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The Three-Part Lens

The Three-Part Lens

Concept map showing the Three-Part Lens: Behavioural (What you do), Emotional (What you feel), and Cognitive (What you think)

In A-Level Psychology, a characteristic is a recognisable feature or symptom of a mental disorder. To understand any mental health condition, we look at symptoms through three specific dimensions: what a person does, what they feel, and what they think.

Characteristics of phobias, depression and OCD Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Characteristics of phobias, depression and OCD

Step-by-step lessons covering AQA A Level Psychology Characteristics of phobias, depression and OCD for A Level Psychology. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 format. Start with the compulsory core topics before tackling the more evaluation-heavy optional and issues-and-debates content.

Lessons

Definitions of abnormalityCharacteristics of phobias, depression and OCDBehavioural approach to phobiasCognitive approach to depressionBiological approach to OCD