ALDENHAM PSYCHOLOGY
  • Everything else
    • Independent Learning
    • Transition >
      • UCAS >
        • Criminology
        • Year 13 Pre-U Programme
    • Revision
    • Exams >
      • Mock & Internal Exams
      • Past papers
    • Assessment Objectives
    • For Teachers
    • For Parents
    • Classrooms
    • Trips
    • Aldenham Attributes >
      • Aspiration
      • Co-operation
      • Courage
      • Curiosity
      • Independence
      • Respect
  • Paper 1: Research Methods
    • Paper 1: What the paper is like >
      • Research Methodology of the Core Studies
    • The 4 main research methods
    • Populations and Samples
    • Ethical Considerations
    • Self-reports
    • Observations
    • Correlations
    • Experiments
    • Reliability and Validity
    • Descriptive Statistics >
      • Distribution Curves
    • Inferential Statistics
    • Reporting, Referencing and Design your Own >
      • Sections of a Psychology Report
      • Harvard Referencing
      • Peer Review
  • Paper 2: Core Studies
    • Paper 2: What the paper is like
    • Areas and Perspectives >
      • Social Area >
        • Milgram
        • Bocchiaro
        • Piliavin
        • Levine
      • Cognitive Area >
        • Loftus
        • Grant
        • Moray
        • Simons & Chabris
      • Developmental Area >
        • Bandura
        • Chaney
        • Kohlberg
        • Lee
      • Biological Area >
        • Sperry
        • Casey
        • Blakemore and Cooper
        • Maguire
      • Individual Differences Area >
        • Freud
        • Baron Cohen
        • Gould
        • Hancock
      • Behaviourist Perspective
      • Psychodynamic Perspective
    • Debates >
      • Nature v Nurture
      • Free Will v Determinism
      • Reductionism v Holism
      • Individual v Situational
      • Usefulness
      • Ethical Considerations
      • Socially Sensitive Research
      • Psych as a Science
      • Methodological Issues
      • Ethnocentrism
  • Paper 3: Applied Psychology
    • Issues of Mental Health >
      • Historical Context of Mental Health
      • The Medical Model
      • Alternatives to the Medical Model
    • Paper 3: Options
    • Child Psychology >
      • Intelligence
      • Pre-adult brain development
      • Perception
      • Cognitive Development
      • Attachment
      • Impact of Advertising
    • Criminal Psychology >
      • What makes a criminal?
      • Forensic Evidence
      • Collection of Evidence
      • Psychology & the Courtroom
      • Crime Prevention
      • Effect of Imprisonment
    • Environmental Psychology
    • Sport and Exercise Psychology

For Parents

What is my child learning?
Exam Board and Specification
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​Aldenham follows the OCR GCE A Level Specification
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Psychology Calendar 2018-19
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Who is teaching my child?
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Click here for Aldenham's Teaching Staff
Mrs Vanessa Evagora
Roles in school: Head of Psychology, EPQ Co-ordinator, UCAS Advisor
House: Martineau's

Classroom: Ps1

Specialist areas in Psychology: Research Methods, Cognitive and Criminal Psychology
Mr Paul Dunstan
Roles in school: Director of Foundation Development
House: McGills

Classroom: Bs2

Specialist areas in Psychology: Debates & Issues, Social and Developmental Psychology
Mr Luke Kirsten
Roles in school: Assistant Housemaster, Head of Cricket
House: Kennedys

Classroom: OE1
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Specialist areas in Psychology: Areas & Perspectives in Psychology, Child Psychology
The email addresses for these teachers are:
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How can I support my child's Independent Learning? 

