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• AS Alternative Methods PDF: Here is a file with alternative methods for OCR psychology. It should help students complete the Core Studies 2 question which asks about alternative methods.
• A2 Essay Structure (ocr): This is a guide to writing A2 essays for OCR psychology.
• Griffiths Study: A PDF of the new Griffiths study which will be in the OCR 2008 specs. A study into Gambling and the cognitive biases which go along with this.   Griffiths, M. D. (1994) The role of cognitive bi
• Core Studies Evaluation Issues PDF: All of the 20 core studies in the OCR spec evaluated against the themes and perspectives. Great PDF - can't remember where I got it so I can't take credit for it.
• Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: The BBC prison study (PDF): A PDF of: Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: The BBC prison study by Stephen Reicher and S. Alexander Haslam. This study is replacing Zimbardo in the new 2008 OCR specification.
• Hodges & Tizard questions: This was from the Long Road VIth Form website. The students find it challenging and I find it useful for discovering all the bits they really don't get. I've uploaded the answers to go with it.
• Hodges & Tizard answers: The answers to go with the questions previously uploaded.
• The Use and Abuse of Students.: A great article that was published in the psychologist about using students as participants in psychological research. Discusses the ethical implications as well as issues such as generalisations.
• AQA (a) PYA1 June 05: Past exam paper
• AQA (a) PYA1 June 04: Past exam paper
• AQA (a) PYA1 Jan 06: Past exam paper
• AQA (a) PYA1 Jan 05: Past exam questions
• AQA (a) PYA1 Jan 04: Past exam questions
• AQA (a) PYA1 Jun 05 markschemes: Mark scheme
• AQA (a) PYA1 Jan 06 markschemes: Mark scheme
• AQA (a) PYA1 Jan 05 markschemes: Mark scheme
• AQA (a) PYA1 Jan 05 markschemes: mark scheme
• AQA (a) PYA1 Jan 04 markschemes: Mark scheme
• SAVAGE-RUMBAUGH, S. Spontaneous Symbol Acquisition and Communicative Use by Pygmy Chimpanzees (1986): SAVAGE-RUMBAUGH, S. Spontaneous Symbol Acquisition and Communicative Use by Pygmy Chimpanzees (1986)
• McGill Pain Questionnaire: SHORT FORM McGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE and PAIN DIAGRAM
• Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: The BBC Prison Study (PDF): This paper presents findings from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) prison study – an experimental case study that examined the consequences of randomly dividing men into groups of prisoner
• The role of cognitive bias and skill in fruit machine gambling: Griffiths: PDF of the 1994 study which is now in the 2008 OCR Specification.
• Gould: A Nation of Morons: Gould, S.J. (1982) A nation of morons. New Scientist (6 May 1982), 349, 52. Full text of the original Gould article in the New Scientist.
• Bandura, Ross and Ross Full Text: Full text article of BANDURA, A., ROSS, D. & ROSS, S. (1961) Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology. 63. 375-382. More avalia
• Samuel & Bryant Full text article: SAMUEL, J. & BRYANT, P. (1984) Asking only one question in the conservation experiment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 25. 315–318
• Psychology Teachers Toolkit Jan 2008: UPDATE: Version Two of the Teachers Toolkit has been uploaded my Michael. Get the updated version here.   This has to be one of the best files we have put up here. Brilliantly compiled by M
• New Families - not all families are the same: A PDF from Phil Banyard – which, if I had owned a Mac, would have taken a few minutes to upload - unfortunately I don’t and therefore .... It is very good though and is all on one page for printing
• Dream On: A one page article - in colour - about sleep, dreaming, sleep deprivation, torture and Barney by Phil Banyard.
• Loftus and Palmer: Full text
• Raine et al Crossword: Crossword on the Raine et al.; useful for revision.
• Hraba and Grant Crossword: Hraba and Grant crossword; useful for revision.
• Key words crossword: Crossword for revision: key terms.
• Gardner and Gardner crossword: Crossword - for revision - Gardner and Gardner
• Social Psychology crossword: Social Psych crossword for revision
• AQA Psychology PSYA1 Study Guide: This is a study guide to support the teaching/learning of AQA Psychology PSYA1 (new specifications). It provides models of answers to most if not all possible questions. Please correct any inaccura
• AQA GCE Psychology PSYA2: This is the study guide I have developed for use in teaching/learning the PSYA2 unit in AQA's GCE Psychology Specification A under the new specifications introduced in September 2008. It provides mod
• Zimbardo Full text article: Zimbardo Full Text Article
• Raine et al. Full text Article: Full text article
• Rosenhan Full text article: Rosenhan On being sane in insane places, full text article   On Being Sane in Insane PlacesD. L. RosenhanScience, New Series, Vol. 179, No. 4070. (Jan. 19, 1973), pp. 250-258.
• Piliavin, full text article: Piliavin, I.M., Rodin, J.A. & Piliavin, J. (1969) Good Samaritanism: An underground phenomenon full text article
• Sperry, (1968) full text article: Sperry, R.W. (1968) Hemisphere deconnection and unity in consciousness. American Psychologist, 23, 723-33.
