Post here if you need help with your coursework. Remember we are both away from Easter Sunday for the whole of the second week so will not check between the 12th and the 19th of April.

Miss Duffin and Mrs Gold.

Hi all, sorry I am not in.

Please continue with your revision for PYA4. Try having a go at the question that I have posted below or another essay. Bring these to Fridays lesson and we will assess them.  Any problems feel free to email me or come and see me wed/thurs.

Miss Duffin

Outline and evalaute the evolutionary explanations of TWO Anxiety disorders (24)

How does Psychology help you in everyday life? What examples can you give? Are there instances where being a Psychologist might be a hinderance? Discuss!

 If you need help during your revision then post a comment and we will get back to you!!

Find and example of altruistic behaviour in the media. Post a comment giving a brief outline of what happened (BLUE/COMPREHENSION), explain the behaviour using BOTH of the models (GREEN/APPLICATION) and then evaluate the model’s ability to explain the behaviour using the standard criticisms (RED/EVALUATION)

Any problems, email me or come and find me!

Miss Duffin

When you have completed your second draft coursework, you need to start carrying out some research for our next topic.

We are going to look at two explanations of aggression:

• Social Learning Explanation
• De-individuation Explanation

Use Google to find out some basics about Social Learning Theory and De-individuation. Answer the following questions:

1. What are the key features of social learning theory?
2. What studies support this theory and why?
3. How does Social Learning Theory explain why some people are more aggressive than others?
4. What are the key features of de-individuation?
5. What studies support this theory and why?
6. How does De-individuation explain why some people are more aggressive than others?

Produce a mindmap/poster/powerpoint of your findings.

Select the appropriate references for your report – you must have every study from your introduction!  If I have missed one that you have got post a comment and I will add it. They must be in alphabetical order by surname of the first researcher mentioned. You must write them exactly as they are shown here including the underlining to get full marks for this section

Buss, D. (1989) ‘Sex differences in human mate preferences’ Behavioural and Brain Sciences Vol 12 pp1-49

Dunbar, R. (1995) ‘Are you lonesome tonight’ New Scientist Vol 145 No. 1964 p26

Kenrick, D.T. & Keefe, R.C. (1992) Age preferences in mates reflect sex differences in human reproductive behaviour. Behavioural and Brain Sciences Vol 15 (1) pp75-133

Darwin, C. (1859a) On the Origin of species by means of natural selection London:Penguin

Cunningham, M.R. (1986) Measuring the physical in physical attractiveness: Quasi-experiments on the sociobiology of female beauty Journal of Personality and Social Psychology  Vol 50, pp925-935

Borgerhoff-Mulder, M. (1988) Kipsigis bridewealth payments As cited in Human Reproductive Behaviour, A Darwinian Perspective Eds: L.L.Betzig, M. Borgerhoff-Mulder & P.W. Turke, Cambridge: University Press

Singh, D (1993) Adaptive significance of female attractiveness Journal of Personality and Social Psychology  Vol 65 pp295-307

Waynforth, D. and Dunbar, R. (1995) Lonely Hearts Analysis, As cited in Dunbar, R. (1995) ‘Are you lonesome tonight’ New Scientist Vol 145 No. 1964 p26

McGuniness, S. (1995) Lonely Hearts in London, As cited in Dunbar, R. (1995) ‘Are you lonesome tonight’ New Scientist Vol 145 No. 1964 p26

Fieldman,G. (2001) The lure of the older woman. Information collected from www.bbc.co.uk/news.bbc.co.uk/l/hi/health/1410495.stm on 6/11/2008

Pennebaker, J. (1979) Don’t the Girls’ Get Prettier at Closing Time: A Country and Western Application to Psychology Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1, 122-125 (1979)

We are disappointed with your first drafts and hope that the feedback we have given you will enable you to improve your estimated grades substantially.

To support your improvement ALL lessons for the first 2 weeks after half term will focus on coursework. You MUST bring your coursework, the mark sheet, your workbook and resource pack to every lesson. You should also have an electronic copy available to you in school at all times.

Second drafts are due on the 17th November – no excuses. Failure to hand in coursework or submission of below standard work will mean that we will involve your parents.

If you do not come to lessons with the above equipment and/or are unfocussed and/or disruptive during lessons you will be sent to the withdrawal room and parents will be contacted as we will be seeing this as a persistent refusal to work.

We will be speaking to you about this on Monday. If you have any queries outside school time post a comment below or email us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

MRS GOLD and MISS DUFFIN

Hi Folks,

Some people asked for past questions to look at in their revision for January. So here they are by unit

PYA1 – Memory and Attachment

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PYA2 – Stress and Abnormality

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PYA3 – Social Influence and Research Methods

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We are happy to mark any answers that you produce and give feedback.

Mrs Gold and Miss Duffin