Dear John, I have a student proposing an investigation on an interesting phenomenon (whether exposure to awe-inducing astronomical imagery changes subjective duration judgements) but is it a "real-life problem"? It's definitely linked to psychology,...
Choice of research topicWould Tversky and Kahneman's study on the framing effect count as a study of rational thinking? Rational thinking doesn't seem to be explicitly tested in the study? Then again, I suppose it could be argued that as the participants weren't given the...
Study guide: Cognitive processesDear John, Can we use Caspi et al. (2003), the study on the 5-HTT gene and depression, as an example of biological reductionism?
P1A: Biological reductionismHi John!! For the question: Describe/Explain one cognitive model with reference to one example of how it explains a cognitive process or behavior. Could students use SLT to explain substance abuse?
Paper 1A question bankThanks so much John!
Supervising Extended EssayHi John and Laura - quick question for you as I still struggle to get to grips with the vastness of paper 1c! For a 1C question on bias, should students focus mainly on bias within the psychological process itself (e.g. schema-driven memory distortions),...
P1C Perspective: SchemaDear Lorena I would advise explaining to students that the DSM is the best guide to understand the symptoms and diagnosis, but nonetheless, in this curriculum substance misuse or abuse is considered as a broader health disorder, and not necessarily...
Introducing substance useI am a bit confused, I hope you can clarify something for me. While substance abuse is considered a health issue (let's say I understand the reasons for that - it's a wider health issue, even when not fulfilling the criteria for SUD), why is...
Introducing substance useDear Denis Only in so far as it will allow answering Paper 1C questions on a concept, and a Paper 2B question in which they may need to evaluate the methodology of a study.
Classical conditioning
Federico
Hello John, Do you have a list of all possible Paper 1A questions? Thanks in advance, Federico
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