Roadmap

H567/01 - Research methods

Research methods and techniques

1.1 - Experiments and causal claims
1.1 - Observation methods
1.1 - Questionnaires and interviews
1.1 - Correlations and their limits

Planning and conducting research

1.2 - Aims and hypotheses
1.2 - Populations and sampling
1.2 - Experimental designs
1.2 - Variables and operationalisation
1.2 - Designing observations
1.2 - Designing self-reports

Recording and describing data

1.3 - Recording data and numerical precision
1.3 - Levels and types of data
1.3 - Central tendency, ratios and percentages
1.3 - Dispersion and standard deviation
1.3 - Tables, graphs and scatter diagrams

Inferential statistics

1.3 - Distributions, significance and errors
1.3 - Choosing tests and reading critical values
1.3 - Mann-Whitney U test
1.3 - Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test
1.3 - Chi-square test
1.3 - Binomial Sign test
1.3 - Spearman's Rho

Research quality and ethics

1.3 - Reliability and consistent measurement
1.3 - Validity and what findings mean
1.3 - Bias, representativeness and generalisability
1.3 - Ethics and participant protection

Report writing

1.4 - Writing a practical report
1.4 - Academic referencing and peer review

Practical activities

1.5 - Conducting a self-report practical
1.5 - Conducting an observation practical
1.5 - Conducting an experiment practical
1.5 - Conducting a correlation practical

How science works

1.6 - Scientific enquiry and psychology in society

H567/02 - Psychological themes through core studies

Social core studies

H567/02 Section A - Milgram (1963): obedience
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H567/02 Section A - Bocchiaro et al. (2012): disobedience and whistle-blowing
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H567/02 Section A - Responses to people in authority: comparing the pair
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H567/02 Section A - Piliavin et al. (1969): Subway Samaritan
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H567/02 Section A - Levine et al. (2001): cross-cultural altruism
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H567/02 Section A - Responses to people in need: comparing the pair
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Cognitive core studies

H567/02 Section A - Loftus and Palmer (1974): eyewitness testimony
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H567/02 Section A - Grant et al. (1998): context-dependent memory
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H567/02 Section A - Memory: comparing the pair
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H567/02 Section A - Moray (1959): auditory attention
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H567/02 Section A - Simons and Chabris (1999): visual inattention
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H567/02 Section A - Attention: comparing the pair
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Developmental core studies

H567/02 Section A - Bandura et al. (1961): transmission of aggression
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H567/02 Section A - Chaney et al. (2004): Funhaler study
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H567/02 Section A - External influences on children's behaviour: comparing the pair
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H567/02 Section A - Kohlberg (1968): stages of moral development
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H567/02 Section A - Lee et al. (1997): lying and truth-telling
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H567/02 Section A - Moral development: comparing the pair
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Biological core studies

H567/02 Section A - Sperry (1968): split brain study
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H567/02 Section A - Casey et al. (2011): delay of gratification
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H567/02 Section A - Regions of the brain: comparing the pair
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H567/02 Section A - Blakemore and Cooper (1970): early visual experience
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H567/02 Section A - Maguire et al. (2000): taxi drivers
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H567/02 Section A - Brain plasticity: comparing the pair
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Individual differences core studies

H567/02 Section A - Freud (1909): Little Hans
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H567/02 Section A - Baron-Cohen et al. (1997): autism in adults
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H567/02 Section A - Understanding disorders: comparing the pair
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H567/02 Section A - Gould (1982): bias in IQ testing
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H567/02 Section A - Hancock et al. (2011): language of psychopaths
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H567/02 Section A - Measuring differences: comparing the pair
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Areas and perspectives

H567/02 Section B - Social psychology
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H567/02 Section B - Cognitive psychology
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H567/02 Section B - Developmental psychology
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H567/02 Section B - Biological psychology
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H567/02 Section B - Individual differences
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H567/02 Section B - The behaviourist perspective
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H567/02 Section B - The psychodynamic perspective
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Debates in psychology

H567/02 Section B - Nature, nurture and individual or situational explanations
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H567/02 Section B - Free will, determinism, reductionism and holism
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H567/02 Section B - Useful research and psychology as a science
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H567/02 Section B - Ethics and socially sensitive research
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Practical applications

H567/02 Section C - Using psychology to improve a novel situation
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H567/03 - Applied psychology

Issues in mental health (compulsory)

H567/03 Section A - Historical views, abnormality and classification
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H567/03 Section A - Rosenhan (1973): being sane in insane places
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H567/03 Section A - Affective, psychotic and anxiety disorders
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H567/03 Section A - Biochemical, genetic and brain explanations
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H567/03 Section A - Gottesman et al. (2010): family risk
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H567/03 Section A - Biological treatment of a specific disorder
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H567/03 Section A - Alternatives to the medical model
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H567/03 Section A - Szasz (2011): the myth of mental illness
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H567/03 Section A - Non-biological treatment of a specific disorder
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Option 1 - Child psychology

H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Intelligence and biological influences
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Van Leeuwen et al. (2008) and assessing intelligence
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Pre-adult brain development and risk
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Barkley-Levenson and Galván (2014) and reducing risk
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Perceptual development in children
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Gibson and Walk (1960) and developing perception
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Cognitive development and education
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Wood et al. (1976) and improving learning
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Attachment development and its disruption
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Ainsworth and Bell (1970) and attachment-friendly care
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Advertising, children and stereotypes
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H567/03 Section B Option 1 - Johnson and Young (2002) and reducing advertising effects
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Option 2 - Criminal psychology

H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Physiological and other explanations of crime
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Raine et al. (1997) and biological crime prevention
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Motivation and bias in forensic evidence
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Hall and Player (2008) and reducing forensic bias
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Evidence from witnesses and suspects
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Memon and Higham (1999) and police interviews
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Psychology and courtroom persuasion
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Dixon et al. (2002) and jury decisions
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Neighbourhoods and crime prevention
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Wilson and Kelling (1982) and preventing crime
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Punishment, imprisonment and reform
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H567/03 Section B Option 2 - Haney et al. (1973) and reducing reoffending
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Option 3 - Environmental psychology

H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Environmental stressors and biological responses
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Black and Black (2007) and managing stress
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Biological rhythms and disruption
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Czeisler et al. (1982) and shift-work or jetlag
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Recycling and conservation behaviour
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Lord (1994) and motivating conservation
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Ergonomics and cognitive overload
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Drews and Doig (2014) and workplace design
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Built environments and wellbeing
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Ulrich (1984) and design for health
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Territory and personal space at work
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H567/03 Section B Option 3 - Wells (2000) and office personalisation
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Option 4 - Sport and exercise psychology

H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Arousal and anxiety in sport
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Fazey and Hardy (1988) and managing arousal
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Exercise and mental health
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Lewis et al. (2014) and exercise for wellbeing
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Motivation, imagery and self-belief
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Munroe-Chandler et al. (2008) and motivation
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Personality and sports performance
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Kroll and Crenshaw (1970) and personality in sport
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Teams, coaching and leadership
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Smith et al. (1979) and effective coaching
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Audience effects and home advantage
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H567/03 Section B Option 4 - Zajonc et al. (1969) and spectator sport
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