No-one ever regretted doing their best…..

Advice for Core Studies 2 In Section A, only answer on ONE study But be guided in your choice by the TOPIC rather than the study. Answer the question: if it asks you to describe the PROCEDURE, you don’t need to describe the results. Don’t evaluate in answer to question a) Remember the mark scheme: Point, Example, Comment for question b)

Core Studies 2: Section A For the suggest/what if question (c), don’t forget the 3 stages: 1. Describe your change in some detail. One sentence is not enough. (4 marks) 2. Say what effect this change will have on the results. Show off your knowledge of the results of the actual study! (4 marks) 3. Finally, look at the wider effects on validity/reliability/generalisability etc. NB: Examiners claim stage 2 is being left out.

Core Studies 2:Section B Four decent paragraphs in answer to a) Show off your detailed knowledge of the study in relation to the topic given. Four decent paragraphs in answer to b) Remember Point, Example, Comment!! Start paragraphs with something like: “The first advantage of studying cognitive psychology is…” Use the phrase “For example…” Prepare yourself for this question and question (b) in Section A by knowing all the advantages and disadvantages of everything!!

ISSUES: DETERMINISM A determinist approach suggests that our actions are determined by factors outside of our control. Free will Determinism Soft determinism

DETERMINISM Genetic determinism Physiological determinism Unconscious determinism Environmental determinism Freud Raine Noble Newman

Where only one explanation is given when there may be many factors which influence behaviour. REDUCTIONISM Methodological Research on animals Physiological Any particular approach in isolation Tajfel Raine Calhoun Health Belief Model

“The attempt to use the results of psychological research to influence the behaviour of people” SOCIAL CONTROL Gould: immigration restriction and progression in the U.S. army Milgram: what are the influences that will encourage people to obey? Raine: using PET scans to claim diminished responsibility in court. Zimbardo: use of deindividuation to control prisoners e.g. in Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib Who else?