BIC Psychology: Year 12 Lesson Timeline

Week Unit 1: Social & Cognitive Unit 2: Biological psychology, learning

beginning Psychology: theories and development:
1 4/9 Icebreakers, Expectations and Skills for Psychology
2 9/9 Intro to Soc Psy: nature of Psy Intro to Bio Psy: Nature v Nurture
investigation
3 18/9 Theories of Obedience & Dissent: Brain Structure & Scanning techniques: P
Milgram Gage, C Whitman, CATs, PETs, MRIs
4 23/9 Obedience & Dissent: Burger Role of hormones in aggression: Raine
5 30/9 Conformity: Asch’s studies Role of genes in aggression: Twin Studies
6 7/10 Conformity & Minority Influence: Contemporary Bio Studies of Aggression:
Moscovici/Haun et al/Nemeth Brendgen/McDermott & Extnd Essays
7 14/10 Conformity & Minority Influence: Contemporary Bio Studies of Aggression:
Moscovici/Haun et al/Nemeth Brendgen/McDermott & Extnd Essays
8 21/10 Self-report techniques Bio-rhythms: zeitgebers, circadian/infradian
(questionnaires), types of data rhythms, Siffre Cave Study
HALF TERM
9 4/11 Ethics in Psychology Contemporary studies of sleep: Hoefelmann
10 11/11 Quan/Qual data; measures of central Correlational method: planning/designing
tendency, dispersion & distribution and carrying out.
11 18/11 Revision & End of Social Psy topic test Spearman’s rank & revision of the unit
12 25/11 Intro to Cognitive Psy: Memory AO2 Questions, Revision & End of topic Bio
models, Atkinson and Schriffin Psy test
13 2/12 Baddeley & Hitch, & Reconstructive Intro to Learning Theories & Developmental
Memory (Bartlett et al, War of the Psy: Classical Conditioning; Pavlov &
ghosts) Watson & Rayner
14 9/12 Reconstructive Memory: Sacchi et al Operant Conditioning: Skinner & application
15 16/12 Experimental design & research: Social Learning Theory: Bandura/Bobo &
Types of variables & hypotheses Intro to Observational methods (inc,
demand characteristics & ethics).
XMAS HOLS
16 7/1 Experimental design & research: Social Learning Theory: Bandura/Bobo &
Types of design. Intro to Observational methods (inc,
demand characteristics & ethics).
17 13/1 Experimental design & research: Using conditioning to treat phobias:
Objectivity, reliability and validity Capafon et al. Ethics
18 20/1 Experimental method: Stroop test, Freud’s theories of the unconscious and
topic revision & test psycho-sexual stages
19 27/1 Expt topic revision & test Freud’s therapies: Little Hans Case Study
20 3/2 Statistical tests and probability Contemporary Learning Theory: Prot,
Bastian et al
21 10/2 Test of significance, types of errors & Observational Research: Quantitative &
Wilcoxon test Qualitative data, Participant & Non-
participant, Overt & Covert, Structured &
Naturalistic
22 17/2 Case study of brain damaged patient, Chi_Squared & Thematic Analysis; How to
HM write a full research report
HALF TERM
23 3/3 Revision & End of Cog Psy topic test Ethics of animal research: Kanzi & Bateson’s
Cube Approach
24 9/3 Revision Strategies for Psychology Revision & End of Learning Psy topic test
25 16/3 Revision for 11th May Revision for 14th May
26 23/3 Revision for 11th May Revision for 14th May
27 30/3 Revision for 11th May Revision for 14th May
EASTER HOLS
28 27/4 Revision for 11th May Revision for 14th May
29 4/5 Revision for 11th May Revision for 14th May
30 11/5 Unit 1 Exam: Monday 11th May Unit 2 Exam: Thursday 14th May