• Dement and Kleitman, full text article: Dement, W. & Kleitman, N. (1957) The relation of eye movements during sleep to dream activity: An objective method for the study of dreaming. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 53, 339-46
• Baron-Cohen, full text article: Full text article: Baron-Cohen, S., Jollife, T., Mortimore, C. & Robertson, M. (1997) Another advanced test of theory of mind: evidence from very high functioning adults with autism or Asperger syndro
• Maguire et al. (Brain Scans), full text article: Maguire et al. (brain scans) Maguire, E. A., Gadian, N. G., Johnsrude, I. S., Good, C. D., Ashburner, J., Frackowiak, R. S., & Fith, C. D. (2000) Navigation-related structural changes in the hippocam
• Hodges and Tizard, full text article: Jill Hodges and Barbara Tizard (1989) Social and Family Relationships of Ex-institutional Adolescents
• Gardner & Gardner, full text article: Full text article
• Schachter and Singer, full text article: Full text article
• The Strange Situation: It is some stuff on the strange situation
• Sport Competition Anxiety Test: SCAT test for sport psychology
• Pro- and Anti-Social Behaviour Revision Guide: A revision guide for the PYA4 topic. What might be useful for the students is the bullet points which indicate AO2 theory commentary, and AO2 study commentary - which many of my students appear to get
• Edexcel Unit 4 past paper: Unit 4 past paper
• AQA B Autism: Stuff about autism - unit 2 - by Julia Russell and kindly provided by uniview
• Freud, S. (1909) Analysis of a phobia of a five-year old boy. Pelican Freud Library. Vol. 8. Case Histories: A complete study of Little Hans
• Thigpen and Cleckley: A case of multiple personality.   Thigpen, C.H. & Cleckley, H. (1954) A case of multiple personality. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 49, 135-51    
• G542 OCR January 2009 Paper: AS OCR Psychology G542 Core Studies paper from January 2009.
• G541 January Paper: AS OCR Psych Investigations paper from 2009.
• OCR 2540 Core Studies January 2009: OCR 2540 Core Studies January 2009 (Old specification)
• Langer and Rodin: A summary and evaluation of Langer and Rodin (1976) by Julia Russell courtesy of uniview.co.uk  
• Bennett-Levy & Marteau: Bennett-Levy and Marteau - A description and evaluation of this study by Julia Russell provided by www.uniview.co.uk Bennett-Levy J & Marteau T (1984) Fear of animals: What is prepared? British
• Edexcel 6764 mark scheme June 2004: Unit 4 summer 2004 Edexcel mark scheme
• 2545 January 2009 Health Paper: January 2545 Health paper OCR
• AQA A Unit 2 paper Jan 2009: Revisoin mock etc
• Crime: Genes, serotonin & maltreatment: Summary of Caspi & Moffitt's (2002) research, alternative to Brunner for G543?
• sport 2548 January paper: Sport A2 January 2009 OCR exam paper
• Crime 2549 January 2009: Crime 2549 January 2009 past paper
• Carmichael, Hogan and Walter (1932): An experimental study of the effect of language on the reproduction of visually perceived form. From www.uniview.co.uk
• Mauguire et al. (2000): Excellent summary of this core study for the OCR specs. Written by Julia Russell for www.uniview.co.uk
• BBC prison study timeline: A timeline of the study from the excellent Reicher and Haslam BBC prison study web site
• G541: Psychological Investigations - High banded Candidate style answer:  I have uploaded this because it will probably disappear from the OCR web site and I welcome any comments.
• G541: Psychological Investigations - Medium banded Candidate style answer:  I have uploaded this because it will probably disappear from the OCR web site and welcome any comments.
• Unit G542: The Core Studies – High banded Candidate style answers: I have uploaded this because it will probably disappear from the OCR web site and welcome any comments.
• OCR Health Section B exam script: FUll marks Section B Health essay from June 2007
• Unit G542: The Core Studies - Medium banded Candidate style answers:  I have uploaded this because it will probably disappear from the OCR web site and welcome any comments
• OCR Health Section A exam script: Grade A Section A Health essay from June 2007
• OCR Crime Section A and B exam scripts: Full marks Section A and Section B answer from June 2007
• GCSE wordsearch: On topics within the first exam paper. Quite hard, will take minimum of 10 minutes to complete, maybe longer!
• Piaget Mindmap: A mindmap highlighting bits of Piaget's theories and research.  Really good for revision, but I sometimes use them to taech from.  I use MindJet software, but there are any number of free mi
• Mindmap - Abnormality - medical model: A mindmap highlighting the medical model of abnormality.  Intended for Access to HE but suitable for any level 3.  Mindmaps are really good for revision, but I sometimes use them to teach fr
• Mindmap - Crime - Body Appearance Explanations: A mindmap highlighting some biological explanations of criminal behaviour.  Really good for revision, but I sometimes use them to teach from.  I use MindJet software, but there are any numbe
• Learning approach phobia and systematic desensitisation presentation: Presentation on phobia and systematic desensitisation I use it with a worksheet from psychlotron http://psychlotron.org.uk/resources/perspectives/behaviourist/ANY_behaviourism_ccphobias.pdf. 
• APFCC Handouts - Friedman & Rosenhan (1974): This is a simple handout for students to support their notes ahead of revision.
• APFCC Handouts - Peterson & Peterson (1959): This is a simple handout for students to support their notes ahead of revision.
• APFCC Handouts - Zimbardo (1973): This is a simple handout for students to support their notes ahead of revision.
• Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg (1988):   Van  Ijzendoorn MH & Kroonenberg PM (1988)  Cross-cultural patterns of attachment: A meta-analysis of the Strange Situation.  Child Development, 59, 147-156.   Upload
• Canter, D., Alison, L.J., Alison, E., Wentink, N. (2004) The Organized / Disorganized Typology of Serial Murder: Myth or Model?: Full text - Useful for Forensic Psychology
• Edexcel 6764 Unit 4 Jan 2009 paper & mark scheme: Edexcel 6764 Unit 4 Jan 2009 paper & Mark Scheme
• Edexcel 6764 Unit 4 Jan 2009 paper & mark scheme: Edexcel 6764 Unit 4 Jan 2009 paper & mark scheme
• Bowlby theory of attachment mindmap: It is the first time I use this programme so it is a bit hesitant but give me time!!! It is a simple mindmap of the theory of attachment.
