Revision & Examination technique Advice on final revision • It might to bear in mind what the purpose of the examination is. Examinations test for three main characteristics: o An overall understanding of the syllabus o An ability to recall facts and ideas covered in the syllabus o An ability to marshal these facts and ideas into a coherent argument (which is relevant to the question being asked!) within a limited time • These are the characteristics which you ought to bear in mind during
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DSE212 - Ethics 1. The Ethics Committee does not grant ethical approval for the proposal‚ citing failure to adequately address the issues involved in consent (as required by the British Psychological Society) as a primary reason. Explain why this might have been the case. (150 words) The main purpose of informed consent is to consider the impact that the research may have on the participant‚ that he or she fully understands what the purpose of the research is‚ what will happen during the research
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DSE212 Part 1 Essay OPTION B: The case study of Phineas Gage‚referred as being within the subject of Biological Psychology. As we human beings are a “biological species”‚ we need to be able to understand our biological make-up‚ to further study the Physiological field‚ only once we can fully understand the different part of our bodies‚ including the brain can we then apply Psychological research methods to study & develop understanding . Science constantly evolves to study and gain understanding
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People‚ being naturally inquisitive‚ have often been referred to as scientists. Even as young children‚ people are constantly testing and evaluating the boundaries to decipher their own social environment and quickly recognise what is acceptable and what is not. This soon evolves into intuition and whether it is constructed in a logical and rational way depends on a number factors. However‚ when considering cognitive psychology and the information processing that underpins judgements and risks‚ people
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Social justice is a notion that shapes norms‚ values and practices of individuals and groups within societies‚ by highlighting social harms‚ injustices‚ inequalities and discrimination experienced by individuals and groups a mobilising force is created which challenges and contests pre-existing ideas of what is considered to be just. Through mobilising new ideas of social justice new social welfare and crime control policies are created to regulated and enforced‚ and resources can be redistributed
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*DSE2121206* DSE212/B Module Examination 2012 EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY Monday‚ 11 June 2012 2:30pm – 5:30pm Time allowed: 3 hours This examination is in THREE parts. You should attempt all parts: Part 1 (short answers): 25% of total marks Part 2 (two essays): 50% of total marks Part 3 (one essay): 25% of total marks. Follow carefully the instructions at the beginning of each part. You are strongly advised to spend approximately 45 minutes on all of Part 1 and 45 minutes on each essay
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There has been much debate and research undertaken by scientists and psychologists in order to ascertain whether there are qualitative differences between humans and animals. This essay will discuss some of the communication methods that animals use and whether these are comparable to human traits. In addition‚ it will be necessary to explore further whether humans are in possession of any distinctive characteristics which result in uniqueness. Furthermore‚ this essay will also consider the significance
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Discuss the claim there is a lot to gain from studying a topic in psychology from more than one perspective. Drawing on our understanding of language and meaning as well as the psychology of sex and gender. Different psychological perspectives lead to different theories providing diverse insights into the same issue i.e. language and meaning. They focus their enquiry in different ways and consequently have dissimilar objects of knowledge. Each perspective asks different questions‚ use different
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Developmental Psychology’‚ Child Psychiatrist and Human Development‚ 28(1)‚ 33 – 43. DSE212 Course team. (2007). DVD Programme 4: Interviewing and Thematic Analysis - Section 4‚ Interview with Chloe (with line numbers) DSE212 Course Team‚ 2007. The Qualitative Project: From Research Design To Analysis.. Pike‚ G.‚ Miell‚ D.‚ (2007). Exploring Psychological Research Methods (pp. 335 – 356). The Open University (2007) DSE212 Exploring Psychology‚ DVD 4: Interviewing and Thematic Analysis‚ Milton Keynes‚
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TWO-PROCESS THEORIES AND STROOP EFFECT: STUDYING THE EFFECT OF COLOUR CORRELATED WORDS (IV) vs. NEUTRAL WORDS WHEN RECORDING RESPONSE TIMES (DV) FOR IDENTIFYING THE INK COLOUR IN WHICH A WORD IS PRINTED. Abstract The idea of two-process theories and the Stroop effect are assessed in this experiment. The intention is to look for a predicted pattern between the response times of two separate conditions; one using a list of words that are colour related‚ such as “lemon” and another list of words which
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