This is the 6th in a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods Section of the Psychology A level exam. The stimulus provides information about testing the relationship between time spent on social media and mood. This paper tests: Identification of an appropriate hypothesis Operationalized co-variables Identification and justification of sampling techniques The purpose of filler questions Writing a filler question Type of data Identification of and Addressing ethical issues Interpretation of a table of descriptive stats Identification of a control measure The purpose of replication in relation to the study Writing a reference Design a study (12 marks) (An experiment including the procedure, design, variables, control measures, descriptive and inferential stats) I use narrow margins, so if the formatting is ‘out’ then try changing the margins to narrow. Please do get in touch on this website or via twitter @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Successful Psychology, if you have any questions or concerns about the resource. Thanks for looking at my resource.

This is the 5th in a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods Section of the Psychology A level exam. The stimulus provides information about an observational study in a prison to compare aggressive acts by prisoners in either a Government run or privately run prison. This paper tests: Type of observation Hypothesis Direction Writing a Null Hypothesis Operationalising behavioural categories Addressing lack of informed consent Identification and justification of sampling techniques Assessing reliability of data Calculation of percentage increase Identification and justification of a suitable inferential stats test Testing for significance using a critical values table The purpose of content analysis Explanation of how to carry out a content analysis Design a study (12 marks) (A correlation study including information on research method, variables, hypothesis writing, procedure, assessment of reliability of data, descriptive and inferential stats) I use narrow margins, so if the formatting is ‘out’ then try changing the margins to narrow. Please do get in touch on this website or via twitter @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Successful Psychology, if you have any questions or concerns about the resource. Thanks for looking at my resource.

This is the 4th in a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods section of the Psychology A level exam. The stimulus provides information about testing the relationship between anxiety and accuracy of eye-witness testimony. This paper tests: Identification of sampling technique Strengths and limitations of a sampling technique Hypothesis Writing (Correlation) Assessing the reliability of questionnaires Writing an Informed Consent Form Display of a table of data into a suitable graph Interpretation of a Scattergraph/table of data Identification and justification of a probability level Testing for Significance using critical values tables Type 1 error Writing a reference The purpose and content of an abstract Design a study (12 marks) (An experiment including experimental design, variables, control measures, procedures, specialist materials, descriptive and inferential stats) I use narrow margins, so if the formatting is ‘out’ then try changing the margins to narrow. Please do get in touch on this website or via twitter @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Successful Psychology, if you have any questions or concerns about the resource. Thanks for looking at my resource.

This is the 3rd in a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods Section of the Psychology A level exam. The stimulus provides information about an experiment that tests the difference in accuracy of recall between anxious and non-anxious participants for neutral events. This paper tests: Hypothesis Direction Hypothesis Writing Identification of ethical issues Addressing ethical issues Demand Characteristics Assessing validity of a questionnaire Calculation of percentage decrease Significant figures Interpretation of a table of descriptive statistics Identification and justification of a suitable inferential stats test Testing for significance using a critical table Type 1 error Writing a debrief Design a study (12 marks) (An observation study to provide information and justification for the type of observation, operationalised behavioural categories, time/event sampling, assessment of reliability of data) I use narrow margins, so if the formatting is ‘out’ then try changing the margins to narrow. Please do get in touch on this website or via twitter @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Successful Psychology, if you have any questions or concerns about the resource. Thanks for looking at my resource.

I have made a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods section of the exam. This is the 2nd set. The stimulus for this paper is an experiment testing the difference in the type of cola participants were required to drink and the number of hours sleep they had. The exam paper tests: Hypothesis Direction Hypothesis Writing Control Measures Identification and control of Extraneous Variables Interpretation of Descriptive Statistics Calculation of percentage decrease Testing for Significance using Critical Values Tables Identification of ethical issues Addressing Ethical issues Type 1 Error Writing a Debrief The Purpose & Content of an Abstract Design a Study (12 marks) (Correlational study) The mark scheme is comprehensive and should allow for peer marking. I usually use narrow margins, so if the formatting is out, try changing the margins to narrow. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch via this website or through twitter: @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Successful Psychology. Thank you for looking at my resource.

