Useful Links
Here are a few links that will help you in your studies, I will update it as I find useful sites!
However if you find something good then please do email me with a link so that i can also share it with the other students!
Useful Websites
Sociology @ Budehaven website - https://sites.google.com/a/budehaven.cornwall.sch.uk/sociologybudehaven/ our website for sociology A level in resources.
Tutor2U Psychology website - https://www.tutor2u.net/psychology - A great site with lots of resources for your course! some are fee but other you do need to buy. ( but you can always share the cost with course mates...)
Psychology4A - http://www.psychology4a.com/ A great site for extra information for the old spec.
Psychlotron - http://www.psychlotron.org.uk/ A useful website for more general use.
The British Psychological Society - http://www.bps.org.uk/ - The official website of the UK governing body in psychology.
BBC All in the mind Radio Show - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qxx9 - Keep update with what is happening currently in the world of psychology by listening to this show!
Pavlov's dog - fancy a quick play with Pavlov's dog ? click here https://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/pavlov/readmore.html
Too Many Pipes for one classroom - A Psychology Blog worth looking at!
http://bridgwaterpsychology.blogspot.co.uk/
BBC Prision study - A recreation of Zimbardo's study with very different results! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frMMrkJVnUQ
The Visual Cliff - a development on the classic study that claimed we have an innate fear of heights with some interesting new insights! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanGt1G6ScA
All in the Mind on the ERA Study - Micheal Rutter talking about the ERA study at 21 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015p62y
The Psychology of Tyranny: Did Milgram Get It Wrong? - Ted talk about Obedience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxXMKg8-7o0
Things to watch!
Milgram's experiment, How do women react? - Milgram in his later studies also used women as participants, evening include women who based upon there caring profession you would expect to be humanitarians. This is a short video about 3 such ladies and how they responded to his instruction to " please continue!" https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2018/mar/12/present-traces-experiment-20-video
Film to Watch - Adam and Paul - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BctvTL4snlk - an award winning Irish film about the life of 2 heroin addicts. good as an additional reference point for those students looking at addiction !
Understanding what OCD is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax8w0TkmWhU A short film going over the characteristics of OCD, good to watch if you are feeling a little concerned.
Living with OCD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btO3kE2RrEY
A Ted talk by a girl who lives with OCD.
Psychological OCD treatment in the wild. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywMsMjGF_nw - A BBC documentary about a group of young people with OCD who are being given OCD thearpy in the wild where they can not back away from their issues.
Stephen Fry - Depression documentary - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj8hqXd7N_A This is a documentary about the famous actor, comedian and quiz show host who has for year suffered with depression. it help give you a good back ground on our depression topic.
Ted Talks -10 myths about psychology: debunked | Ben Ambridge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce31WjiVcY0
Issues & Debates:Tutor2u - Issues and debates webinars - A series of online seminars designed to help you with this area! ell worth checking out!!
1 - Gender Bias - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EYy6MlGAwI&t=208s
2 - Nature v Nurture Debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbVoLY1GsSs&t=228s
3 - Holism and Reductionism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK1P5pReifA
4 - Idiographic and Nomothetic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwaMpTv-Xgw
5 - Free Will vs. Determinism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPcVW34mkRc
6 - Ethical Implications & Social Sensitivity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHE8zkpUJqM
Forensic Psychology - Often violence is a cause for imprisonment but what is the cause of the violence? Thinks are not always clear cut. This article looks at mental health and offending http://theconversation.com/why-mental-health-treatment-is-not-an-easy-solution-to-violence-92720
10 psychology experiments you wont believe happened but did! A video about a few experiments that you may not have heard of but might find interesting! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qH2q59pSZc
Epigenetics & Genetics - A Ted talk looking at how things can be passed down within a single generation.
Student submitted links
If you find a video, website or something else that you think is worth sharing please let me know and I will add it to the list below!
Ted talks with Zimbardo - https://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil?language=en - good for social influence revision but I do advise you skip the part when he talks about abu grade prison!
Ted talks with Jon Ronson - https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_strange_answers_to_the_psychopath_test?language=en - a good little introduction to the issues around diagnosing people.
The ghost in my brain on All in the Mind - https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pel3MoZ5jL?play=true
The Psych files - a web site full of psychology interviews! - http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2009/06/episode-98-evolutionary-psychology-an-interview-with-dr-david-buss/ - This one is with Dr Buss ! so looking for a bit extra on relationships then check this out!
Ted talks Homosexuality - its survival not sex - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Khn_z9FPmU&t=188s
A really interesting view on the biological and evolutionary benefit of homosexuality. It explores the idea of genetic determination of homosexuality.
Ted talks - why we should start school later - https://www.ted.com/talks/wendy_troxel_why_school_should_start_later_for_teens - A talk about the way in which teens body clock is totally out of sink with the rest of the world when it comes to sleep patterns. Is she over stating it or is she shining a light on a real and growing problem?
Psychology A Level Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/graveneypsychology - A channel dedicated to talks on the current psychology spec! great for some extra pointers!
If you spot something you think is worth while sharing then drop me an email and if I agree it will end up on here for everyone else to check out too!!
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