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022860000Homework This homework is broken down into 3 sections with different activities. Assess past (A)present knowledge (B)Assess future knowledge (C)This section constitutes a week’s worth of homework and should equate with additional independent study to around 4.5 hours of your time. The homework will be checked by your teacher next week and recorded on your progression card Activity A: Assess past knowledgeCreate a glossary of all the new key terms that you have learnt in psychology so far. You might want to do this on the computer so it is easy to add to as you will be regularly updating this throughout the yearActivity B: Assess present knowledgeComplete the exam questions to test your understanding of the current knowledge in psychology so farLook at the Following Hypothesis and decide whether they are directional or non-directional :Attractive faces will be attributed more positive traits than less attractive facesDirectional Non-directionalThere will be a difference in the A-level grades of students taught using active learning compared to those using traditional methods.Directional Non-directionalIndividuals given a vitamin supplement will show reduced response time compared to those not receiving the supplement.Directional Non-directionalThere will be a greater number of trigrams recalled correctly after 3 seconds compared to after 18 seconds.Directional Non-directionalCreate a hypothesis (directional) for the following questions:Does background noise affect memory?………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….Do tired people remember less?………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………. Millie is asked to do a class presentation on introspection. As part of her presentation she said, ‘Introspection is thinking about our own thoughts.’After the presentation, her classmates said they had learned very little about introspection.Explain what else Millie could have said about the major features of introspection so that her classmates would be better informed (4 marls)………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….Read the item and then answer the question that follows.?Bradley has just started to play snooker and is keen to play well. He watches carefully when his partner takes a difficult shot then tries to copy the same shot. He thinks about how his partner was holding the snooker cue and whether he can do the same.Social learning theorists refer to the role of mediational processes in learning. Referring to Bradley’s experiences, explain the role of mediational processes in learning. (4 marks)?………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….Outline Pavlov’s research into classical conditioning and describe how classical conditioning might explain a child’s fear of school (6 marks)………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….Activity C: Assess future knowledgeThe following box includes the ethical criteria proposed by the British Psychological Society for the conduct of research. Provide a summary of each ethical guidelineThe British Psychological Society issued revised ethical principles in June 1990. In the conduct of their research, psychologists should always consider the following; Consent; Deception; Debriefing; Withdrawal from the investigation; Confidentiality; Protection of participants; Observational research; Giving advice; Colleagues; To prepare you for next week, using your textbooks/internet, make notes on the main assumptions of the biological approach ................
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