There does seem to be some confusion over what students need to know about the biology of schizophrenia and whether the ‘dopamine hypothesis’ and ‘neural correlates’ are separate topics. AQA have decided that they are and should be taught separately. We have now amended the text for the one relevant spread in the Complete Companion (Dog book) […]
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The summer is generally a quiet time in A level psychology after the hectic academic year that’s just finished but this year is different. At OUP we are feverishly working on high-quality resources for the new specification and now even our cover stars are producing their own ‘resources’. Yes, the big news is that Evie, […]
Read moreWe hope it all went well and you got the results you wanted. Remember, its all because of your ability and effort. Mind you, if it didn’t…well, you can always blame your parents, after all you are a product of their genes!
Read moreOn the evening when 2010 winners Spain tumbled out of the World Cup, the post –match analysis inevitably goes into overdrive. How could a team backed full of multi-millionaire superstars lose to relatively unfancied Chile? Perhaps psychology has the answer. Professor Roderick Swaab and his team in France studied World Cup qualification games from the […]
Read moreCrazy as it sounds, psychologists have found that wearing a Superman t-shirt or a white coat can improve exam performance. Professor Karen Pine, author of ‘Mind What You Wear’ suggests that what we wear can change the way we think and feel, a phenomenon known as ‘enclothed cognition’. If you have studied aggression, you may […]
Read moreWith Unit 2 now just a couple of days away, I thought it an opportune moment to remind readers of our blog that gaining ‘big’ marks in the relatively more challenging essay questions is not all that difficult, if you follow a few simple rules. The four points below should help you to become a […]
Read moreThe perceived wisdom among many social commentators is that the violent content of games such as Manhunt or Grand Theft Auto creates feelings of aggression in players, which then spills over into aggressive behaviour in their own life. However, a new study suggests that aggressive behaviour may be linked to a player’s experiences of failure […]
Read moreCognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) became part of the mainstream treatment for psychoses in 2002, when the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) endorsed it as the main psychological treatment for schizophrenia. In 2009, they further recommended that CBT be offered ‘to all people with schizophrenia’, repeating this endorsement in the latest 2014 […]
Read moreThe dawn of a new year is often accompanied by a determination to turn over a new page in our lives – perhaps to work harder, study more, get fit or just sort our lives out. It all seems so easy on January 1, but why is it so hard to actually succeed in our […]
Read moreAs someone why generally gets a little embarrassed receiving presents at Christmas, yet loves to give them, I was interested to read Baumeister et al.’s recent article ‘Some Key Differences between a Happy Life and a Meaningful Life’, published in the Journal of Positive Psychology. Baumeister and colleagues conducted an online survey with 397 adults […]
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