• Psychodynamic Approach - mindmap: a mindmap with the main points of the psychodynamic approach. if photocopied in A3 it could be used to build upon by the students
• Godden and Baddeley (1975): In the experiment participants learned lists of words either on land or 15 feet underwater. They were then asked to recall the words either in the same setting (for example,
• Biological approach mindmap Unit 2 Edexcel: a simple mindmap with all the keypoints of the aproach. Can be used for the students to add detail or as support to make their own
• Darwin and Psychology: This article from uniview and Dr Julia Russell outlines Darwin's contribution to the world of Psychology. It outlines the basic principles of evolution by natural selection and then goes on to discuss
• Edexcel- unit 2 - learning approach mindmap: A simple mindmap with all the key concepts that can be used by the students to add detail or as a base to make their own
• Becker et al. (1978) Compliance with a Medical Regimen for Asthma: a Test of the Health Belief Model: Full study that could be used for Health and Clinical Psychology OCR  A2    
• Watt et al. (2003) Funhaler spacer: improving adherence without compromising delivery: A full study that could be used for Health and Clinical Psychology A2 OCR
• Raine (2002) Full Text Article: Just another study that we can use for A2 OCR forensic psychology
• Rough guide to writing A2 OCR essays: Rough guide to writing A2 OCR essays for the legacy specs.   It is a few years old now but still might be useful for anybody new to the old specs.
• AS OCR Jan 09 Mark Schemes G541 G542: Mark schemes for the new Psychological Investigations and Core Studies papers. Also includes grade boundaries.
• Jan 2009 edexcel past paper: January 2009 Units 1 and 2
• Hraba and Grant original Journal: Hraba and Grant original journal   BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL:A REEXAMINATION OF RACIAL PREFERENCE AND IDENTIFICATIONJOSEPH HRABA  AND GEOFFREY GRANT    
• Samuel and Bryant (1984) original journal: SAMUEL, J. & BRYANT, P. (1984) Asking only one question in the conservation experiment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 25. 315–318
• Raine et al. Journal: Raine et al Journal : Brain abnormalities in Murderers indicated by Positron Emission Tomography      
• Haney & Zimbardo (1995) The Past and Future of U.S. Prison Policy: The Past and Future of U.S. Prison Policy Twenty-Five Years After the Stanford Prison Experiment OCR G543 Forensic suggested article for Prison situation and roles.
• Bem Sex Role Inventory: This test is a way of judging how masculine or feminine you are.    
• January 2009 OCR G541 G542 markscheme: January 2009 OCR G541 G542 markscheme
• Mark scheme for Investigations and Core studies + grade boundaries January 2009: markscheme for PI, Core studies + grade boundaries january 2009
• Perspectives Introductory Exercises: Short exercises to get students thinking about perspectives and approaches. It is also aimed to help them see psychology in the daily news.
• GCSE prejudice: exercises for work on prejudice
• GCSE bias: GCSE exercises for work on bias
• Ethics exercise: Exercise for ethics classes (NB. they are all real studies)
• New Families: Information to add to developmental classes to highlight the diversity of family life
• Edexcel AS: Godden and Baddeley (1975): Original study   Context-dependent memory in two natural environments: on land and underwater   Personal author, compiler, or editor name(s); click on any author to run a new searc
• AS OCR Summary of Aims, Participants and Methods: A summary sheet of the aims, method and participants of the 15 studies
• AQA-A Unit 4: Social Psychology Summary Sheets: Summary sheets
• AQA-A Unit 4 Developmental Psychology: AQA-A Unit 4 Developmental Psychology: social and personality development Summary sheets  
• Edexcel unit 4 2004 exam paper: Exam paper for Edexcel (old spec) June 2004 exam
• Edexcel Unit 1 Mark scheme: Edexcel Unit 1 new spec marking scheme
• Lustman et al. (2000) Fluoxetine for depression in diabetes: a randomised double-blind placebo controlled trial: Another full text study that may be used for Health and Clinical Psychology (adherence) for A2 OCR
• Darwin and Psychology 2: Part 2 of Dr Dr Julia Russell's review of Darwins contribution to psychology.   It outlines Darwins theories into sexual selection, the 'Sexy Son' hypothesis, applying sexual selection to hu
• Abnormality (PYA2) Summary/Revision Crossword: Summary / Revision crossword on PYA2 Abnormality
• Dannenberg 1993 cycle helmet legislation: Study for G543 on cycle helmet legislation by Dannenberg     Bicycle Helmet Laws and EducationalCampaigns: An Evaluation ofStrategies to Increase Children'sHelmet UseAndrew L. Dannenbeig
• Social Influence Revision Crossword: Social influence summary / revision crossword for AQA A.
• Social Influence Revision Crossword Answers: Answer grid to the Social Influence Crossword posted on here.
• Farrington 2006 Cambridge study: update on Farrington's Cambridge study - for Forensic OCR A2
• G541 May 2009 Exam Paper: OCR May G541 Psychological Investigations Paper
• G542 May 2009 Exam Paper: Core Studies May 2009 G542 Exam Paper
• Eysenck Personality Inventory: Eysenck Personality Inventory EPI test with scoring charts.
• Reductionism mindmap: Mindmap for reductionist issues.  Good for revision, but I also teach from it.
• Idiographic Nomothetic mindmap: Mindmap for Idiographic v nomothetic issues.  Good for revision but I also teach from it.
• Nature Nurture mindmap: Mindmap of Nature v Nurture or Innate v Learned or whatever.  Good for revision but I also teach from it.
