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Year 12 & 13
Year 12 & 13
Read
The anatomy of the brain- an overview and how the brain works.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/anatomy-of-the-brain
Case study: Multiple Personality Disorder. A 19 year old female and a 20 year old male with dissociative identity disorder.
https://www.psychiatryinvestigation.org/m/journal/view.php?number=254
Listen
Is our attention span shrinking? 40 minute talk by Gloria Mark PhD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Fbmgqt2i0
Decision making and making better decisions- Dr Michael Platt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAWUYuygS_U
Watch
Ted talks- Psychology of personality by Brian Little. 15 minutes talk on the puzzle of personality and who you really are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYvXk_bqlBk
Ted talks- neuroplasticity and shaping the brain. 15 minute talk by Lara Boyd after watching this, apparently your brain will never be the same.
Research
Click on the ‘PDF’ to access full article- Increased aggression during the Covid 19 Pandemic
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915321000901
Research review of gender stereotypes
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-psych-122216-011719
Visit
The Freud Museum, London
https://www.freud.org.uk/visit/
Chester Zoo to study and compare animal behaviour- e.g. chimp behaviour
Creative
Keep a personal diary/journal for 2 weeks and then perform a content and/or thematic analysis of your work. This could lead to greater personal insight, growth and development.
https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-psychology/participate-in-our-research
The University of East Anglia has a research portal to sign up to take part in current research!
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