1. Paper 2 Crash Course

2. Basics Question 1: Methodology- 25 marks
Question 2: Approach - 25 marks
Questions 3 or 4: Study Application and Connection (20 marks)
70 Marks total

3. Question 1 - Methodology
Part A: Know the features of the following:
Self Report (Psychometrics, Interviews, Questionnaires)
Case Study
Lab experiment
Field Experiment
Natural Experiment
Naturalistic Observation (Participant Observation)
Snapshot vs longitudinal
Quantitative vs qualitative
Independent Groups vs Repeated Measures

4. Question 1-Methodology
Part B: Remember that All Students Are Very Cool Dude
Aim (Same as original unless otherwise stated)
Sample (Number, demographics, and collection method)
Apparatus (Controls (situational, participant, experiment))
Variables- IV and DV if experiment, information collected if other
Collection - Procedure, face to face or otherwise, directions, etc
Data-Quantitative and Qualitative, and whether correlations or differences

5. Question 1-Methodology
Part C - What tradeoffs occur?
For Ethics, Remember DR. DICH
Deception, RTW,Debriefing, Informed Consent, Confidentiality, Harm
Other Key Topics include:
Generalisability
Validity
Reliability
Access to Sample
Ecological Validity
Social Desirability/Demand Characteristics
Observer Bias
Situational Variables

6. Question 2-Approach Part A: Be able to define the five approaches:
Cognitive, social, developmental, physiological, and individual differences
Potentially, it may no be an approach question. You might have to define one of the following instead:
Generalisations, Reductionism, Snapshot or Longitudinal, Ethnocentric Bias, Reliability and Validity, Nature vs. Nurture, Dispositional vs Situational, or usefulness

7. Question 2-Approach Part B: Tie the term to the study.
Write 2 or 3 sentences to clearly lay out logic.
Examples: In Billington, more men are born as systematizers and more women as empathizers. Therefore, It supports the nature debate because it could be genetic factors. (nature nurture)
In Maguire, the psychologists use PET scans to test brain wave activity. Since the right hippocampus lights during semantic topographical memory, it shows that biology connects to our psychology. (Physiological Approach)

8. Question 2-Approach
Part C and D: Either “Discuss the extent” or “Give strengths and weaknesses” (10 Marks)
If discuss the extent, at least two points.
If strengths and weaknesses, at least two strengths and two weaknesses.

9. Question 3 and 4-Multi Study application
Part A: Define quickly and accurately.

10. Question 3 and 4-Multi Study application
Part B: Discuss all three studies given. 3 Marks per study.
Fo data collection, focus more on apparatus then the procedure itself.

11. Question 3-Multi-Study applications
Part C: Use all three studies if possible, but you can apply to one with three different points if desired.