Psychology study guides

An overview of the criminal psychology topic in OCR GCSE Psychology (J203), mapping the theories of criminal and anti-social behaviour, the criminal personality and self-fulfilling prophecy, the core studies Cooper and Mackie (1986) and Heaven (1996), and the applications that reduce and prevent crime, and how they are examined on Paper 1.

An overview of the development topic in OCR GCSE Psychology (J203), mapping Piaget's stages of cognitive development, the nature-nurture debate and brain development, Dweck's mindset theory, the core studies Piaget (1952) and Blackwell et al. (2007), and the educational applications, and how they are examined on Paper 1.

An overview of the memory and sleep and dreaming topics in OCR GCSE Psychology (J203), mapping the structure of memory, the factors affecting memory and amnesia, the features, functions and theories of sleep and dreaming, sleep disorders, and the core studies Wilson et al. (2008), Braun et al. (2002), Freud (1918) and Williams et al. (1992), and how they are examined on Paper 2.

An overview of the psychological problems topic in OCR GCSE Psychology (J203), mapping the definitions of mental health and incidence, depression and addiction (their explanations and treatments), the core studies Caspi et al. (2003) and Tandoc et al. (2015), and the effects of mental health problems, and how they are examined on Paper 1.

An overview of the research methods content in OCR GCSE Psychology (J203), which runs through both components, mapping planning and experiments, sampling and variables, data and descriptive statistics, ethics, and non-experimental methods (including correlations, reliability and validity), and how they are examined on both papers.

An overview of the social influence topic in OCR GCSE Psychology (J203), mapping conformity and obedience, the situational and dispositional factors that affect them, collective and crowd behaviour, the core studies Bickman (1974) and NatCen (2011), and the applications, and how they are examined on Paper 2.