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The national expectation of the work an A Level student should be doing independently follows the 'Carnegie' model - for every hour in a lesson with a teacher, the student should be doing 2 hours of independent work. This independent work can be:
  • Prep / Homework
  • Preparation for lessons
  • Using Private Study sessions
  • Revising your knowledge and skills
  • Practising your skills​
​Parents can support the department by:
  •  asking their child about what they have been learning
  • asking their child about how they have been researching this further

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Supplementing class and homework with independent learning is the ONLY way to secure a credible grade.
  1. Make lesson notes their own using this website
  2. Know what the examiners want using www.ocr.org.uk - Psychology H567 – use the podcasts, candidate exemplars, question banks.
  3. Practice and summarise your work using Quizlet https://quizlet.com/join/D6hvV863X
  4. Take the practise tests on Dynamic Learning http://my.dynamic-learning.co.uk/  Centre ID: 18399   Generic Username: OCRPsyALTL  Password: student

Research further - Best Websites
  • http://psychologywithmisssmith.wordpress.com  
  • www.holah.co.uk
  • http://psychyogi.org/ 

​Research further - Best Youtube videos
  • Thomas Pond
  • Jonathan Evans
  • MissOwen1 for Research Methods

Complete the exercises in your textbook and Revision workbooks 
  • Paper 1: ISBN: 1471845214
  • Paper 2: ISBN: 1471845206
  • Paper 3: ISBN: 1471845222

Practise further with text / revision books
  • ISBN 1471859460                  
  • ISBN: 1847623247
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What Prep is Set for my Child?
Prep is set by all 3 Psychology teachers.
Each prep is detailed on Show My Homework.
Parents can access the homework which has been detailed on SMHW

Parents Evenings, Grades and Reports
Every term, parents receive either grades, a report or an invitation to a parents evening.
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  • Everything else
    • Independent Learning
    • Transition >
      • UCAS >
        • Criminology
        • Year 13 Pre-U Programme
    • Revision
    • Exams >
      • Mock & Internal Exams
      • Past papers
    • Assessment Objectives
    • For Teachers
    • For Parents
    • Classrooms
    • Trips
    • Aldenham Attributes >
      • Aspiration
      • Co-operation
      • Courage
      • Curiosity
      • Independence
      • Respect
  • Paper 1: Research Methods
    • Paper 1: What the paper is like >
      • Research Methodology of the Core Studies
    • The 4 main research methods
    • Populations and Samples
    • Ethical Considerations
    • Self-reports
    • Observations
    • Correlations
    • Experiments
    • Reliability and Validity
    • Descriptive Statistics >
      • Distribution Curves
    • Inferential Statistics
    • Reporting, Referencing and Design your Own >
      • Sections of a Psychology Report
      • Harvard Referencing
      • Peer Review
  • Paper 2: Core Studies
    • Paper 2: What the paper is like
    • Areas and Perspectives >
      • Social Area >
        • Milgram
        • Bocchiaro
        • Piliavin
        • Levine
      • Cognitive Area >
        • Loftus
        • Grant
        • Moray
        • Simons & Chabris
      • Developmental Area >
        • Bandura
        • Chaney
        • Kohlberg
        • Lee
      • Biological Area >
        • Sperry
        • Casey
        • Blakemore and Cooper
        • Maguire
      • Individual Differences Area >
        • Freud
        • Baron Cohen
        • Gould
        • Hancock
      • Behaviourist Perspective
      • Psychodynamic Perspective
    • Debates >
      • Nature v Nurture
      • Free Will v Determinism
      • Reductionism v Holism
      • Individual v Situational
      • Usefulness
      • Ethical Considerations
      • Socially Sensitive Research
      • Psych as a Science
      • Methodological Issues
      • Ethnocentrism
  • Paper 3: Applied Psychology
    • Issues of Mental Health >
      • Historical Context of Mental Health
      • The Medical Model
      • Alternatives to the Medical Model
    • Paper 3: Options
    • Child Psychology >
      • Intelligence
      • Pre-adult brain development
      • Perception
      • Cognitive Development
      • Attachment
      • Impact of Advertising
    • Criminal Psychology >
      • What makes a criminal?
      • Forensic Evidence
      • Collection of Evidence
      • Psychology & the Courtroom
      • Crime Prevention
      • Effect of Imprisonment
    • Environmental Psychology
    • Sport and Exercise Psychology