ALDENHAM PSYCHOLOGY
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      • Aspiration
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  • 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

Independent Learning

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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​

Independent Learning: Psychology
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Supplementing class and homework with independent learning is the ONLY way to secure a credible grade.
  1. Make your lesson notes your 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/HGbuW8MsG  
  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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Prep
  • Prep is set by all of your Psychology teachers.
  • ​There are 2 parts to prep: doing it and handing it in on time
  • You can only email the teacher your prep IF you have been given permission to do so.​

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Preparing for your lessons is the best preparation you can do. 
1. Be aware of what you will be doing in class during the next lesson - use the Psychology calendar to help you.
​2. Find out what materials you will need - folder? textbook? Scientific calculator?
3. Get an understanding of what will be done during the lesson - read the textbook, watch a YouTube clip.

4. Identify where you need the teacher (or other students) to explain the topic in greater detail. 

Private Study (PVS) 
Download Mr Pennycook's talk on Independent Learning
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As an 'advanced' learner, you need to plan your independent work for it to be effective. Your private study sessions must be used to good effect. 
  • Amend your timetable to assign at least 1 subject to each PVS
  • Note which teachers are free for each PVS you have - your Psych teachers will be more than happy to discuss your work with you at that time
  • Identify which topic you will work on in each PVS at the start of the week or the night before each day.
During the PVS time:
  • Don't sit with friends, unless you will be working with them directly
  • Don't listen to music - Grant tells us that listening to music while learning does not help you if your exams are in silence (which they are).
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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