Psychology A-Level
social and distraction explanations
What social and distraction explanations means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of social and distraction explanations
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Psychological routes to lifted mood that have nothing to do with chemistry, namely distraction from rumination, mastery of a difficult task and the company of other people.
Topics that use social and distraction explanations
- Section B: Option 4 Sport and exercise psychology (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- anxiety
- catastrophe model and hysteresis
- dominant response
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- exercise and mood
- gravitation and socialisation accounts
- group productivity and process losses
- interactionist approach
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