Summary: Friday Afternoon Psychology is packed with many fun and engaging revision activities. The activities have been chosen to allow students to apply their knowledge using a variety of learning styles, and to review and reinforce their understanding of key terms and concepts. They include a host of popular games like bingo, dominoes and a range of card games. These enjoyable activities make revision exercises fun and can be used at any point within a lesson. The pack is fully photocopiable and once the teacher has a set of cards prepared they can be used over and over with all groups, bringing variety and fun to any revision session. The free CD-ROM provides a PDF version of the pack for easy printing. Also included in the pack: a specification matching chart to allow easy integration into any course, answers, suggested timings and teaching notes.
Provides a range of enjoyable and engaging activities to develop learning styles and reinforce knowledge and understanding of key concepts Activities can be adapted for individual, paired or group workActivities can be used flexibly in revision sessions or throughout the course
Provides a range of enjoyable and engaging activities to develop learning styles and reinforce knowledge and understanding of key concepts
Activities can be adapted for individual, paired or group work
Activities can be used flexibly in revision sessions or throughout the course
Table of Contents: 1 Non-experimental methods and techniquesBingo: Self-report methodsMatching: Observational researchMatching: Self-reported dataTriominoes: Correlational researchTriominoes: The case-study methodYes/No/Why?: Correlation2 Experimental methods and designsBingo: An experimental hypothesisBingo: Laboratory experimentsData response: Identifying experimentalmethods and statistical analysesTriominoes: Experimental designsTriominoes: Experimental methods3 Identifying aspects of researchConverting: Hunch to hypothesisMatching: SamplesMissing words: Biases in researchRanking: The research processStepping stones: The research process4 Approaches and perspectivesBingo: The psychodynamic approachBingo: The social approachMatching: The behaviourist approachMatching: The cognitive approachMatching: The individual differences/abnormal approachSpotlight: The developmental approachSpotlight: The physiological approach5 Issues in psychologyCritical thinking: EthicsPrompting: UsefulnessRanking: Reliability and validityRanking: The nature/nurture debateSorting: Qualitative and quantitative data6 Statistical terminologyBingo: Basic statistical termsBingo: Further statistical termsMatching: Data displayPlay your cards right: Choosing statistical testsPlay your cards right: Defining data