I have made a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods section of the exam. This is the 1st set. I have made a video to accompany this exam paper showing students how to ‘decode’ the stimulus. The stimulus for this paper is an experiment testing the difference in mood between teachers who play on dance mats for 30 minutes a day for 2 weeks and those that don’t. The exam paper tests: Sampling Limitation of a volunteer sample Hypothesis Direction Hypothesis Writing Pilot Study Control of Extraneous Variables Interpretation of descriptive statistics Justification of a Mann Whitney test Testing for Significance using Critical Values Tables Peer Review Limitation of Peer Review Type 1 Error Aims of a Debrief Design a study (12 marks) Please note that the design a study for this first set is designed to be very much like the stimulus. In the other unofficial exam papers I have written, the design a study sections are a different research method to the one in the stimulus, however, because this is the first set, this one is slightly easier in that it is asking the students to design a study similar to the original, but on students. It does have elements they will need to consider carefully, like how to ensure each participant acts as their control, which obviously has implications for the experimental design they will choose). The mark scheme is comprehensive and should allow for peer marking. It includes a model answer for the 12 mark design a study question. I usually use narrow margins, so if the formatting is out, try changing the margins to narrow. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch via this website or through twitter: @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Psychology Students. Thank you for looking at my resource.

I have written a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods section of the exams. This is the 8th set. The stimulus for this one a correlational study investigating the relationship between age and the accuracy of eye-witness testimony. This is the same stimulus as the 7th set, but with different questions. There are 24 marks as per the real exam and students should be allocated 30 minutes to complete it. The comprehensive mark scheme allows for easy marking and peer marking. This paper tests: Direction of hypotheses Hypothesis writing Strength & Limitation of a Volunteer Sample Ethical issues Dealing with ethical issues Controlling for investigator bias Mathematical symbol > (greater than) Identification of direction of correlation from a table of results Calculation of the range The purpose of peer review The limitation of peer review I usually use narrow margins, so if the formatting is out, then change the margins to narrow. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with me on this website, or on twitter @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Psychology Students Thanks very much for looking at my resource.

I have written a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods section of the exams. This is the 7th set. The stimulus for this one is a correlational study investigating the relationship between age and the accuracy of eye-witness testimony. There are 24 marks as per the real exam and students should be allocated 30 minutes to complete it. The comprehensive mark scheme allows for easy marking and peer marking. This paper tests: Identification of the research method Sampling Hypothesis writing Pilot study Demand characteristics Calculation of the mean Displaying results from a table into a graph Interpretation of the strength & direction of a correlation Writing a debrief I usually use narrow margins, so if the formatting is out, then change the margins to narrow. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with me on this website, or on twitter @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Psychology Students Thanks very much for looking at my resource.

I have written a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods section of the exams. This is the 6th set. The stimulus for this one a correlational study investigating the relationship between age and time spent on social media. There are 24 marks as per the real exam and students should be allocated 30 minutes to complete it. The comprehensive mark scheme allows for easy marking and peer marking. This paper tests: Sampling Identification of the Research Method Hypothesis writing Ethical issues Dealing with ethical issues Displaying results in an appropriate graph Interpretation of the graph Calculation of the range External Validity I usually use narrow margins, so if the formatting is out, then change the margins to narrow. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with me on this website, or on twitter @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Psychology Students Thanks very much for looking at my resource.

I have written a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods section of the exams. This is the 5th set. The stimulus for this one is investigating how long different ages groups spend on social media. There are 24 marks as per the real exam and students should be allocated 30 minutes to complete it. The comprehensive mark scheme allows for easy marking and peer marking. This paper tests: Experimental Method The direction of a hypothesis Experimental Design Sampling Extraneous Variables % increase Significant figures Interpreting Descriptive Statistics Ethics - Deception and Informed Consent Peer Review I usually use narrow margins, so if the formatting is out, then change the margins to narrow. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with me on this website, or on twitter @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Psychology Students Thanks very much for looking at my resource.

I have written a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods section of the exams. This is the first set. I have made a YouTube video explaining how to find ‘clues’ in the stimulus. It might be an idea for students to try the paper first, then watch the video to see if they would need to make any changes. The stimulus for this one is set in prison, (it’s also the stimulus for the 2nd set). There are 24 marks as per the real exam and students should be allocated 30 minutes to complete it. The comprehensive mark scheme allows for easy marking and peer marking. This paper test: Experimental Method Experimental Design Control Measure - counterbalancing Ethics - Deception and Informed Consent Dealing with ethical issues % Decrease Interpreting a table of results Sign Test Value of N and Calculated value of S Significance Implications to the economy I usually use narrow margins, so if the formatting is out, then change the margins to narrow. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with me on this website, or on twitter @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Psychology Students Thanks very much for looking at my resource.

