SCHEME OF WORK FOR OCR A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY (H567) A Level Component 1: Research Methods Homework/ Lesson Lesson Aims and Lesson Content Elements Lesson Plenary Assessment (teacher, No Objectives peer, self) 1 Populations, samples Outline target population Starter Ideas blast How to recruit participants for research. OCR resource sampling Homework Research – – – and sampling and sample key terms. knowledge task:. real life psychological Smarties task To represent different ways to sample – techniques (1.2) studies (from the Describe and evaluate populations and to show idea of sample being representative of specification) and identify random, snowball, target population. their sampling opportunity and self- Strengths/Weaknesses task and check understanding of techniques. sampling methods task: techniques. 2 Methodological Outline the purpose of Starter True/False Present different psychological studies Hot seating: Roleplay Homework Watch – – – issues (1.3) ethical considerations. and ask which they thought actually happened. These could be different unethical video clips of unethical Reimer, Milgram, Watson And Rayner, and Bandura. Provide researchers and ask research and apply Describe and apply the debrief that they were all real and discuss purpose of ethical questions about why ethical considerations to of ethics and BPS’ code considerations. they felt it was justified these. Links available in: conduct to include; respect, to break ethical OCR resource: informed consent, right to Research different ethical considerations using website: BPS’ guidelines. withdraw, confidentiality, OCR resource: Apply ethical considerations to studies: competence, responsibility, protection of participant, debrief, integrity, and deception.
SCHEME OF WORK FOR OCR A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY (H567) A Level Component 1: Research Methods Lesson No Elements Lesson Aims and Objectives Lesson Content Lesson Plenary Homework/ Assessment (teacher, peer, self) 1 Populations, samples and sampling techniques (1.2) Outline target population and sample key terms. Describe and evaluate random, snowball, opportunity and sampling techniques. Starter – Ideas blast – How to recruit participants for research. Smarties task – To represent different ways to sample populations and to show idea of sample being representative of target population. Strengths/Weaknesses task and check understanding of methods task: OCR resource sampling knowledge task:. Homework – Research real life psychological studies (from the specification) and identify their sampling techniques. 2 Methodological issues (1.3) Outline the purpose of ethical considerations. Describe and apply the BPS’ code of ethics and conduct to include; respect, informed consent, right to withdraw, confidentiality, competence, responsibility, protection of participant, debrief, integrity, and deception. Starter – True/False – Present different psychological studies and ask which they thought actually happened. These could be Reimer, Milgram, Watson And Rayner, and Bandura. Provide debrief that they were all real and discuss purpose of ethical considerations. Research different ethical considerations using BPS’ website: OCR resource: Apply ethical considerations to studies: Hot seating: Roleplay different unethical researchers and ask questions about why they felt it was justified to break ethical guidelines. Homework – Watch video clips of unethical research and apply ethical considerations to these. Links available in: OCR resource: self-
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