• Farrington 2009 - published in March: This is Farrington's latest report on the Cambridge study.  Students get to show how they think it's importnat to have a longitudinal case study of 3 generations - which should help given the upd
• criminology anger management: A great article by the Australian Institute of Criminology. It looks at research and application in prison setting. I have used it in lessons and the students found it very approachable and interestin
• Explanation models for bystander effect: To explain the bystanders effect are diffusion of responsibility among bystander and a social norms explanation.
• A2 AQA PYA03 - Biological Rhythms workbook: A workbook for AQA PYA03 on biological rhythms
• Unit G543: Options in Applied Psychology – High band Candidate style answer: A high band candidate answer for G543 (Sport option) from OCR.  Have put it up here in case it does disappear from the OCR web site.
• G543: Options in Applied Psychology – Medium banded Candidate style answer: A medium band candidate answer for G543 (Sport option) from OCR.  Have put it up here in case it does disappear from the OCR web site.
• Unit G544: High banded Candidate style answer: A high band candidate answer for G544 (Research methods question) from OCR.  I have put it up here in case it does disappear from the OCR web site.
• Unit G544: Medium banded Candidate style answer: A medium band candidate answer for G544 (Research methods question) from OCR.  I have put it up here in case it does disappear from the OCR web site.
• Crime Statistics: Report on 1997/98 survey of youth crime. I intedn to use it for data analysis as an introduction to causes of crime for OCR forensic psychology. Includes gender differences, indicators of crime, famil
• Psychology Teachers Toolkit June 2009: **New and updated toolkit** Hi guys. This is an updated version of the toolkit with an extra 25ish pages. There are still sections at the back I haven't had time to finish - but one day I will! Than
• Dooley (1990) Unnatural deaths in prison: A full-text copy useful for the teaching of A2 OCR forensic unit.
• Cognitive Skills Programme (Cann, Home office): Full article from on the cognitive skills programme carried out on female offenders.
• Raine & Lui's article: Biological predispositions to violence and their implications: 'Recommended' study - Raine & Lui's article: Biological predispositions to violence and their implications   Biological predispositions to violence and their implications for biosocialtreat
• Geiselman (1985) cognitive interview technique: Geiselman (1985) cognitive interview technique -   Enhancement of Eyewitness Memory with the Cognitive InterviewAuthor(s): R. Edward Geiselman, Ronald P. Fisher, David P. MacKinnon, Heidi L. H
• Pennington & Hastie (1992) Tests of the Story Model for Juror Decision Making: Pennington & Hastie Tests of the Story Model for Juror Decision Making   Explaining the Evidence:Tests of the Story Model for Juror Decision MakingNancy Pennington and Reid Hastie
• Canter et al (2004) Myth of 2 types: Canter et al (2004) Myth of 2 types     THE ORGANIZED/DISORGANIZED TYPOLOGYOF SERIAL MURDERMyth or Model?David V. Canter, Laurence J. Alison, Emily Alison, andNatalia WentinkUniversity of
• Ross 1993 The Impact of Protective Shields & Video: Ross 1993 The Impact of Protective Shields & Video     The Impact of Protective Shields and Videotape Testimony on Conviction Rates in a SimulatedTrial of Child Sexual AbuseAuthor(s):
• Daly & Wilson (1988) Evolutionary social psychology and family homicide: Daly & Wilson (1988) Evolutionary social psychology and family homicide     Evolutionary Social Psychology and Family HomicideAuthor(s): Martin Daly and Margo WilsonSource: Science, N
• OCR A2 Forensic source article: PDF copy of original article of Mann study on detecting lies   Detecting True Lies: Police Officers’ Ability to Detect Suspects’ LiesSamantha Mann, Aldert Vrij, and Ray BullUniversi
• OCR A2 Forensic Bruce study: Pdf full text of Bruce et al (2007) original article, internal and external facial composites   The relative importance of external and internal features of facial compositesCharlie Frowd, Vick
• OCR A2 Forensic Fisher study: Pdf of original Fisher study of cognitive interviews
• GCSE exercises 1-10: Ten exercises useful for consolidating learning
• GCSE exercise 11-20:  ten exercises useful for consolidating learning
• GCSE exercise 21-30:  ten exercises useful for consolidating learning
• GCSE exercises 31-40:  ten exercises useful for consolidating learning
• GCSE exercises 41-50:  ten exercises useful for consolidating learning
• GCSE exercises 51-60:  ten exercises useful for consolidating learning
• GCSE exercises 61-68:  eight exercises useful for consolidating learning
• introductory exercise (part 2) AS/A Level: loosener on persepctives
• APFCC Handouts - Ainsworth & Bell (1970): This is a simple handout for students to support their notes ahead of revision.
• The organised/disorganised typology of serial murder Myth or Model: Pdf of original study, good for Criminal Profiling for OCR
• Loftus Weapon Focus: Loftus weapon focus study in full - useful for OCR A2 Forensic: Interviewing witnesses
• Looking Deathworthy study: Full text of Eberhardt et al study on Looking Deathworthy for OCR A2 Forensic Psychology
• Cowpe Chip-pan fire prevention: Could be useful for OCR media campaigns in the Health and Clinical option of G543
• OCR A2 Crime: Dooley (1990) Prison suicide in England and Wales: An original paper from OCR's spec in "e.g." category.
• Hastie et al (1983) Magazine: What goes on in jury deliberation: The nearest thing I could find to match the OCR's spec in "e.g." category There are also lots of 'Hastie' peer reviewed studies in this genre!
• OCR A2 Crime: Inbau (1961) police interrogation – a practical necessity:  An original paper from OCR's spec in "e.g." category. There is no date for this in the spec. and Inbau was prolific. Many sources are secondary, but this is the most direct 'fit' that I could find!
