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Acknowledgements

To Sarah for all of her patience and support. To Caitlin, Violet and Tess for making psychology real! And to Ben – never to be forgotten. MB

To mum, my inspiration and my constant support and champion. To Emmie and Christopher for their love and hugs and not minding when mummy had to take her laptop camping. And to Tom for listening. HK

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Introduction

Psychology is a great subject to study because it offers such a varied set of skills, from considering different theories to looking at evidence from research to carrying out investigations to in-depth evaluation of controversial debates. You will learn about a variety of really interesting topics, such as what happens to our memory if we have a brain injury, why certain people become criminals, what is meant by schizophrenia, how we develop mentally, what makes us obey others and why we dream. You’ll also learn about how to conduct research and analyse the results, as well as how to think critically.

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and is designed to cover the specification content for OCR GCSE (9–1) Psychology. Each chapter focuses on a different topic including a clear focus on mental health, a theme developed in conjunction with the Time to Change organisation. Each chapter covers the six key areas:

    •  biological

    •  cognitive

    •  developmental

    •  social

    •  individual differences

    •  research methods.

Apart from research methods, each chapter introduces you to key concepts within the topic, considers two competing theories, details two key studies and looks at how research can be applied to real-life environments. Within the chapters, there are a number of different activities to reinforce your knowledge and understanding of the content. There are also extension tasks to take each topic a bit further.

Features

Learning objectives

Found at the beginning of each chapter, learning objectives outline the key objectives for the chapter and how these relate to the specification.

STUDY HINT

Handy tips for studying psychology

Key terms

A short definition of key vocabulary. Key terms are highlighted in the text at their first mention in each chapter. They are defined in the main text and in the glossary.

Neuropsychology now

You will find sections relating to neuropsychology throughout the book. Where these sections occur, they will be called ‘Neuropsychology now’.

DIY

Mini investigations to try out yourself

Time for some maths

Maths questions and activities to help you brush up on your maths skills

Check your understanding

Short, knowledge-based questions to help you check you’ve understood different topics

Extension

Extension activities to take what you’ve learnt further

Challenge

Short tasks and activities that help to reinforce learning

Something to think about

Questions or issues for you to consider

Cross references to required research methods skills

SUMMARY

Each chapter finishes with a summary of key points covered in the chapter

Practice questions

Questions designed to offer study practice