OCR Psychology: AS Revision Guide

Cara Flanagan is an experienced teacher and senior A-Level examiner. She has written a wide range of articles and textbooks for A Level Psychology students, as well as editing the Foundations of Psychology Series (Routledge) with Phil Banyard. Aside from her writing, Cara regularly speaks at student conferences and teacher CPD courses. Her home is in the Scottish Highlands where she writes while enjoying the glorious landscape.

• Unit G541 Psychological Investigations. Specification details and information about how this unit is marked. Ethics. Sampling. Representing data. Observation & exam practice. Self-report & exam practice. Experiment & exam practice. Correlation & exam practice. Unit G542 The Core Studies. Specification details and information about how this unit is marked. Issues and approaches. Loftus and Palmer (eyewitness testimony). Baron-Cohen et al. (autism). Savage-Rumbaugh et al. (language acquisition). Samuel and Bryant (conservation). Bandura et al. (aggression). Freud (Little Hans). Maguire et al. (brain scans). Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreaming). Sperry (split-brain). Milgram (obedience). Reicher and Haslam (BBC prison study). Piliavin et al. (subway Samaritan). Rosenhan (sane in insane places). Thigpen and Cleckley (multiple personality disorder). Griffiths (gambling). Glossary plus index.

This is an excellent revision guide, providing a comprehensive coverage of psychological investigations and the 15 core studies. The study guide is succinct and clearly focusses the learner on skills needed for the exams. Students will find the guide less daunting than textbooks, especially as the core studies, methods and approaches are concisely described and evaluated; particularly impressive are the many exam tips which guide the student to improve their exam performance. An essential read for any student of OCR AS Psychology. – Mark Holah, Teacher of Psychology, Wye Sixth Form College