• OCR A2 Crime: Krauss & Sales (2001) effects of expert testimony: An original paper from OCR's spec in "e.g." category: Persuasion (e.g. use of expert witnesses, Krauss & Sales 2001)
• OCR A2 Crime: Moscovici (1978) Studies in social influence IV minority influence:  Note that I've uploaded a 1978 paper - but it seems the most relevant (Moscovici is another prolific writer, with all sorts of angles on decisions in soc psy - this one is minority influence so lo
• Braam et al (2008) Bromide as marker for drug adherence in hypertensive patients: OCR A2 Health - An alternative study to Lustman et al - physiological measurement of non-adherence
• OCR A2 Crime: Ireland (2004) Anger management therapy with young male offenders: An original paper from OCR's spec in "e.g." category: Anger management (e.g. Ireland 2000) The only 2000 study I could find looked at sleep and anger - this 2004 study is a field experiment, IVs DV
• OCR A2 Crime: Farrington (2006) et al Criminal careers up to age 50: An original paper from OCR's spec in "e.g." category. Disrupted families – (e.g. Farrington’s study) This seemed like a good one – recent update; covers methods; heart warming conc
• OCR Crime: Raine & Lui (1998) Biological predispositions to violence: An original paper from OCR's spec in "e.g." category. Brain dysfunction (e.g. Raine’s work on the cortex and other work) This is a review including that old favourite “Murderer’s B
• OCR Crime: Loftus & Messo (1987) Weapons focus: An original paper from OCR's spec in "e.g." category. Factors influencing accurate identification (e.g. the ‘weapon focus’ effect, e.g. Loftus 1987)
• OCR Crime: Vrij & Mann (2001) Who killed my relative?: An original paper from OCR's spec in "e.g." category: Detecting lies (e.g. Vrij 2000) I think this must mean 2001 – this is the pleading relatives (later found guilty!) study
• OCR Crime: Gudjonsson (1998) Police Interviewing and Psychological Vulnerabilities: An original paper from OCR's spec in "e.g." category. False confessions (e.g. Gudjonsson 1992) Not the ’92 classic (could not get that!) but clearly operationalised (160 interviews at 2 Met po
• Elder et al. 2004 Effectiveness of Mass Media Campaigns for Reducing Drinking and Driving and Alcohol-Involved Crashes: Could be useful for Health and Clinical OCR G543 Healthy living.  Full Text.    
• Bandura & Adams (1977) Analysis of self-efficacy theory.: Bandura, A., & Adams, N. E. (1977). Analysis of self-efficacy theory of behavioral change. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1, 287-308. Could be useful for teaching self efficacy G543 health and c
• How Science Works 1: Variables designs and hypotheses: An exercise testing memory.    
• The Darwin Diary 3: Darwinian Dating: How devious are we when it comes to mate choice?    
• Social Psychology Taboo cards (PDF): Ever played Taboo? Ever noticed that students like to play games more than actually revise? These Taboo style cards contain key terms and concepts from AS Social Psychology (written for the Edexcel sp
• Restorative Justice: the evidence: On 8 Febuary 2007, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and the Smith Institute published a report (Restorative Justice: the evidence) which examines the evidence on Restorative Justice (RJ) f
• Whole Blood Serotonin Relates to Violence in an Epidemiological Study: Whole Blood Serotonin Relates to Violence in an Epidemiological Study Biological Psychiatry, Volume 43, Issue 6, Pages 446-457 T.Moffitt, G.Brammer, A.Caspi, J.Fawcett, M.Raleigh, A.Yuwiler, P.Silva
• Psychological Profiling: Past, present and future: Psychological Profiling: Past, present and future. STEVEN A. EGGER (1999) Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Vol. 15, No. 3, 242-261 (1999) DOI: 10.1177/1043986299015003003
• Canter (2000) Offender Profiling and Criminal Differentiation: This article identifies the psychological hypotheses that form the foundations for “Offender Profiling” and reviews the research that has tested them. Canter (2000)
• Moral problem solving among inmates in a maximum security correctional institution: Moral problem solving among inmates in a maximum security correctional institution. Richard D. Craig and Kenneth Truitt (1996) Possibly used for Moral Development in G543 OCR Forensic.
• Friendship et al study on cognitive skills programmes: OCR Forensic - After A Guilty Verdict section
• OCR A2 Crime Krista et al (2002) The Role of Preexisting Stress on: A lab experiment investigating effect of stress on false confession - an alternative to Gudjonnson
• OCR A2 Crime Mair & May (1997) Offenders on Probation: A survey of over 1200 offenders on probation undertaken for the Home Office
• OCR Crime Wilson & Daly (1985) Competitiveness, Risk Taking, and Violence: The Young Male Syndrome: An alternative study for an evolutionary explanation of gender differences in criminal behaviour 
• Townsend et al (1993) Health locus of control of adolescent smokers and drinkers: OCR A2 Health Locus of Control - Investigation into whether teenagers who smoke have different levels of locus of control compared to non-smokers
• What's wrong with this? Article on problem with Rorscharch test: Psychologists often use the famous Rorschach inkblot test and related tools to assess personality and mental illness. But research says the instruments are frequently ineffective for those purposes.&n
• Sherman and Strang on restorative justice: Summary of Sherman and Strang's report on restorative justice - for OCR Forensic Unit - After a Guilty Verdict
• OCR A2 Crime Kassin & Kiechel (1996) The social psychology of false confessions: Compliance, internalization, and confabulation: Uploaded wrong study!! here it is
• Edexcel Key study Hofling et al.: Edexcel Key study   Hofling CK et al. (1966) "An Experimental Study of Nurse-Physician Relationships"
• Milgram variation study: original journal: Milgram variation study: original journal very useful for edexcel new spec   LIBERATING EFFECTS OF GROUP PRESSURESTANLEY MILGRAM (1965)
• Health Belief Model (Becker and Rosenstock): Original 1984 article
• Farrington (2006) The Cambridge study - summary of findings: OCR A2 Crime the Home Office summary of Farrington's 2006 study - only 6 pages!
