissance (1330-1550)
The Enlightenment (1650–1800)
The Scientific Revolution (1550-1700)
The French Revolution (1789–1799)
Napoleonic Europe (1799-1815)
Europe (1815-1848)
Europe (1848-1871)
Europe 1871-1914
The Russian Revolution (1917–1918)
World War I (1914–1919)
The Interwar Years (1919-1938)
World War II (1939–1945)
The French and Indian War (1754-1763)
Pre-Revolutionary America (1763-1776)
The American Revolution (1754–1781)
The Declaration of Independence (1776)
Building the State (1781-1797)
The Articles of Confederation (1781-1789)
The Constitution (1781–1815)
The Federalist Papers (1787-1789)
The First Years of the Union (1797 – 1809)
Westward Expansion (1807-1912)
The War of 1812 (1809-1815)
The Pre-Civil War Era (1815–1850)
The Civil War 1850–1865
Reconstruction (1865–1877)
The Gilded Age & the Progressive Era (1877–1917)
The Spanish American War (1898-1901)
World War I (1914–1919)
The Interwar Years (1919-1938)
The Great Depression (1920–1940)
World War II (1939–1945)
The Cold War (1945–1963)
The Korean War (1950-1953)
The Civil Rights Era (1865–1970)
The Vietnam War (1945–1975)
A Level Notes Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, American Government, History of USA, History of Europe, A Level Notes, tcanotes, TCA Notes, The Concept Academy Notes
