AS year Psychology Methods Workbooklet - Edexcel

This is for the first year of AS in Psychology Edexcel Board. This consists of over 70 pages with activities and extention activities. 4 topics are covered: Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Biological Psychology and Learning Theories. Within it is the Methods part of the topics only and omits text based research such as Case studies of brain-damaged patients (HM), Brain scanning techniques and aggression, Twin and adoption research methods and Animal research.
What is included:
Social Psychology
Self-Reports
Interviews
Questionnaires
Closed Questions
Open Questions
Hypothesis Part 1
Sample selection and techniques
Qualitative and Quantitative Data
Measure of central tendency
Measures of dispersion or variability.
Thematic Analysis
BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct.

Cognitive Psychology
Hypothesis
Variables
Experimental Method
Experimenter Effects
Experimental and Research Designs
Objectivity, Reliability and Validity.
Inferential Statistics
Mann-Whitney U
Wilcoxon Ranks Test

Biological Psychology
Correlations
Analysis of correlational analysis.
Choosing a correct Statistical Test
Spearman’s Rho

Learning Theories
Observations
Animal Research (not covered)
Analysis of Data (Chi Square)
Scientific Status of Psychology