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Psychology · Learn
11 lessons in 3 units, about 25 h 15 min of reading and core practice. Each lesson ends with a quick check.
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Unit 7
OCR research methods content covering design, conduct, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of psychological investigations.
2 lessons · 5 h of study · ≈31% of the test
Unit 8
OCR core content organised by the five psychological areas and taught through classic and contemporary core studies.
5 lessons · 12 h 30 min of study · ≈34% of the test
Unit 9
OCR applied psychology content covering mental health, criminal, child and environmental psychology.
4 lessons · 7 h 45 min of study · ≈34% of the test
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OCR component 1: Research methods · Lesson 1 of 2
Planning, carrying out and evaluating psychological research in OCR A Level Psychology: experimental and non-experimental designs, sampling, variables, controls, procedures, ethics and practical investigation decisions. In the exam, this is tested through scenario-based method selection, design improvement, operationalisation, ethics/application questions and extended evaluation of methodological choices.
2 h 30 min of study≈16% of the test
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