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| Area of Study 1:\u003Cbr>How does the brain function? | 􀁸 Role of the brain in mental processes and behavior\u003Cbr>􀁸 Brain plasticity and brain damage | 􀁸 Brain anatomy covered in APS Unit 4 and equivalent to “role of the\u003Cbr>brain…behaviour”\u003Cbr>􀁸 VCE has a focus on brain plasticity whilst APS psychobiological interventions specified for general optimisation of brain-behaviour relationships (environmental enrichment) and neurodegenerative disease and brain injury (medication or neural grafting) |\n|  | Area of Study2:\u003Cbr>What influences psychological development? | 􀁸 The complexity of psychological development\u003Cbr>􀁸 Atypical psychological development | 􀁸 VCE takes a biopsychosocial approach in the study of psychological development by specifying attachment, the work of Harlow & Ainsworth, Piaget and Erikson, followed by a study of mental health and mental disorder, including schizophrenia in terms of the ‘two hit’hypothesis for its development\u003Cbr>􀁸 APS introduces the biopsychosocial model illustrated through a study of learning theory including classical conditioning, operant conditioning, reinforcement and punishment, social learning and lifespan changes |\n|  | Area of Study 3:\u003Cbr>Student-directed research investigation | Students communicate a substantiated response to aselected question related to one of six topics: biopsychology; brain and the use of technology; cognition; psychological development; | Not included in APS curriculum |\n\n\n| VCE Psychology |  |  | APS Psychological Sciences comparison |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Section | Area of Study | Key knowledge headers |  |\n|  |  | mental health and disorder; and changing thoughts, feelings and behaviour |  |\n| Unit 2: How do external factors influence behaviour and mental processes? 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