Psychology Life Hack of the Week Need to remember something? Draw it. Fernandes et al. (2018) found that drawing has a “powerful influence” on memory, leading to far better recall than writing down, imagining or viewing pictures of items.

Homework: Design a Study Plan and carry out a small-scale observational study State the aim of the observation Identify the type of observation Note the behaviour of interest Design a checklist/tally chart to record the behaviour Say whether you will use event or time sampling Note any ethical issues and how they will be dealt with Note how you could check the reliability of your observation Carry out your observation and briefly comment on your findings and any strengths and weaknesses of the study.

How to Play: Roll the dice to locate a square on the board. Earn one mark for making an accurate AO1 point about the topic/term in the square; two marks for a correct AO2 or AO3 point. If you land on a FREE CHOICE square, you can choose ANY topic to gain marks.

Group Task: Analyse the Study Read your allocated observation study. Identify the type of observation used. Explain how a structured observation could be carried out in this situation. Refer to behavioural categories and an appropriate sampling method in your answer. Explain a strength and a weakness of the observational study.

Exam Practice: Observations Read and answer the question. Highlight/indicate on your answer where you think you have earned each mark.

Exam Practice: Observations Mark your answer:

Use the mark scheme to mark student C’s response. Be prepared to justify your marks.

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Quantitative Vs Qualitative Which is the best?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4fKtUut74 - Be prepared to feedback your answers Page 3

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Primary Vs Secondary Data

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Meta-Analysis Meta-analysis is ‘research about research’ or an ‘analysis of analyses’ A form of secondary research that combines and analyses the results of a number of studies. Meta-analysis can be qualitative or quantitative.

Meta-Analysis: Example Bisra et al. (2018) analysed the results of 64 studies involving over 6,000 participants. They compared the effectiveness of self-explanation to other learning strategies, including instructor explanation, taking notes or solving problems. The effect size of 0.55 shows us self-explanation is MUCH MORE effective than the other strategies. Read about meta-analyses and their strengths and weaknesses on page 6. Using your whiteboard, explain the key points to yourself in your own words.

Exam Practice: Kinds of Data Complete the exam questions on page 7 and 8.

Develop a 4-mark exam question and a mark scheme for one topic in research methods. Write evaluation paragraphs for experiments, correlations and observations. Create a mind map showing the main points of a topic (e.g. observations, types of data) Design a study for a form of behaviour that interests you. Pick out 3 key points about a topic in research methods and explain them in your own words Partner up and test each other on key terms for research methods

Plenary: Pictionary In pairs/groups: Take it in turn to pick a card and draw the term written on it. The person who correctly guesses the term, wins a point. To add a bit of fun, limit the time for drawing/guessing to one minute.