Ashlawn Psychology Department Blog

April 21, 2008

AS Powerpoint Files – Mrs Gold

Filed under: Year 12 Homework — aprilgold @ 2:14 pm

Some people have asked me to make these available to help with revision. So here they are! I have also included the revision pack questions.

abnormal-2007

developmental powerpoint

powerpoint-research-methods-blog

revision-booklet-2008

   

 

April 14, 2008

EWT – post your results here!

Filed under: Year 12 Homework — sianduffin @ 8:17 am

FInd an example of a news story where someone has been wrongly convicted, because of innaccurate EWT – post the website address and a summary of it here!

February 5, 2008

Year 12 Revision Sessions – Miss Duffin’s topics

Filed under: Year 12 Homework — sianduffin @ 12:20 pm

This is for all 3 year 12 groups regardless of whether you have me or not for lessons. All these sessions will be taught by me. Here is my proposed schedule:

 Tues 19th Feb – Majority and Minority Influence

Tues 26th Feb – Obedience and Resistance to obedience

Tues 4th Mar – Validity and Ethics

THURS 13th Mar –  Stress as a bodily response and illness

Tues 18th Mar – Workplace stress and Individual differences

THURS 10th Apr – Stress management and control

Tues 15th Apr – Encoding, capacity and duration and models of memory

Tues 22nd April  – Forgetting

Tues 29th April – Emotional and Reconstructive

Tues 6th May – EWT

Tues 13th May – Overview and skills

All sessions will run in Q4 until approximately 4:30. There are 2 that have to be on a Thursday as one Tuesday is mentoring day and the other I am on a course. You do not have to attend all sessions and you don’t need to let me know in advance if you are coming.  This is a real opportunity to review each topic and practice skills to help you in the exam.  You are all welcome at all sessions.

Please speak to me if you would like any more information,

Miss Duffin

January 17, 2008

Year 12 Blooms Essay Writing

Filed under: Abnormality, Year 12 Homework — aprilgold @ 5:19 pm

I attach the power-point we used in class. Remember you need to complete the essay we started so that you have at least 2 assumptions and 4 evaluative points.

Essay Skills Powerpoint

Mrs Gold

December 5, 2007

Work for 12E from Mrs Gold for P4 Friday

Filed under: Year 12 Homework — aprilgold @ 4:13 pm

Click on the link and read up on the culture bound syndrome.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stm

Before next lesson: Answer the question “Outline 1 way of defining abnormality and give one criticism of this definition” for all 4 definitions we have covered.

See you on Tuesday for installment 2 of Freud!

Mrs Gold

Kiecolt Glaser – Nurses

Filed under: Stress, Year 12 Homework — sianduffin @ 1:59 pm

apfcc-kiecolt-glaser-stress-and-immune-function-1995.doc Click on the link, read the study and transfer to the appropriate APFCC page in the back of your workbook.  Try to add other standard criticsms.

Problem – See Miss Duffin before your next lesson

November 22, 2007

Year 12 Abnormality Cover Work

Filed under: Abnormality, Year 12 Homework — aprilgold @ 11:31 am

Follow the link to “Measuring the Unmeasureable” Work through sections 1 to 4. Post a comment below sharing one interesting fact. This should not be the same as another post and should not be just cut and pasted! Feel free to comment on what someone else has added if you want to talk about the same thing. Let’s get some discussion going!

October 8, 2007

Year 12 Social Influence Task

Filed under: Social Influence, Year 12 Homework — sianduffin @ 4:20 pm

Click on the link to Zimbardo’s website, watch the video clips from his study (work through the slideshow)
Post a comment about what you have seen and what you think about the study.
Problem? Post a comment or see Miss Duffin!

September 21, 2007

Social Influence Experiments

Filed under: Social Influence, Year 12 Homework — sianduffin @ 10:45 am

Post a brief account of who your researchers were and what you did and then give detailed results.

Any problems come and speak to me!!!!

Miss Duffin

July 16, 2007

Summer holidays!

Filed under: Year 12 Homework — sianduffin @ 9:18 am

Happy holidays from Miss Duffin, Mrs Gold and Mrs Coupe!

Remember that your coursework first draft is due on 10th September but we are confident that you will all meet that deadline.

Any problems post a comment here over the holidays and I will check periodically though don’t expect instant service!

Take care all please and come back safe in September.

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