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Psychological skills

Edexcel IAL unit 4: Clinical psychology and psychological skills · Lesson 2 of 2

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Lesson 2 of 2 · Edexcel IAL unit 4: Clinical psychology and psychological skills

Psychological skills

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Apply psychological theories, concepts and evidence from across Units 1 to 4 to unfamiliar contexts, source material and synoptic issues.
Plan and evaluate psychological investigations by identifying aims, hypotheses, variables, operationalisation, controls, experimental design, sampling, procedures and ethical considerations.

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Select, justify and critique appropriate research methods, techniques and materials for quantitative and qualitative investigations, including strengths, limitations and practical implications.

Present, interpret and evaluate quantitative and qualitative data using tables, graphs and summary measures, and draw justified conclusions from patterns, trends and anomalies.

Calculate and interpret the statistical procedures and descriptive measures required by the Pearson Edexcel International A Level specification, and decide when each is appropriate for the data and design used.

Assess psychological evidence using methodological concepts such as reliability, validity, objectivity, generalisability, replicability, bias, reductionism and the nature-nurture, person-situation and freewill-determinism debates where relevant.

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