Gross Guides to Psychology: OCR AS

1. Exam paper format 2. Psychological investigations Outlines of the four investigative techniques Some issues you should consider What you should be able to do in relation to the four techniques What you should know in relation to each technique Scenarios for the self-report technique Exam-style questions linked to the self-report scenarios Scenarios for the experimental technique Exam-style questions linked to the experimental scenarios Scenarios for the observational technique Exam-style questions linked to the observational scenarios Scenarios for the correlational technique Exam-style questions linked to the correlational scenarios 3. The cognitive psychology studies Loftus and Palmer: Eyewitness testimony Baron-Cohen et al.: Adults with autism and theory of mind Savage-Rumbaugh et al.: Ape language 4. The developmental psychology studies Samuel and Bryant: Conservation Bandura, Ross and Ross: Imitating aggression Freud: Little Hans 5. The physiological psychology studies Maguire et al.: Taxi drivers' brains Dement and Kleitman: REM sleep and dreaming Sperry: Split brains 6. The social psychology studies Milgram: Obedience Reicher and Haslam: BBC prison study Piliavin et al.: Subway Samaritan 7. The psychology of individual differences studies Rosenhan: On being sane in insane places Thigpen and Cleckley: The three faces of Eve (multiple personality disorder) Griffiths: Cognitive bias in gamblers 8. The behaviourist perspective 9. The psychodynamic perspective 10. References

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