• G543 Gillis et al. (2005) studyCrime Imprisonment: Gillis study, different from the one in the spec but looks at employment and recidivism. Might be useful?   Predicting Community Employment for Federal Offenders on Conditional ReleaseGillis &a
• Mark scheme and grade thresholds for OCR psychology June 2009: Mark Scheme for G541 and G542 May, June 2009Also have a look at the Grade Thresholds on the second to last page.
• Janis and Feshbach 1953, full study: I hope this helps.   Janis, I.L., & Feshbach, S. (1953). Effects of fear-arousing communications. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 48, 78-92.
• Why Science Works: Assessing the scientic worth of psychology
• Bowlby J (1946) Forty-Four juvenile theives- their characters and homelife: This is one of the key studies that you could cover for edexcel A2 new spec
• Wikström - Findings from the Peterborough Youth Study: Full text.  Could be used for OCR A2 Turning to crime   Individual Risk, Life-Style Risk, and Adolescent Offending.  Findings from the Peterborough Youth Study. By Per-Olof H Wikstr&o
• Jan 2009 Mark Scheme Paper 1: AQA A Jan 2009 PSYA1 Mark Scheme
• Jan 2009 Mark Scheme Paper2: AQA A Jan 2009 PSYA2 Mark Scheme
• Teacher resource bank AQA A: This is the activity bank that AQA A make available on their site. Just putting it here as it is a very good resource for research methods and critical thinking for example.
• Answers to AS summary questions in Nelson Thornes book For AQA A: This is a collection of the answers to the summary questions in the Nelson Thornes book for AS psychology AQA A. 
• Ethics references: These are the references to acompany the ethics activity.    
• criminology: a reader from american scientific
• Bandura (1977) Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.: Useful full text for OCR G543 sport     Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84, 191-215.
• Berkowitz and Geen (1966) Film Violence and the Cue Properties of Available Targets: Useful full text for OCR G543 Sport       Berkowitz, L. & Geen, R.G.(1966). Film violence and the cue properties of available targets. J Personality Soc Psychol 3:525-530.
• Carron (1982) Cohesiveness in sport groups: Interpretations and considerations.: Full text useful for OCR G543 Sport     Carron, A.V. (1982). Cohesiveness in sport groups: Interpretations and considerations. Journal of Sport Psychology, 4, 123-138.
• Yerkes and Dodson (1908) The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habbit-formation: Full text useful for OCR sport G543   Yerkes, R. M., & Dodson, J. D. (1908) The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit-formation. Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychol
• Schwartz and Barsky (1977) The home advantage: Full text useful for OCR G543 sport     Schwartz, B., & Barsky, S. F. (1977). The home advantage. Social Forces, 55, 641-661.
• Zajonc (1965) Social Facilitation: A solution is suggested for an old social psychological problem: Full text useful for the teaching of Sport OCR G543   R. B. Zajonc, "Social faciliation: A solution is suggested for an old unresolved social psychological problem," Science, vol. 149, pp. 269-
• Oxendine (1976) Emotional Arousal and Motor Performance: Full text useful for OCR G543 sport     Oxendine, J. B. (1976) Emotional arousal and motor performance. In A.C. Fisher (Ed.), Psychology of sport. (pp. 124-135). Palo Alto: Mayfield Publi
• Cottrell. Sekerak, Wack & Rittle (1968) Social facilitation of dominant responses by the presence of an audience and the mere presence of others.: Full text useful for OCR G543 sport   Cottrell, N.B., Sekerak, G. J, Wack, D.L., & Rittle, R. H. (1968). Social facilitation of dominant responses by the presence of an audience and the mer
• Latané, Williams and Harkins (1979) Many hands make light the work: The causes and consequences of social loafing.: Full text useful for OCR G543 sport   Latane, B., Williams, K., & Harkins, S., Many Hands Make Light The Work: The Causes and Consequences of Social Loafing, JPSP, June 1979, Vol. 37, 822-8
• Zajonc, Heingartner, & Herman (1969). Social enhancement and impairment of performance in the cockroach.: Full text useful for OCR sport G543   Zajonc, R.B., Heingartner, A., & Herman, E.M. (1969). Social enhancement and impairment of performance in the cockroach. Journal of Personality and Soc
• Gill and Deeter (1988) Development of the Sport Orientation Questionnaire: Full text study useful for OCR Sport G543   Gill, D., & Deeter, T. (1988). Development of the sport orientation questionnaire. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 59(3), 191–20
• Ryan & Deci (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.: Useful for OCR Sport G543   Ryan, R., & Deci, E. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 5
• Smith, Smoll, & Curtis (1979) Coach effectiveness training: A cognitive-behavioral approach to enhancing the relationship skills in youth sports coaches.: Full text which may be useful if you are teaching OCR G543 Sport   Smith, R.E., Smoll, F.L., & Curtis, B. (1979) Coach effectiveness training: A cognitive-behavioral approach to enhancing t
• Stogdill (1948) Personal Factors Associated with Leadership: A Survey of the Literature: Full text source which may be useful if you are teaching OCR Sport G543   Stogdill, R. M., 1948. "Personal factors associated with leadership: A survey of the literature." Journ
• Vealey (1986) Conceptualisation of sport confidence and competitive orientation.: Full text which may be useful if you are teaching OCR G543 Sport   Vealey, R. S. (1986) Conceptualisation of sport confidence and competitive orientation.  Preliminary Investigation and In
• A behavioural study of obedience, Milgram (1963): Original Milgram article (1963)   BEHAVIORAL STUDY OF OBEDIENCE STANLEY MILGRAM Yale University (1963)
• Book chapter about Ainsworth's Ugandan study: 'Infancy in Ugnada' is a chapter of further reading which might be helpful for high flying Edexcel child psychologists or IB students interested in cross-cultural research.   Infancy in Uganda&
• Orignial article by Bowlby and Ainsworth: Some further reading on Bowlby and Ainsworth for the high fliers; stretch and challenge.   An Ethological Approach to Personality Development  - Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby (1991)
• Budzynski et al. (1973) EMG Biofeedback and Tension Headache: A Controlled Outcome Study: Might be useful for OCR Health and Clinical G543  'Stress'.   This study looks like the one referred to in the A2 Heinemann text book which is referenced as  Budzynski et al. (1970
• Locus of control scale: OCR clinical
• Locus of control scoring: OCR clinical
• Factors which affect EWT: An activity i get students to do when doing the factors which affect EWT. i have pupils produce a presentation and also submit an essay. This resource i found on psychlotron last year.
