Areas in Psychology Category
Spec 2008 - Draft Proposal Now Out
By: Jamie Davies on: Apr 9,2007 In: Applied Psychology, Areas in PsychologyWe’ve all been waiting with baited breath for the last few months to see the new draft specification for teaching from September 2008 and on the 30th (a whole day before the deadline and well before AQA ;) ) they were released to the masses. So, what does this mean for us? Here [...]
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- Tags: A2, AS, ocr, Spec 2008
Zimbardo in the UK and a new blockbuster movie
By: Jamie Davies on: Apr 8,2007 In: Social PsychologyPhil Zimbardo the social psychologist behind The Stanford Prison Experiment that you study in the AS course is visiting the UK to give a series of talks and conferences and also to promote his new book “The Lucifer Effect”. The book (which has a website here) looks at why seemingly ‘normal’ people commit [...]
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Milgram meet the 21st Century: Virtual Obedience?
By: Jamie Davies on: Apr 7,2007 In: Applied Psychology, Social PsychologyThe massive ethical issues surrounding Milgram’s study of obedience have always made it difficult to replicate it in a psychological setting (although this hasn’t stopped TV companies jumping on the concept). Recently in the UK a group of psychologists at UCL have worked around this problem using virtual reality.
Each of the 23 participants wore [...]
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- Tags: AS, core studies, Milgram, obedience, Research
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