I have created a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods section of the exam. They follow the format of the real exams, i.e. have a stimulus and all the questions are based on the stimulus. This is the second set. I has the same stimulus as the first set, but tests:: Experimental Method Experimental Design Hypothesis direction Operationalised Dependent Variable Control Measure: Counterbalancing Testing for Significance using a critical values table Assessing reliability of data Calculating a % Significant figures Informed consent The paper has 24 marks and should be allocated 30 minutes to complete in exam conditions as per the real exam. If you have any problems or questions about the resource please contact me on this website or twitter: @blonde_pretzel or YouTube: Psychology Students. The mark scheme is comprehensive and allows for easy marking and peer marking. Thanks for looking at my resource.

This is the 3rd set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods Section of AS Level Psychology. I have made a short video to help guide students on how to read the stimulus and make ‘clues’ which will help them answer the questions in the exam paper. There is a stimulus (the same stimulus as the 4th set unofficial exam paper) and questions (24 marks) for students to answer. Because it’s AS level I have only put 24 marks worth of questions. I am currently making unofficial exam papers for A level that have 48 marks. This paper tests: Experimental Design Sampling technique Hypothesis (directional/non-directional) Hypothesis writing Extraenous Variables Random Allocation Percentage Increase calculation Interpeting descriptive statistics Implications to the economy There is a mark scheme for ease of marking, and/or peer marking. As in the real AQA exam, students should be given 30 minutes to complete the paper. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch either on this website, or via twitter: @blonde_preztel.

This is the 4th set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods Section of AS Level Psychology. There is a stimulus (the same stimulus as the 3rd set unofficial exam paper) and questions (24 marks) for students to answer. Because it’s AS level I have only put 24 marks worth of questions. I am currently making unofficial exam papers for A level that have 48 marks. I have a created a video to help students ‘de-code’ the stimulus looking for ‘clues’ to help them answer the questions. This paper tests: Experimental Method Sampling technique Operationalisation Independent variable Random allocation as a control measure Pilot Study Measures of Central Tendency (strengths and limitations of the median) Bar chart Peer Review Validity There is a mark scheme for ease of marking, and/or peer marking. As in the real AQA exam, students should be given 30 minutes to complete the paper. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch either on this website, or via twitter: @blonde_preztel.

A handy front sheet with formulas for Percentage Increase and Decrease AND a writing template for interpreting Descriptive Statistics (Measures of Central Tendency and Measures of Dispersion). Designed as a practice and assessment activity that I give to my students as homework. The mark scheme allows for quick and easy peer marking. I often get everyone to swap and spend about 10 minutes at the beginning of a lesson marking them. If you have any questions, please do get in touch either on this website or via Twitter: @blonde_pretzel or on YouTube 'Psychology Students. Many thanks

This handy revisoin timetable (Gannt Chart format) allows students to plan their own revision timetable from now until the exams in May 2019. Print onto A3 paper (single sided). The dates are split into Monday-Thursday and Friday-Sunday. They can then check every Monday and Friday to see what topics they will be revision over the next few days. They decide what when they will revise each topic from the specification, however, I have put them in the order that I recommend they start (eg starting with research methods which can come into any section.) Planning the revision could be done as a directed study task, or completed during tutorial time with help from the teacher. They should put their Gannt Chart up on a notice board (or bedroom wall) where they can easily check it every Monday and Friday to stay on track. I use narrow margins, so if the formatting is out, try making the margins narrow or contact me on this website if you need any further help. You can also tweet me: @blonde_pretzel. Many thanks

