AS Psychology (AQA A)
AS Psychology (AQA A) (28)
Wednesday, 09 June 2010 17:54
Explanations of independent behaviour, including how people resist pressures to conform and pressures to obey authority
Written by Keiron Walsh
In Asch’s (1951) conformity study 25% of people did not conform on any of the trials, in Milgram’s (1961) study, 35% of the participants resisted the influence of the experimenter and refused to continue. This section explores the factors involved in resisting social pressure.
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Social Influence
Wednesday, 04 June 2008 13:54
Ideas for Psychology Coursework - Psychology Research Projects
Written by Keiron Walsh
Here are some ideas for investigations or research projects that A level Psychology students could conduct for their psychology coursework:
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Coursework
Content Analysis
“…content analysis broadly describes a heterogeneous domain of techniques which are focussed upon the (more or less) systematic, objective and quantitative description of a communication or series of communications.”
(Crano & Brewer, 1973).
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Methods
Interviews
There
are a number of different types of one to one interview. The type of
interview used depends on the aims of the research and the type of
information required.
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Methods
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Qualitative
data is non-numerical, for example, quotations, opinions and reported
emotions. There are a number of issues to address when presenting
qualitative data:
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Methods
A case study is a method of gaining very detailed information concerning one individual case. A case can be an individual or a particular group of people.
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Methods
Correlational
analysis is not technically a research method; however,
'correlational studies' is often used to refer to an investigation
that involves measurements to determine whether one variable is
related in some way to another (whether they are co-related).
There are two basic forms of correlation: positive and negative. If a
correlation is positive, this means that high values of one of the
two variables are associated with high values of the other. If a
correlation is negative, high values of one variable are associated
with low values of the other.
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Methods
Experimental Designs
Independent Groups
An independent groups design is where the Independent Variable is operationalised by having different groups of participants take part in the experiment in each condition.
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Methods
Physiological methods of managing stress involve reducing the body's biological response to stress; i.e., the fight or flight response. There are several methods of reducing the physiological stress response, including anxiolytic drugs, biofeedback, meditation and progressive muscle relaxation. Here we will consider drug treatments and biofeedback
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Stress
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Stress
