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Gross Guides to Psychology: OCR A2 Richard Gross

Gross Guides to Psychology: OCR A2 By Richard Gross

Gross Guides to Psychology: OCR A2 by Richard Gross


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Help make sense of the specification, one step at a time with this stripped-down guide.

Gross Guides to Psychology: OCR A2 Summary

Gross Guides to Psychology: OCR A2 by Richard Gross

Help make sense of the specification, one step at a time with this stripped-down guide. The Gross Guides can be used from the beginning of the course to study for lessons, or just before exams as a revision tool. Whatever revision method your students use, they will find guidance on how to revise the three key areas covered in their exams. - Includes headline factual knowledge right through to more complex ideas, looking at how topics link together, to help stretch and challenge your students - Evaluation pointers summarise topics to ease revision - Bestselling author and trusted examiner team means students can rely on the Gross Guides to get them through their course

About Richard Gross

Sandra Hardern is an experienced teacher of OCR Psychology at AS and A2 and has considerable research experience at the University of Nottingham. Sarah Middleton is a Senior Examiner for a major awarding body and has been teaching Psychology for 16 years. Richard Gross is the leading author in Psychology publishing in the UK. His bestselling titles include 'Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour', 'Key Studies in Psychology' and 'Themes, Issues and Debates in Psychology'.

Table of Contents

Forensic psychology 1.Turning to crime Upbringing Cognition Biology 2.Making a case Interviewing witnesses Interviewing suspects Offender profiling 3.Reaching a verdict Persuading a jury Witness appeal Reaching a verdict 4.After a guilty verdict Imprisonment Alternatives to imprisonment Treatment programmes Health and clinical psychology 5.Healthy Living Theories of health belief Methods of health promotion Features of adherence to medical regimes 6.Stress Causes of stress Measuring stress Techniques for managing stress 7.Dysfunctional behaviour Diagnosis of dysfunctional behaviour Explanations of dysfunctional behaviour Treatments for dysfunctional behaviour 8.Disorders Characteristics of disorders Explanations and treatments of an anxiety disorder: Phobias Explanations and treatments of an affective disorder: Depression Explanations and treatments of a psychotic disorder: Schizophrenia Sport and exercise psychology 9.Sport and the individual Personality Aggression Motivation 10.Sport performance Arousal Anxiety Self-confidence 11.Social psychology of sport Group cohesion Audience effects Leadership and coaching 12.Exercise psychology Exercise and pathology Exercise and mental health Issues in exercise and sport Research methods Methods of data collection and analysis Strengths and weaknesses of research methods Research questions and hypotheses Sampling Procedure Case studies and longitudinal and snapshot designs Ethical issues Levels of measurement Data collection and recording Data analysis Validity and reliability Approaches in psychology Perspectives in psychology Debates in psychology

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GOR004230681
9781444168143
1444168142
Gross Guides to Psychology: OCR A2 by Richard Gross
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder Education
2012-04-27
120
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