3 Years of learning, teaching and tweaking has gone into this resource to help learners understand and apply Inferential Statistics. The PowerPoint is designed to be taught during lesson time and should take between 3-4 hours. It covers: Levels of Measurement, Selection and Justification of an Inferential Statistical Test, Observed Values, Critical Values, Critical Values Tables, Probability Levels, Significance, Type 1 & Type 2 Errors. All question in the slides have full answers or explanations in the NOTES SECTION. The lesson includes activities, exam style questions and assessments throughout. I have included a check list Specification for students and this lesson covers 26, 27, 29, 33, 34, 35 This is for Year 13 (Second year A Level) A Level Psychology Students. It may also be helpful for first year of a degree students. Resources The PowerPoint: Recap on Descrptive Statistics, Levels of Measurement, Selection and Justification of an Inferential Statistical Tests, Observed Values, Critical Values, Critical Values Tables, Probability Levels, Significance, Type 1 & Type 2 Errors. RM000: Handout of the specification with a checklist for students to keep at the front of their files RM63: Summary table for the students to fill in as they do activities for Levels of Measurement (activities are explained in the notes section on the PowerPoint) RM63a: ANSWERS for the summary table (teacher copy or used for peer marking) RM66: Practice for the Sign Test RM76: A Summary Table of which Inferential Stats test to use (to be filled in as a class activity) RM76a: ANSWERS for the summary table (teacher copy or used for peer marking) RM77: Test (or directed study) on selecting and justifying the appropriate statistical test RM77a: Test AND ANSWERS on on selecting and justifying the appropriate statistical test (teacher copy or used for peer marking) RM78: Design a study practice including information on inferential statistics RM78a: ANSWERS for Design a study (teacher copy or used for peer marking) RM80: Short Answer Test (or given as directed stud) on inferential statistics (on all elements). Test should take about 15 minutes RM80a: Short Answer Test AND ANSWERS on on inferential statistics (teacher copy or used for peer marking) TES critical values tables information (where to find the critical values tables) I tend to use narrow margins on my documents, so if any of the formatting is ‘out’ then change the margins to narrow, or get in contact with me here, or on twitter @blonde_pretzel or on YouTube: Psychology Students and will help you deal with any issues. If you have any questions then please do get in touch. Many thanks

This resource is for Year 1 and Year 2 Psychology A Level students. It would also suit any subject that needs to know how to identify, calculate and interpret Measures of Central Tendency and Measures of Dispersion. This resource has the following handouts: A teaching video on Descriptive Statistics A PowerPoint to accompany the teaching video on Descriptive Statistics 02 Questions on research methods including descriptive statistics (34 marks) (and design a study for Year 2 students - 54 marks) 02a Mark scheme for the above The questions include: IV & DV Hypothesis selection Experimental Design Counterbalancing Sampling techniques (and advantages) Calculation of mean, median and mode The advantages and disadvantages of the mean, median and mode Interpretation of a means and standard deviation For Year 2: Identification and justification of inferential statistics test Design a study (observation) for 12 marks. The stimulus for the assessment questions is based on the concentric star experiment performed by HM. I’m sure you’re familiar with this experiment, but just in case you’re not… HM had his hippocampus removed to cure his epilepsy, however, it destroyed his ability to form new episodic and semantic memories. He performed an experiment where he was required to draw between the lines of concentric stars using only his reflection in a mirror (a tricky task). He got better at the task despite not remembering having ever done it. It provided evidence for a third type of long term memory - procedural, often referred to as ‘muscle memory’. I usually use narrow margins for my Word documents, so if the formatting seems a bit out, then change the margins to narrow. If you have any problems with the resources, please contact me on Twitter @blonde_pretzel or via my YouTube channel called Psychology Students. Thank you.

The Telepathy Experiment allows A Level psychology students to learn and practice research methods. It is aimed more at Year 2 of A Level. The video is a ficticious story about a telepathy experiment that did not go according to plan. It covers: Independent and Dependent Variables Hypotheses - Null, Directional and Non-Directional Sampling - Volunteer, Opportunity, Stratified, Snowball, Systematic and Random Experimental Design - Repeated Measures, Independent Groups, Matched Pairs External Validity - Ecological, Population, Temporal, Mundane Realism Control Measures - Pilot Studies, Random Allocation, Counterbalancing, Standardised Instructions, Videoing Ethics - the four ethical principles of Competence, Integrity, Confidentiality and Responsibility Inferential stats - which one to choose Levels of Measurement - Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio Files include: 01 Research methods Questions to accompany the video 02 Research methods Questions AND answers for assessment 03 A PowerPoint of the script and images that go with the video. The video (click on the video tab) If you have any issues with the resources please get in touch and I will be happy to help: Twitter: @blonde_pretzel YouTube: Psychology Students

Your AS and A level psychology students can watch this teaching video on YouTube on experimental design in psychology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1nF3-7KtZM and then complete the questions here for homework/directed study. There is also a short test designed to be 10 minutes long for individual assessment in exam conditions. Four attachments: 1) RM59: Questions on experimental design in psychology from the teaching video 2) RM59a: Questions AND answers on experimental design in psychology from the teaching video. 3) RM08: Test on experimental design in psychology 4) RM08a: Test & Answers on experimental design in psychology Two videos: 1) Teaching video on Experimental Design 2) Past Paper exam question with an explanation of how to answer it Students can either peer mark using the answers sheet, or the teacher can use the answers for quick marking. If you have any questions about the resource or teaching video please tweet me @blonde_pretzel. YouTube: psychology students https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz5zDmqyZg1mULhgXG96fow