OCR Research Methods for Psychology AS & A2

Summary:
Are you ready for the Psychological Investigations Paper at AS? Need help preparing for the Approaches Paper at A2?

Endorsed by OCR for use with the OCR A Level Psychology specification, our Psychology and specification experts guide you through the key concepts for units G541 and G544. Part 1 prepares you for the Psychological Investigations AS unit. Part 2 builds on this to prepare you for the practical project design and synoptic questions in the A2 exam.

Inside you'll find support for:

- approaches, perspectives, and research methods for AS
- descriptive statistics for AS
- issues and debates for A2
- interpretation of inferential statistics for A2.

Throughout the book there are links to the separately available Psychology AS for OCR and Psychology A2 for OCR: Applied Options books, containing the support and detail to help you work towards top marks.

• Matched to the specification by an expert author and an examiner
• All the key concepts at AS and A2 explained in simple terms
• Help making the links between methods and approaches in the exam

Table of Contents:
Part One: OCR AS Unit G541: Psychological Investigations
Chapter 1 Approaches and perspectives
Chapter 2 Methods of data collection and analysis
Chapter 3 Issues in psychological investigations
Part Two: OCR A2 Unit G544: Approaches and Research Methods in Psychology
Chapter 4 Designing a practical project
Chapter 5 Approaches, perspectives and debates for A2
Chapter 6 Research methods for A2
Bibliography
Index

About the Author(s):
Moira Donald is Head of Psychology at the Stephen Perse Sixth Form College in Cambridge. Moira recently graduated in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, following a previous career as a university lecturer in history.

Louise Ellerby-Jones is an examiner for a leading exam board and a teacher of psychology at The Highfield School, Letchworth. She is co-author of OCR Psychology for AS also published by Hodder Education, and an active member of the Association for the Teaching of Psychology.

Readership:
AS and A2 level