OCR A2 Psychology Student Unit Guide: Unit G544 Approaches and Research Methods in Psychology

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Table of Contents:
Introduction
About this guide
The A2 specification
Background
The topic areas
Examination guidance
Assessment objectives
Content Guidance
About this section
(A) Research methods in psychology
(A1) Research methods
(A2) Operationalising variables
(A3) Experimental designs
(A4) Control of extraneous variables
(A5) Sampling
(A6) Ethical issues
(A7) Data
(A8) Inferential tests
(B) Approaches, perspectives, debates and issues in psychology
(B1) Approaches in psychology
(B2) Perspectives in psychology
(B3) Debates in psychology
(B4) Issues in psychology
Questions & Answers
About this section
Section A
Candidate answer 1
Candidate answer 2
Section B
Candidate answer 1
Candidate answer 2

About the Author(s):
David Clarke is a chartered psychologist with over 25 years' experience as an examiner. He is series editor for the OCR AS and A2 Psychology Student Unit Guides published by Philip Allan Updates.