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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
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        • Chaney
        • Kohlberg
        • Lee
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        • Sperry
        • Casey
        • Blakemore and Cooper
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        • Gould
        • Hancock
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      • Reductionism v Holism
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Paper 1: What the Paper is Like

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Paper 1: Research Methods introduces and develops your knowledge and understanding of the process of planning, conducting, analysing and reporting psychological research across a range of experimental and non- experimental methodologies and techniques.

Section A: 20 Multiple choice questions
  • Make sure you know how many questions you can do before you become tired
  • This is the easiest section to ask questions on: Harvard referencing (WHO WHEN WHAT WHERE) and the sections of a psychology report (TAIMRDRA)
Section B: Research design and response
  • You will read a novel source and be asked questions on this
  • There will be a 'Design Your Own Research' question in this section (4 x FECJO).
Section C: Data analysis and interpretation
  • You will be asked to analyse and interpret novel data or a piece of hypothetical research using descriptive and/or inferential statistics.
Whenever the question says 'in this study', you need to link your point to the study - use a unique word from the story.

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Listen to OCR Psychology's Experts Answers on Research Methods here
Practice, practice, practice!
The best way to prepare for Paper 1 is to practice, practice, practice. You can do this by:
  1. Completing all of the past paper questions which have ever been asked. 
  2. Take the practice tests on Dynamic Learning http://my.dynamic-learning.co.uk/  
  3. Best Youtube videos - MissOwen1 for Research Methods
  4. Complete the exercises in your textbook 
  5. Complete the exercises in the workbook Paper 1: ISBN: 1471845214 – This is the workbook on Amazon for around £6.  

WHAT IS THE PAPER LIKE?

Section A: Multiple Choice Questions
20 Multiple choice questions
  • Make sure you know how many questions you can do before you become tired
  • This is the easiest section to ask questions on: Harvard referencing (WHO WHEN WHAT WHERE) and the sections of a psychology report (TAIMRDRA)
  • These can include questions on the research methodology of the Core Studies.
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Section B: Research design and response
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Paper 1 Section B will ask you to design your own research. The question wants you to describe HOW you would do this study in enough detail so someone else could replicate this work.
 
There are 4 types of question you could be asked:
  • Experiment (like your own experiment on Kim’s Game)
  • Observations (you did an observation on X factor bad auditions and how your friends present themselves on Facebook)
  • Correlations (you looked at the number of hours slept and dreams)
  • Self-reports (you chose to write  questionnaire either pets & stress, gender & car colour, weather & mood)

The question is likely to have 4 bullet points with features you have to address. For each of the bullet points / features, you need to say:
  • Feature (from each of the bullet points)
  • Explained (how you would be doing this – enough for replication)
  • in Context (using the unique words of the story)
  • Justified (why it is right to do here)
  • referring to Own research (to show a similarity).
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Section C: Data analysis and interpretation
​You will be asked to analyse and interpret novel data or a piece of hypothetical research using descriptive and/or inferential statistics.Whenever the question says 'this', you need to link your point to the study - use a unique word from the story.
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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