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Section 1 |
Starting a Psychology course |
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Why study Psychology? |
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Psychology and other behavioural sciences |
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What to be prepared for in a Psychology course |
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What makes a successful Psychology student? |
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Issues and debates in Psychology |
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Applied Psychology |
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Understanding exam board marking (AO1, AO2, AO3) |
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Additional material on website
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Course summaries for each specification |
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Understanding exam board marking (AO1, AO2)
activities
for each specification |
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Section 2 |
Study skills for Psychology |
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Keeping a Psychology file |
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Making notes from written
material |
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Activity: making effective
notes |
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Understanding psychological
terms |
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Using a library and the
Internet |
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Section 3 |
Monitoring progress |
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Student information
form |
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Course information form |
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Student progress review form |
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AS to A2 transfer form |
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Practice exam feedback form |
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Essay feedback form |
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Course evaluation form |
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Section 4 |
Approaches in Psychology |
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The physiological approach
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The learning approach |
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The psychodynamic approach |
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The cognitive approach |
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The social approach |
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Using different approaches to explain
behaviour |
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Teachers' notes on the ‘different approaches'
activity |
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Section 5 |
Describing and evaluating
studies and theories |
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Describing studies |
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Evaluating studies |
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Evaluating theories |
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Section 6 |
Answering short-answer questions
in AS-level exams |
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Additional
material on website
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Guidance and activities for each specification |
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Section 7 |
Answering methods questions |
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Answering methods questions |
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Methods and statistics checklist |
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Step by step guide to answering statistics
and methods questions |
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Correlation or experiment? |
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Section 8 |
Writing Psychology essays |
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Writing a Psychology essay |
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Guidelines for writing a Psychology
essay |
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Understanding and interpreting essay
titles |
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Planning an essay |
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Writing introductions |
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Writing the main body of the essay |
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Writing conclusions |
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Step by step guide to writing essays |
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Section 9 |
Preparing for Psychology exams |
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Choosing what to revise |
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Revision list |
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Preparing for revision |
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Revision techniques |
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Organising revision |
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Sitting your Psychology exam |
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Last minute exam advice |
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Section 10 |
After a Psychology course |
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Psychology and careers |
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Careers in Psychology |
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Studying Psychology at university |
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Preparing for university visits and
open days |
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Section 11 |
Quotations for classroom display |
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J. B. Watson |
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S. Freud |
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B. F. Skinner |
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C. P. Snow |
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S. Riger |
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T. Szasz |
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L. Macneice |
