1. Long term plan for the year YEAR 12Term 1Term 2Term 3Term 4Term 5Term 6 Theme/topic Cognitive Psychology : Principles Concepts Strengths and weaknesses of the approach Applications Debates Core Studies: Loftus and Palmer Grant Research Methods: Experiments Social Psychology : Principles Concepts Strengths and weaknesses of the approach Applications Debates Core Studies: Milgram Bocchiaro Research Methods: Observations Developmental Psychology : Principles Concepts Strengths and weaknesses of the approach Applications Debates Core Studies: Bandura Chaney Research Methods: Self-reports Biological Psychology : Principles Concepts Strengths and weaknesses of the approach Applications Debates Core Studies: Sperry Casey Research Methods: Correlations Individual Differences Psychology : Principles Concepts Strengths and weaknesses of the approach Applications Debates Core Studies: Freud Baron-Cohen Revision Exam Leave Options in Psychology (A Level): Issues in Mental Health Research Methods (A Level): Designing your own research Students will be learning about… CORE STUDIES Eye witness testimony Effects of noise on memory recall RESEARCH METHODS Ethics Sampling Hypotheses Writing a report Data CORE STUDIES Obedience to authority Disobedience and whistle blowing RESEARCH METHODS Reliability Validity Time and event sampling CORE STUDIES Role models Behavioural treatments RESEARCH METHODS Demand characteristics Reliability Validity Objectivity CORE STUDIES Brain functions Delayed gratification RESEARCH METHODS Measurement Correlation coefficients APPROACHES, PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHOLOGY Revision RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY Revision CORE STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGY Revision ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH Characteristics of mental illness Explanations of mental illness Treatments of mental illness RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY How to design a research project Students will be assessed using… Regular exam- style questions Class presentations Written psychological reports Regular exam-style questions Class presentations Written psychological reports AS INTERNAL EXAM (1) – including sample questions from OCR specification Regular exam style questions Regular exam- style questions Class presentations Written psychological reports AS INTERNAL EXAM (2) AS EXAMS Component 1 Research methods Component 2 Psychological themes through Core Studies The resources that students will be using include… PowerPoints and workbooks AS OCR Psychology textbooks School intranet resources Other website sources PowerPoints and workbooks AS OCR Psychology textbooks School intranet resources Other website sources PowerPoints and workbooks AS OCR Psychology textbooks School intranet resources Other website sources PowerPoints and workbooks AS OCR Psychology textbooks School intranet resources Other website sources PowerPoints and workbooks AS OCR Psychology textbooks School intranet resources Other website sources PowerPoints and workbooks A2 OCR Psychology textbooks School intranet resources Other website sources