research in your answer (16 marks) Week3 Methods of investigating 1. Complete the the brain application task Biological rhythms- ‘what should I expect circadian from my brain test?’ 2. Describe and evaluate at least two methods of investigating the brain (16 marks) 3. Discuss research into circadian rhythms. Refer to evidence in your answer (16 marks) Week 4 Infradian and ultradian Assessment 1: This will Discuss research in to rhythms take the format of infradian and/or Endogenous and unseen examination ultradian rhythms exogenous zeitgebers questions, ranging from (16 marks) End of topic test 1 mark- 16 mark Discuss the effects of questions. Exam endogenous Folder check conditions pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers on the sleep/wake cycle (16 marks) Week 5 Research methods Revise for Issues and Case studies debates and RM test Content analysis Reliability and validity Statistical testing – levels of measurement Parametric/non-parametric tests Week 6 Probability and significance Revise for issues and Mann Whitney, Wilcoxon, debates and RM test related and unrelated t tests Spearman’s rho and Pearson’s product moment tests Chi- squared
research in your answer (16 marks) Week3 Methods of investigating the brain Biological rhythms- circadian 1. Complete the application task ‘what should I expect from my brain test?’ 2. Describe and evaluate at least two methods of investigating the brain (16 marks) 3. Discuss research into circadian rhythms. Refer to evidence in your answer (16 marks) Week 4 Infradian and ultradian rhythms Endogenous and exogenous zeitgebers End of topic test Folder check Assessment 1: This will take the format of unseen examination questions, ranging from 1 mark- 16 mark questions. Exam conditions Discuss research in to infradian and/or ultradian rhythms (16 marks) Discuss the effects of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers on the sleep/wake cycle (16 marks) Week 5 Research methods Case studies Content analysis Reliability and validity Statistical testing – levels of measurement Parametric/non-parametric tests Revise for Issues and debates and RM test Week 6 Probability and significance Mann Whitney, Wilcoxon, related and unrelated t tests Spearman’s rho and Pearson’s product moment tests Chi- squared Revise for issues and debates and RM test
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