Detailed booklet for research methods practical activities for OCR A-level Psychology students. Includes data analysis (including inferential statistical tests with step-by-step instructions for practice). 4 practical studies for students to complete: An experiment An observation A self-report study A correlation study Contains: Background information and example of previous research Aims and hypothesis writing (alternate, null, one-tailed, two-tailed) Method and materials information is provided for students Asks students to identify: the DV, the IV, how they will recruit their sample, identify the sampling method they’ve described, ethical considerations they will need to consider, specific questions about the procedure Difference or relationship? Level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval) Raw data tables An inferential statistical test for each piece of research (Wilcoxon T test, Chi-square test, variance and standard deviation and Spearman’s Rho correlation analysis) Critical value tables Writing significance statements Writing research conclusions Discussion of research: does it match previous findings? What does it mean for the topic its in? Methodological evaluation

A3 worksheet on Individual Differences Area, Psychodynamic Perspective for OCR A-Level Psychology. The resource includes: Assumptions of the perspective Assumption 1: The Unconscious Mind - ID, Ego, Superego Assumption 2: Early Experience Affects Adult Experience, Psychosexual Stages of Development (ages, key developmental task, adult fixation) Assumption 3: Unconscious Information is Presented in Outward Communication (Freudian slips, dream analysis, talking therapy/association) Evaluation/debates: free will vs. determinism, individual vs. situational, social sensitivity, psychology as a science, usefulness.

A3 sheet for revising ‘Understanding Disorders’ from Individual Differences Psychology. OCR A-Level Psychology specification. Freud (1909), Baron-Cohen (1999), evaluate and compare and contrast the studies.

A3 sheet for revising ‘Measuring Differences’ from Individual Differences Psychology. OCR A-Level Psychology specification. Gould (1982) and Hancock (2011), evaluate and compare and contrast the studies.

A3 sheet for revising ‘Responses to People in Authority’ from Social Psychology. OCR A-Level Psychology specification. Milgram (1963), Bocchiaro (2012) and compare and contrast the studies.

A3 sheet for revising ‘Responses to People in Need’ from Social Psychology. OCR A-Level Psychology specification. Piliavin (1969), Levine (2001) and compare and contrast the studies.

A Short Guide to Statistical Tests. This booklet contains all the information students need for the inferential statistics section of OCR A Level Psychology. It includes: How to know which test to use Levels of measurement (nominal/ordinal/interval) Significance levels How to tell if your result is significant (+ a nice easy rule for remembering!) Binomial sign test instructions Chi-square instructions Wilcoxon T instructions Mann-Whitney U instructions Spearman’s rho instructions How to interpret correlations & correlation coefficients