OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012

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  1. eselle's Avatar
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    [QUOTE=strangerme;37813587]
    (Original post by eselle)
    Lofus and Palmer
    Field experiment - its is not field but lab experiment.
    o IV and DV manipulate in a natural setting
    • Recreate a murder scene using actors and bring in false information to see how it effects the memory of the eye witnesses
    • Strengths
    o High ecological validity
    o Increase validity - Has an emotion impact since participants think it’s a real event
    o Still able to control IV
    • Weaknesses
    o Breaks ethical guidelines – emotion impact can lead to psychological harm
    But changing it to a field experiment is an improvement of the study, I'm full aware that it's a lab experiment but if the exam asks for an improvement, better to change it to field.
    If you had maybe read the whole post you would understand that they were all improvements of the studies.
    Last edited by eselle; 28-05-2012 at 23:34.
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    The only thing i know is Loftus & Palmer and the odds are not in my favour
    I literally know nothingg!
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    (Original post by strangerme)
    Attachment 152097

    - go through this and make sure you know each thing mentioned in page 2 . this is will help you with sec A and sec B .
    Sec C - revise more on Behaviourist and Social / I.D .

    Tip - don't do an all nighter - it will only tire you out when it comes to actually doing the exams - your body wont be able to cope.
    - therefore learn off sec C by heart before you go to sleep (do not be awake after 12.30 - its bad apparantely.)
    - wake up in the morning at 5 and go through sec A/ things you need to know attachment)
    - do a past paper- mainly helpful ones are june 2010 and jan 2011.
    ( i am doing the same routine).
    And final tip - pray ~especially to St Thomas of Cupertino.

    (Prayer to St. Joseph of Cupertino - really helps you in exams and seeking success in exams.

    O Great St. Joseph of Cupertino who by your prayer obtained from God to be asked at your examination, the only preposition you knew. Grant that I may like you succeed in the ( ) exam which I am now preparing.
    In return I promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked.
    Through Christ our Lord, Amen.
    O St. Joseph of Cupertino pray for me
    St. Thomas Aquinas pray for me
    O Holy Ghost enlighten me
    Our Lady of Good Studies pray for me
    Sacred Head of Jesus, Seat of divine wisdom, enlighten me.)

    GOOD LUCK.
    thankyou sooo much..this will really help, i love the little religious bit at the end...really made me smile, but im a muslim so intead ill be praying to Allah, i just want to praise you though for at least portraying some religious teaching, as many people today have lost their religion, and those who are trying to fullfill their religion are held back by stigmatisation and steryotyping ...being muslim does not make me a terrorist.. if you get what i mean, anywayz thanxx really usefull x

    gud luck with your exams aswell x which ever god is existant will inshallah surely help you after giving me such good advice
    Last edited by nonabona; 28-05-2012 at 23:53. Reason: almost forgot to wish you luck x
  4. al_miller's Avatar
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    Helpful Revision Aids

    All credit goes to the people who made these.
    Attached Files
  5. File Type: pptx Psychology Revision G542.pptx (2.40 MB, 71 views)
  6. File Type: docx Core Studies G542 (entire syllabus).docx (697.7 KB, 271 views)
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    (Original post by strangerme)
    hopefully this will help - great resources for core studies

    everything you need to know in kinda detail - Attachment 152099

    aims and methods on each study - Attachment 152101

    what you should know - Attachment 152102
    like the cognitive attachment, have u got the same for the rest of the approaches?, thnkx!
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    (Original post by Mojojojo)
    The only thing i know is Loftus & Palmer and the odds are not in my favour
    I literally know nothingg!
    babe.. the night is young, and time is not getting any younger... get your head down and get revising.. you might suprise ur self ...gud luk anywayz x
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    Thought I'd just upload my completed revision notes that I'll be reading like crazy tomorrow morning. They cover all the studies and the social, ID, behaviourist and development approaches. Hope this is of use for anyone, feel free to adapt it to your likings.
    Attached Files
  10. File Type: docx Corestudies.docx (216.8 KB, 78 views)
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    (Original post by al_miller)
    Helpful Revision Aids

    All credit goes to the people who made these.
    Oh my god where did you get that powerpoint? I was sent that by my teacher!
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    (Original post by eselle)
    Thought I'd just upload my completed revision notes that I'll be reading like crazy tomorrow morning. They cover all the studies and the social, ID, behaviourist and development approaches. Hope this is of use for anyone, feel free to adapt it to your likings.
    Thanks a lot for that, I've done literally no revision whatsoever due to problems going on, and that is really helpful :cool:
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    (Original post by Nas.)
    Thanks a lot for that, I've done literally no revision whatsoever due to problems going on, and that is really helpful :cool:
    You'll learn all about an external locus of control next year.
  14. nonabona's Avatar
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    How long is everyone staying up for to revise for this exam??
  15. Celina2's Avatar
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    All nighter for sure
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    I'll probably sleep like 4-11. Messed up sleeping pattern, the mark schemes are great to revise from, shows exactly what the examiners want!
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    (Original post by Celina2)
    All nighter for sure
    same.. by the look of it.. really should have started earlier... nothings sticking in my head..im gonna fail .. gud luk with ur exam anywayz x
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    (Original post by shezshez)
    I'll probably sleep like 4-11. Messed up sleeping pattern, the mark schemes are great to revise from, shows exactly what the examiners want!
    that seems a really gud idea... but unfortionately i dont even know the basic knoledge yet, gonna be a late night for me hunn.. but gud luck with ur exam xx
    i suggest cofee, keep u buzzing till 12.. best wishes x
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    I normally go to sleep at around 3ish anyway, but due to so many people telling me not to this during exams I go to sleep at 1.30 around exam dates. Defo gonna wake up early though, gotta get through everything!
    Good luck everyone for tomorrow
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    Anyone up for some last minute questions?
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    Can someone help pleasssseeee!!! Will be very much appreciated.
    Describe one similarity and diffrencce between any studies that could be viewed from the behaviorist perspective (6)

    Trying to think of a similarity and difference between milgram and badura but i've gone blank
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    Re: OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012
    (Original post by Mari1)
    Can someone help pleasssseeee!!! Will be very much appreciated.
    Describe one similarity and diffrencce between any studies that could be viewed from the behaviorist perspective (6)

    Trying to think of a similarity and difference between milgram and badura but i've gone blank

    One similarity between Bandura and Pilavain is that they both used oppurtunistic samples etc etc etc....

    One difference between griffiths and Bandura is that Griffiths studied a sample that had a mean age of around 24. while Bandura studied children ages 2.5-5 years old. waffle waffle

    EDIT: I'm not entirely sure if Pilavian is a behavorist study actually :s
    Last edited by stoppy123; 29-05-2012 at 02:41.
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    (Original post by eselle)
    Could someone help me with a question simliar to 'Describe how the individual differences approach could explain addiction experienced in Gamblers' which will be 4 marks?
    Gambling Addiction - all individuals differ in bahaviour and no one can be considered 'normal'(1). Heuristics are used in gambling usually using the wrong ones, at the wrong place(1). Griffiths found that RG's used more irrational verbalisations than NRG's (eg. blaming the machine) (14% more) which is irrational because it is not the machine it is the player (2).
    Hope this helps(:


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