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SESSION 1All About Application

All About ApplicationSession 1

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Activity 1: The Myths of A-Level PsychologyTrue or False?

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The Myths of A-Level Psychology3

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Activity 2: Whats the Question?

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Whats the Question?4

Social InfluenceExplanations of ObedienceSocial AreaObedience Key ThemeWith reference to the extractdiscuss different factors that have been shown to effect obedience. [16 marks]Identify one psychological issue raised by the source... Explain how the source is relevant to the social areaUse your psychological knowledge to suggest a way to manage the issue you have identified.

Whats the Question?Task: You will be assigned one of two STEMs (scenarios). Your job is to read the STEM and complete the two tasks:What topic is the scenario related to?Write one application question related to your scenario.4

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I think that we divide the room into three (based on columns ideally) and each works on one scenario. 7

Whats the Question?4BiopsychologyFunctional RecoveryBiological AreaRegions of the brain orBrain plasticity key themes

Discuss how knowledge of functional recovery has helped understand cases like the surgeon mentioned in this extract. [16 marks] Identify one psychological issue raised by the source Explain how the source is relevant to the biological area...Outline one core study that links to the source and justify how it relates to the source.

Whats the Question?4MemoryEyewitness TestimonyCognitive Area Memory Key ThemeWith reference to Emily, discuss how misleading questions can affect the accuracy of EWT. [16 marks]Identify one psychological issue raised by the source Use your psychological knowledge to suggest a way to manage the issue you have identified. Assess your suggestion.

Activity 3: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly?

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly?

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly?Task: Read the three answers to this application question and decide which is: 5

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly?5

AThe Good

BThe Bad

CThe Ugly

The answer has stated a point, provided some evidence, but not explained the evidence explicitly in relation to the question.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly?

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While the answer has stated a point, there is too much evidence that isnt linked to the question. Finally, the explanation is practically non-existent.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly?

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The answer has stated a point and used specialist terminology.

Evidence is used to support the point, with key details stated.

The answer concludes by clearly explaining how the evidence is linked to the point.

Activity 4: Going Beyond the STEM

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Left hemisphere responsible for language and movement on right side.Brocas area speech productionWernickes area language comprehensionIt would appear that Mary may have suffered damage to her Brocas area as she is having difficulty speaking.

In addition, she may have damaged her left motor regions, which are responsible for the movement of her right hand.

Going Beyond the STEMTask: Plan an answer to the following AQA/OCR question.

In particular, focus on how you apply your answer and go beyond the STEM.7

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Context reinstatementRecall everything Reverse orderChange perspectiveThe policeman might ask Molly to consider the events in reverse order, for example:

Starting from when the man ran down the alley, work your way backwards through what happened- Use your knowledge of the Grant et al. core study. Discuss context dependent learning in relation to Bobbys situation:

- Bobby should be revising without any background noise as is the case in the exam.

- Bobby should not be listening to Jedward while revising.

Why this revision strategy would successfully manage the issue.

Activity 5: Social Learning Theory AppliedWhats the problem with SLT?

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Social Learning Theory AppliedLets imagine you get one of the above questions.

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Students need to FOCUS their answers and link their discussion/evaluation of SLT to the question.

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For example, a person may observe a television show about cosmetic surgery that highlights the benefits that plastic surgery can offer.A person might enquire about, or even go ahead and have plastic surgery, following their observations in the media about the benefits that plastic surgery can offer.

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For example, a person might receive attention and compliments on how they look, which act as positive reinforcement.Here a person may witness someone else receiving attention and compliments about how they look, which act as vicarious reinforcement.

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Advertisements for cosmetic surgery will often use young, glamorous, male/female models to make identification more likely to occur.Receiving compliments and feeling good would act as motivational factors for many people and might compel someone to undergo plastic surgery.

Social Learning Theory AppliedTask: SLT applies to many topics you have studied (e.g. gender, aggression, criminal behaviour, mental illness).

For now, we would like you to consider how SLT could explain binge drinking in Leeds.8

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Crime exampleGender25

SESSION 1All About Application