Update

The link to the online Psychology journal has changed - I have now updated this.

Click here to take you to online access to the Psychology Review where you can search for articles to support your studies

Extra listening to extend your understanding of Psychological Research

The following link takes you to BBC radio 4 website and a series of programmes called Mind Changers. Each episode focuses on famous Psychological research and a number of studies we cover at GCSE and A'Level are on there. The programmes are aimed at a general audience so are accessible to all and are only 30 minutes each.  I have been listening to them while driving and even when I have been out running!

Remember that to achieve the highest grades you should do your own research - this is an easy way to do it. And don't worry - I would not expect anyone to listen to all 33 programmes (although I will be!)

Summer Homework Years 9 and 10

Use the following links to enable you to complete you homework over the summer. Remember you will be tested on this when we come back in September.

IV's DV's and Hypotheses click here

Research Designs click here

If you need any help please feel free to contact me using the email address provided. Hope you all have a lovely summer,

Ms Kavanagh

Operant Conditioning

Use the link here to learn about Operant Conditioning:

Key Issue: Psychodynamic Approach; The debate concerning the Issue of False Memory and Repression

There is a huge debate over whether people do repress traumatic memories such as childhood sexual abuse. A number of people have remembered in therapy that they were abused as children and court cases against the accused have occured as a result.

For your Key Issue you need to:

•Outline the issue and explain why it is an issue and what interests people about it

•Describe case studies as examples of the issue

•Apply ideas from the approach to explain the issue

•Suggest how the issue could be resolved

 

The following links will be useful to start

Loftus and Repressed Memories

The case of Beth Rutherford

The case of celebrity Roseanne Barr

The case of a former Miss America - while her memory was not totally repressed, the 'day child' was completely different to the 'night child' and therefore could be used as evidence for repression

Key Study Psychodynamic Approach

As part of the Psychodynamic Approach you need to know the key study of Dibs by Axline. You can use this activity to help you remember the study

https://www.scribd.com/doc/253695533/Dibs-Storyboard