Higher Psychology 2010-2011 :: Resources and Discussion Thread

Original post by Kelz_26

Thanks! Let me know if it's good and I might get it too! :smile:

Well, it FINALLY came today! I just got in from college and from what has been the most tiring and stressful week yet, so I am NOT looking at any Higher stuff tonight. However, a quick glance at the contents pages, it has the early socialisation stuff and the cognitive psychology stuff. I can't see any mention of the research methods but in all honesty, this aspect I think will be the easiest in Psychology.

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Has anyone done the unit 2 NAB on research methods? I have it tomorrow and I'm a bit worried.

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Evan7788

I was considering taking this as a kind of "filler" higher, how hard is it? Also how much revision is needed compared to say higher physics or maths.

Thanks

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I want to do the NAB for Research Methods, like, now! I feel extremely confident about it, I did a lot of external reading for this unit as I knew I'd just have to top up and expand what I learnt from Higher Admin (I know, right) for the methods of research. Want this experiment out of the way too...

Evan7788 - I can't compare it to maths or physics, but I got a grasp of this subject fairly quickly, it helps that I find it very fascinating too. I would whole heartedly recommend it.

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Just did the NAB. Mixed feelings about it. Some bits were simple, some bits hard.

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angelbaby91

expand what I learnt from Higher Admin (I know, right) for the methods of research.

Yeah, some other subjects cover research methods too, qualitative/quantative methods etc.
I have done it in sociology too.

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Original post by angelbaby91

Yeah, some other subjects cover research methods too, qualitative/quantative methods etc.
I have done it in sociology too.

I did it in Early Education and Childcare :smile:

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I did it in Health and Food Technology. :smile:

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conar93

Done my Memory nab in November and got 16/20 (80%), just done my report for research methods i handed it in yesterday, Doing my research methods nab in two weeks time.

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Got my research methods NAB back and did quite badly, the whole class did. :s-smilie:

But I passed so that's all that matters. I got 0 marks for a 5 mark question because I talked about observation when it was asking for non-experimental methods to measure cognitive processes.

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Original post by Kelz_26

I got 0 marks for a 5 mark question because I talked about observation when it was asking for non-experimental methods to measure cognitive processes.

I thought observation was non-experimental... unless you manipulate things... naturalistic observation is definitely non-experimental...

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Original post by HeatherHatter

I thought observation was non-experimental... unless you manipulate things... naturalistic observation is definitely non-experimental...

Yes, but you can't observe cognitive processes because that's like thoughts and feelings. I didn't think of that at the time so I just wrote about naturalistic observation!

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Original post by Kelz_26

Yes, but you can't observe cognitive processes because that's like thoughts and feelings. I didn't think of that at the time so I just wrote about naturalistic observation!

Ah..
So what would you use? Clinical Interviews?

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Anyone completed their experiment? Our lecturer isn't very helpful in giving us any guidance...

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Original post by HeatherHatter

Ah..
So what would you use? Clinical Interviews?

Yeah, or questionnaires.

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Original post by burial

Anyone completed their experiment? Our lecturer isn't very helpful in giving us any guidance...

No, we have just started it.

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Original post by Kelz_26

Yeah, or questionnaires.

That makes sense :smile:

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Centaur

Original post by burial

Anyone completed their experiment? Our lecturer isn't very helpful in giving us any guidance...

Did your lecturer not give you a sheet telling you how to lay out the report cause I found that quite helpful.

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