Ellerby-Jones, L: Psychology AS for OCR

Chapter 1 Introduction to Psychology Chapter 2 Social Psychology Milgram study on obedience Piliavin et al. Subway Samaritan Reicher and Haslam BBC prison study Chapter 3 Cognitive Psychology Loftus and Palmer study: Eyewitness testimony Baron-Cohen et al. study: Adults with autism and theory of mind Savage-Rumbaugh et al. study: Ape language Chapter 4 Developmental Psychology Samuel and Bryant study: Conservation Bandura et al. study: Imitating aggression The Freud study: Little Hans Chapter 5 Physiological Psychology The physiology of the nervous system Maguire et al. study: Taxi drivers' brains Dement and Kleitman study: REM sleep and dreaming Sperry study: Split brains Chapter 6 The Psychology of Individual Differences Rosenhan study: On being sane in insane places Thigpen and Cleckley study: The three faces of Eve (multiple personality disorder) Griffiths study: Cognitive bias in gamblers Chapter 7 Approaches and Perspectives and Section C of the Core Studies Exam Approaches in psychology Perspectives in psychology Chapter 8 Psychological Investigations: Research Methods in Psychology Experiments (the experimental method) Observations Self-reports Correlations Chapter 9 Preparing for the Core Studies Examination What you need to know about the core studies Doing the core studies examination

Louise Ellerby-Jones is an examiner for a leading exam board and a teacher of psychology at The Highfield School, Letchworth. She is co-author of OCR Psychology for AS also published by Hodder Education, and an active member of the Association for the Teaching of Psychology. Moira Donald is Head of Psychology at the Stephen Perse Sixth Form College in Cambridge. Moira recently graduated in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, following a previous career as a university lecturer in history. Karon Oliver is a senior educational Psychologist and experienced teacher, as well as former chair of the Association for the Teaching of Psychology