• A2 summary answers for Nelson Thornes Book: These are the summary answers for the Nelson Thornes book. A2
• Teaching teenagers: Guide from whole brain teaching website. Check out whole brain teaching on You tube.  The repeating outloud method really works and so do the technqiues for class management 
• Sheridan and King (1972) Obedience to authority with an authentic victim: Sheridan and King (1972)  Obedience to authority with an authentic victim   Kindly provided by Alex Boese author of  Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments.   Sheri
• Attitudes to drug use: questionaire to introduce topic of drug use. 
• AQA PSYA1 Paper 1 June 2009: past paper
• AQA PSYA1 Mark scheme June 2009: mark scheme to go with June 2009 question paper
• AQA PSYA2 question paper June 2009: e copy of exam paper
• AQA PSYA2 mark scheme June 2009: mark scheme for question paper
• AQA PSYCH A June 2009 examiners' report: Examiners' report on modules 1 and 2 of AQA new GCE, spec A
• OCR Examiners report January 2009: I may have missed this and it may have been uploaded the following March.   It is for G541 and G542
• OCR Examiners report June 2009: OCR Examiners report June 2009 on the OCR web site for G541 and G542    
• Pickel (1995) Investigating the effect of instructions to disregard inadmissible evidence: OCR A2 Forensic. I just could not understand this study as described in the textbook until I had read the original
• JAN 2009 PSYA1 PAPER: AQA A Jan 2009 PSYA1 Question Paper
• JAN 2009 PSYA2 PAPER: AQA A Jan 2009 PSYA2 Question Paper
• OCR Pickel_inadmissibility of evidence: crossword covering Pickel's study on disregarding of inadmissible evidence
• Addiction case studies and questions: Given as a delagate pack at the AQA day. Very useful pack that can be used in class to help teach the addiction model.
• Research methods Pack: A pack of questions and research activities.
• Questionnaire on body image: I found this resources on the internet, can't remmeber exactly what I used it for but I am sure you could getsome mileage out of it as the basis for some sort of actioty, i think I used to to dmeonsta
• OCR Disregarding inadmissible evidence - Crossword: OCR, A2 Forensic, crossword on Pickel's study - inadmissibale evidence.
• Ford and Widiger Sex Bias in the Diagnosis of Histrionic and Antisocial Personality Disorders: Full text article for biases in diagnosis in the definitions of dysfunctional functional behaviour section of OCR A2 Health
• IB Psychology - Socio-cultural Level of analysis: Handouts for the whole section, not sure if its all right, but I think everything is there.
• Treating drug problems: an NHS publication, provides information on various treatments etc, good as a reference point for more gifted and talented students
• A2 health practical idea: original study from cumberbatch and gauntlett on alcohol and media (content analysis)
• AQA A Addiction, Smoking Alcohol and Drugs; Content Analysis of TV programmes: 2005 Ofcom research on the prevalence of references to smoking, alcohol and drug use in TV programmes eg Coronation St, Emmerdale etc
• Gillis and Nafekh (2005): This is the study on offender reintergration by Gillis and Nafekh (2005)     Christa A. Gillis and Mark Nafekh (2005) The impact of community-based employment on offender reintegration.&n
• Liberman (1982) assessment of social skills in schizophrenics: for A2 disorders scetion - behavioural explanations for schizoprhenia
• G541 Psychological Investigations January 2010: G541 Psychological Investigations January 2010 exam paper.
• Psychodynamic Perspective Mindmap: A pdf which should be printed onto A3 in order to help students structure a mindmap and their revision of the Psychodynamic Perspective.
• AQA A Individual Differences - Defining abnormality workbook: This is a revised version of the booklet I uploaded earlier in the week.  I've found out how to make it one PDF file instead of lots of individual Word files. The workbook is based on the Cardwe
• Risk Assessment (Psychology Dept): One of those boring tasks that Hods/Subject leaders have to undertake.  I'm sharing this in the hope that it might save someone sometime.  Although this is a Warwickshire proforma, I'm sure
• Mental Agility Test (spoof): This could be used as a little starter or to reinforce the message that students should read the question before starting. Just for fun really.
