OCR AS Psychology: G542: Core Studies - Wednesday 5th June 2013

This is my other strength of the phsyiological approach that is one of my model answers,

The findings from physiological research can be very useful to society. They can help us understand how changes in our biology can affect aspects of our own behaviour. Therefore the findings from any physiological research can be used in the medical world to understand illness and injury to the brain.

Thanks! Would I also need to write a disadvantage of an improvement I state?

Thanks Ive got that do you know another one?

Thanks! could you say that it provides a strong counter argument to the nurture side of the nature nurture debate?

Yesh you could in a way ... In maguire the study shows that the brain is altered by the environment (because they have had to undergo 'the knowledge' and therefore supports the nurture side of the nature/nurture debate...

However make sure you are careful with what you say because for example Maguire is a quasi experiment and so becuse the IV is not directly manipulated you technically cant do a cause and effect relating to nature/nurture... because it not a 'true' experiment...

I tend to steer clear of nature/nurture debate.... in less the question was directly about it... which i doubt...

In section C when you are doing the similarities and differences... do you have to use the same two studys for the similarity and difference... say Loftus and Palmer and Baron cohen for both.... OR can you do two studys for the similarity e.g. loftus and palmer and baron cohen and then for the difference do a different combination e.g. Baron cohen and Savage Rumbaugh???

In section C when you are doing the similarities and differences... do you have to use the same two studys for the similarity and difference... say Loftus and Palmer and Baron cohen for both.... OR can you do two studys for the similarity e.g. loftus and palmer and baron cohen and then for the difference do a different combination e.g. Baron cohen and Savage Rumbaugh???

Iv seen model answers and apparently its okay to use different studies for similarities and differences.. )


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just curious - as my teacher only went into detail about Bandura as behaviourist and Freud as psychodynamic - but do you mind explaining how Milgram is behaviourist and how Thigpen and Cleckley are psychodynamic please?

Thanks

Hi there guys! Basically i have left revision right up to this last second, iv only completed 4 approaches!

Basically i got 2 questions;

1) what studies lie under...

->self report

->validity

->ecological validy

2) what studies relate to...

->psychodynamic perspective

->behaviousrist perspective



I know this may sound pathetic but yeah, i appreciate it!

Thanks in advance )))))




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with much tears and bl00d 0n0

i'm just g0ing thr0ugh them all again n0w, it's s0 much to mem0rise! i feel really silly t00, i'm d0ing this exam a year early because i really enj0yed d0ing the gcse last year (i s0und like such a l0ser, haha.) i've had n0 teacher and y0u d0n't even want t0 kn0w h0w hard it's been trying t0 figure 0ut exam technique and stuff...

i still kind 0f want t0 d0 the a2 next year, if i d0n't have t0 retake. i really d0n't learn, d0 i? psych0l0gy is just kind 0f great, th0ugh.

g00d luck, anyway! 0u0

Is it for definite that in Section B we will be asked for changes and implications? Im not sure if I should memorise them for each study I probably will for Baron Cohen...