Psychology Summer Work

For all of the tasks below, please only include things in your work that you understand, write your findings in your own words and do not copy and paste or use AI to write it for you.

1. For your first task, you need to create a poster about Psychology. On your poster you need to include what Psychology is. Use the internet to find a definition of psychology – what is it and what does it study? Then, you are going to research each of the five approaches to psychology that you will be covering in Year 12 which are: Psychodynamic, Biological, Learning, Social and Cognitive. You should find out how each area in psychology explains human behaviour and include a description of how each area would explain one behaviour in particular (some examples include aggression, obedience, memory, mental health). Include all of this information on your poster.

2. For your second task, you are to research one study that has been done by a psychologist. (e.g., an experiment, observation, case study). You can either choose one of the studies listed below OR you can research studies that have been done and pick one that you find particularly interesting. You are to produce a summary (aim, method, results, conclusion) of the study on one side of A4. Please make sure that this is written on your own words! And remember to only include the information you understand. Studies you might like to look at are:

· Raine et al (1997) Brain abnormalities in murderers indicated by positron emission tomography

· Bandura, Ross & Ross (1961) Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models.

· Milgram (1963) Study of obedience