Changes to OCR G543 – Options in Applied Psychology

October 7, 2010

OCR has announced that there will be two changes to the assessment of unit G543 – Options in Applied Psychology and that these changes will come into effect for the January 2011 examination series. There have been many criticisms of the demands of this A2 options paper and OCR has responded to these points.  These [...]

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The Psychologist free for all

October 3, 2010

The September issue of The Psychologist, the monthly magazine of the British Psychological Society, is a student special that is free for all in digital form.  Visit http://tinyurl.com/bpsgift2010, and also see http://issuu.com/thepsychologist/docs/1010 for a preview of the October issue. There are articles about what is expected from undergraduate psychologists, myths and realities about careers in [...]

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British Psychological Society (BPS) Lectures for A level Students

September 30, 2010

Psychology 4 Students The BPS has announced that they are to offer two interesting one day events in Nottingham and London for psychology students.   The cost is £15 which includes a packed lunch and one free tutor place per ten student bookings. Nottingham Lectures: 17 November 2010 Lectures will include. Mark Griffiths, Professor of Gambling [...]

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In and around Cambridge 20-31st October?

September 29, 2010

Looked through the Cambridge festival of ideas list and all the events below seem relelvant to psychology teaching, with the most relevant ones highlighted.  Of interest to anyone around cambridge on those dates. Cambridge festival of ideas Green = psychology, blue = philosophy, none = interesting for one/both but not tightly tied to the subject. Sanity?: Attitudes to [...]

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Between Brain and Mind

September 26, 2010

This event might interest some people (thanks to MindNetwork), more likely the exhibition at the science museum on psychoanalysis which will run from October 13th to April 2011 will be of interest especially to anyone in London. FULL DETAILS DATE: 15 October 2010 TITLE: Between Brain and Mind? TIME: 6.00pm, followed by drinks reception at 8.00pm VENUE: Royal Geographical [...]

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Oxford University Press

September 19, 2010

Folens psychology resources, such as the excellent Companion, Exploring and Angles texts, are now part of Oxford University Press. Therefore to see all of what were the Folens texts go to the OUP page here and the new address for what was the Folens Online Companion is oxfordschoolblogs.co.uk/psychcompanion/blog

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THE INDIVIDUAL IN A SOCIAL WORLD Essays and experiments Stanley Milgram

September 19, 2010

Pinter and Martin have released the 3rd edition of Stanley Milgram’s seminal collection of essays The Individual in a Social World. This third, expanded edition of The Individual in a Social World combines articles that appeared in both of the earlier editions as well as previously uncollected material. Pinter & Martin is an independent publishing [...]

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Science and Pseudoscience

September 15, 2010

Just in case you don’t know, South West Conferences (www.southwestconferences.co.uk) are repeating their extremely popular Science and Pseudoscience conference again this year in Edinburgh, Bristol, Nottingham and London (November 8, 9, 10 and 26). £20 per students plus 1 free teacher for every 10 students. The programme includes magician turned psychologist RICHARD WISEMAN and hypnotist [...]

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Comparing Specifications

September 7, 2010

Cara Flanagan has just posted a comparison table of pass rates for the different boards on the new Folens blog here (which by the way also looks pretty good; I’ve subscribed) The key comment from her psychexchange forum post is: The fact that the different boards probably do attract slightly different cohorts mean that direct [...]

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9 evidence-based study tips

September 2, 2010

BPS Research Digest via 9 evidence-based study tips. “The September issue of The Psychologist magazine is a free-to-view student special containing a feature (pdf) by the Research Digest editor on the journey from A-level to Undergrad psychology, including the following 9 evidence-based study tips.” Which can be found on the digest/in the magazine.  Get them [...]

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