REVISE ⇒TRANSFORM⇒TEST⇒EXAM
Spaced revision is an effective revision technique incorporating traditional revision, creating new materials and then testing both informally like a quiz and then as an exam question (which is what you are probably preparing for.) You should aim to complete the following four steps over an hour to an hour and a half for a particular topic area.
Some useful additional revision blogs/sites;
- Year 1 Specification
- Year 2 Specification
- *Psychologyblogspot – Excellent revision site*
- Psych Yogi Revision Blog
STEP 1, REVISE;
COMPONENT 1
General
- Component 1 Overview Video
- Exams; Candidate style examples-Yr1
- Exams; Candidate style examples – Yr 2
- Component 1 sample exam Yr1
- Section B; Answering the 12 mark question
- Model answers to component 1
Research methods and techniques
- How do experiments work?
- Experimental research
- Observational method
- Types of observation
- Interviewing and self-reports
- Correlational research
- Research methods overview
Planning and conducting research
- Basics in research design
- Planning a hypothesis
- Sampling methods -Video
- Sampling methods
- Snowball sampling
- Types of experimental design
- Observational method
- Interviewing and self-reports
Data recording, analysis, and presentation
- Help with maths/calculations
- Type 1/2 Errors
- What is a critical value?
- Skewed Distribution
- Standard Distribution
- Variance
- Parametric and Non-parametric
- Critical Values such as P
- Scatterplots
- Histogram
- P values – Simple terms
- P values, Z scores, Alpha, critical values
- Mathematical symbols
Report writing
- Writing a Psychological Report – Overview
- Writing a Psychological Report -detailed
- Citation using Harvard referencing
- Peer review
How science works
- Cause and effect
- Independent and dependent variables
- Falsification
- Freud and Falsification
- Objectivity, replicability, and more falsification
- Induction Vs Deduction approaches
- Standardisation and control
- Is Psychology a science?
- Hypothesis testing through to statistical analysis – an applied example
- Hypothesis testing through to statistical analysis – an applied example part 2
- How does psychology contribute to society?
COMPONENT 2
General
- Component 2 Overview of Paper
- Exam Style answers – Yr 1
- Exam Style answers – Yr 2
- Exam questions for component 2
Section A (Core Studies)
Social Psychology
Responses to People in authority (yr 1)
Responses to people in need (yr 2)
Cognitive
Memory (yr 1)
Attention (yr2)
- Moray (1959) Auditory attention -original
- Moray – Overview of Study
- Simons and Chabris (1999) Visual inattention -original
- Simons and Chabris – Overview of Study
- Failures of Awareness: The Case of Inattentional Blindness by Daniel Simons
- The Cocktail part effect and attention – Radio 4
Developmental
External influences on children’s behaviour (yr 1)
- Bandura et al. (1961) Transmission of aggression -original article
- Bandura discusses his research with clips from the study
- Chaney et al. (2004) Funhaler study – Video
Moral development (yr 2)
- Kohlberg (1968) Stages of moral development
- Kohlberg – Overview of Study
- Lee – Overview of Study
- Lee et al. (1997)Evaluations of lying and truth-telling original study
- Overview of Lee and Kohlberg – book
Biological
Regions of the brain (yr 1)
Brain plasticity (yr 2)
- Blakemore and Cooper (1970) Impact of early visual experience -video
- Blakemore and Cooper – Overview of Study
- Maguire – Overview of Study
- Maguire et al. (2000) Taxi drivers -original study
- Maguire -summary
Individual differences
Understanding disorders (yr 1)
- Freud (1909) Little Hans
- Overview of Freud in general -video
- Baron-Cohen et al. (1997) Autism in adults article from the Psychologist
- Baron-Cohen et al. (1997) Autism in adults -original study
Measuring differences (yr 2)
- Gould (1982) A nation of morons Bias in IQ testing -0verview
- Gould (1982) – Overview and evaluation
- Gould (1982) A nation of morons Bias in IQ testing -Presentation
- Hancock et al (2011) Language of Psychopaths -Overview
- Hancock et al. (2011) Language of psychopaths -Original study
- Hancock et al. (2011) Language of psychopaths -Presentation
Section B (Areas, perspectives, and debates)
- Podcasts discussing debates
- Areas • Social • Cognitive • Developmental • Biological • Individual Differences
- Perspectives • Behaviourist • Psychodynamic
- Debates • Nature/nurture • Freewill/determinism • Reductionism/holism • Individual/situational explanations • Usefulness of research • Ethical considerations • Conducting socially sensitive research • Psychology as a science
Section C (Practical applications)
Component 3
General
- Here are some useful A-Level Psychology (OCR) Podcasts.
- Exam Style answers (not taught) – Sport
- H567 Component 3 Sample Assessment
Issues in mental health
- Podcast evaluating Definitions of abnormality
- Statistical Infrequency Definition of Abnormality
- Deviation from Social Norms
- Failure to Function
- Deviation from Ideal Mental Health
- Rosenhan (1973) On being sane in insane places. -Original Study
- Rosenhan -Video
- Gottesman et al. (2010) Disorders in offspring with two psychiatrically ill parents Abstract
- Szasz (2011) The myth of mental illness: 50 years later. -Original article
- Interview with Szasz -Video
- Szasz – Article discussing the nature of psychiatry
- Psychlite article – The rise of the anti-psychiatry movement (Szasz and Rosenhan)
- Overview of all the above research
- Exam Style answers – Mental Health
Child psychology
- Van Leeuwen et al. (2008) A twin-family study of general IQ.-original study
- Barkley-Levenson and Galván (2014) Neural representation of expected value in the adolescent brain. -original study
- Gibson and Walk (1960) The visual cliff. – Video
- Gibson and walk (1960) – Presentation and overview
- Wood et al. (1976) The role of tutoring in problem-solving -original article
- Ainsworth and Bell (1970) Attachment, Exploration and Separation: Illustrated by the Behaviour of One-year-olds in a Strange Situation – Overview
- Johnson and Young (2002) Gendered voices in children’s advertising.-Original study
- Johnson and Young (2002) Gendered voices in children’s advertising. – Discussion in terms of Nature V Nurture
Criminal Psychology
- Raine et al. (1997) Brain abnormalities in murderers indicated by positron emission tomography. -Presentation
- Raine -Video Interview
- Brian Areas quiz
- Hall and Player (2008) Will the introduction of an emotional context affect fingerprint analysis and decision-making?
- Memon, A. and Higham, P. A. (1999) A review of the cognitive interview. Psychology, Crime and Law. 5, (1–2), 177–196. -Original Article
- An analysis of the Cognitive Interview
- Dixon et al. (2002) The Role of Accent and Context in Perceptions of Guilt. -Original article
- Wilson and Kelling (1982) The police and neighbourhood safety: Broken windows. _original
- Wilson and Kelling (1982) – CNN News video discussing policy based upon the theory
- Haney et al. (1973) Study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison. Original study
- Haney et al. (1973) Study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison. VideoContains unpleasant scenes
- Haney et al (1973) – article from the APA; Demonstrating the Power of Social Situations via a Simulated Prison Experiment
- Exam Style Answers – Criminal
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