• Nemeth and Watchtler: Nemeth, C. and Wachtler, J. (1974) ‘Creating the perceptions of consistency and confidence: a necessary condition for minority influence’, Sociometry 37, 529–40
• Raine Review (2002): Annotation:The role of prefrontal deficits, lowautonomic arousal, and early health factorsin the development of antisocial andaggressive behavior in children
• interrogation custard pie example: example of when interrogation is ineffective
• G544 Mock Examination Paper Jan 2010: Have devised this mock exam paper in response to my students' demands. The Section A question asks them to design a self-report questionnaire. I am indebted to the course leader on an official OCR IN
• G544 Section B Specimen Questions: This is a resource-bank of possible questions for Section B, organised by methodological and other issues, approaches and perspectives and debates.  Some of the questions have been created by oth
• Practice questions for AS Research Methods for AQA (A): This is based on some of the stuff from the AQA (A) spec but may be useful for folks teaching other exam boards too. I've designed it to use with my AS students, but I'm planning to give it to the A2
• Life events & schizophrenia - sample essay for PSYA4: I wrote this as a 'guide' for my students; it's not offered as a "perfect essay" by any stretch, and I still reckon writing a good essay in 600 words is extremely hard! Please use it if you find it he
• Issues Debates & Approaches points for A2 AQA (A): This is a PPT showing students how to use and elaborate on the Issues, Debates & Approaches points that AQA (A) have built into the new mark schemes for PSYA3 and 4.
• Research Methods - more practice questions for AS: More questions, based on a correlational study. Useful for AS and for revision for A2. BAsed onthe AQA (A) spec but may be useful for others.
• G542 Core Studies January 2010: OCR G542 Core Studies January 2010
• aqa a JAN 2010 unit 2 paper: aqa a JAN 2010 unit 2 paper
• aqa a JAN 2010 unit 1 paper: The recent Unit 1 Paper for AQA A
• OCR G543 January 2010 exam paper: The  OCR G543 January 2010 exam paper
• G544 Feb 2010 Exam Paper - OCR: G544 Exam paper  Feb 2010 - Sorry for poor quality of scan, I'm sure someone will do a better quality one, had to do it from home and scanner not up to much!
• PSYA1 exam paper Jan 2010: For anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
• PSYA2 exam paper Jan 2010: For anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
• PSYA3 exam paper Jan 2010: For anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
• Double BInd Theory - article by Paul Gibney: PDF of article, contains some interesting information about Bateson, and his theory, which the text books don't cover.
• Mating preferences in males/females - journal article by Buss et al: Journal article on Buss et al's research on mating preferences in males and females. Good for Relationships, Aggression, and also Gender on PSYA3.
• After a guilty verdict: A booklet I made for my students to work through the section over half term.  Some of it has been pilfered from another person's handout, and most of it is working through the Heinemann textbook.
• G544 Jan 10: Better quality version of G544 from jan 2010 OCR
• PSYA4 AQA January 2010 exam paper: PSYA4 AQA exam paper
• What is an experiment?: A brief introduction to the experiment, identifying the IV & DV.
• Applying psychology to teaching: Could be useful for the A2 Education topic (OCR) or for PGCE/ CERT ED Learners. I used it for this purpose.
• Biological Approach "The Basics" Psychopathology: This handout is provided via Psychlotron courtesy of Aiden Simmons.  I use it to accompany the powerpoint I uploaded on Phobias.
• Phobias: Genetic Causes, Activity Sheet: I use this activity sheet to accompany the Phobias Powerpoint I uploaded. I downloaded it from Psychlotron, courtessy of Aiden Simmons who created the resource.
• Phobias & Conditioning Activity Sheet: This activity is for use with the Phobias Powerpoint I uploaded.  I downloaded it from Psychlotron courtesy of Aidan Sammons.
• Phobias The Psychodynamic View Activity: Activity sheet to use with the Phobias PowerPoint I uploaded.  I downloaded this from psychlotron courtesy of Aidan Sammons
• PSYA4 Jan question paper: PSYA4 Jan 2010 paper
• PSYA1 question paper Jan 2010: PSYA1 paper Jan 2010
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Stress Life Changes: These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for assess
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Abnormality Models:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Attachment:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Cognitive Approach:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Sane in Insane Places:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Daycare:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Gender Bias:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Love and Breakdown of Relationships:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Classical Conditioning:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Nurture - Nature:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Multiple Personality Study Thingpen case study 1954:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Brain Lateralisation of function:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Offender Profiling:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Women More Emotional Than Men?:  These fact sheets can be copied free and used for educational purposes.  They come complete with relevant associated worksheets and are very good both to use as in class activities and for as
• Psychology Fact sheet & Worksheet: Index: An index of the Fact sheets that I have uploaded for quick reference.
• AQA (B) January 2010 exam paper: aqa b January 2010 exam paper PSYB1
• AQA B January exam paper: AQA B January exam paper PSYB2
• AQA (B) January 2010 exam paper: AQA (B)  January 2010 exam paper  PSYB3
• WJEC PY1 January 2009 exam paper: WJEC PY1 January 2009 exam paper   Sorry for all of the exam paper uploads but I am assessing the different specs for next year and I don't like the fact that the exam boards are going to charg
• A2 CHILD PSYCHOLOGY EDEXCEL: I found this document on the internet with brief details of a range of studies relevant to child psychology
• Edexcel AS Paper 1 January 2009: Examination paper
• Edexcel Paper 1 January 2010: Examination paper.
• CIE core study: Schachter & Singer: the original article
• Sex Differences in Brain Maturation During Childhood & Adolescence: Origianl text of De Bellis et al's 2001 Study ( for Edexcel AS Biological Approach Studies section
• Brain Abnormalities in Murderers Raine et al: Original text of Raine et al's study for Edexcel AS Biological Approach Studies section
• Context-dependent memory: colour vs ordor: Useful for stretch and challenge for Esexcel AS Unit 1 Memory and Forgetting - Context dependent memory studies section
• Original text of Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment: Edexcel AS Unit 1 Obedience and Prejudice 
• Analysis of a Phobia in a Five-year-old boy: Original Text of Freud's Little Hans study - Edexcel AS Unit 2 Psychodynamic Approach
• OCR mark schemes for 2010 jan: mark schemes