Blog and updates
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13 Feb 2017
Student Wall of Fame Helps Boost Morale
A ‘Student Wall of Frame’ was just one of the many wonderful ideas shared on the tutor2u Psychology Facebook Group this week.
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10 Feb 2017
Quit Trying and Just Get a ‘C’ Grade: The Cure to Perfectionism
Quit trying and just get a ‘C’ is not the typical headline you might expect from tutor2u. However, a recent post on PsychologyToday suggests that getting a C grade might be a ‘cure’ to perfectionism.
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10 Feb 2017
Engaging Fathers in Parenting Improves Outcomes for Children
A study led by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development has found that a parenting program where fathers engage with their children through reading not only boosted the...
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9 Feb 2017
The Psychology of Sports Fans
An article on PsychologyToday, explains the psychology behind the behaviour of sports fans.
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9 Feb 2017
Culture Bias in the Oscars
Research published in the British Journal of Psychology has found that American actors who portray American culture, have the best chance of winning an Oscar award.
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8 Feb 2017
The Problem with fMRI
An article on ideas.TED.com discusses recent research which highlights a major flaw with fMRI. If the results of this research are correct, it could have a significant impact on our understanding...
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8 Feb 2017
Political Psychology Predicts Trump’s Behaviour
A psychological study of Trump’s behaviour, conducted at the Unit for Study of Personality in Politics, argues that Trump’s personality is impulsive and ambitious/exploitative.
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7 Feb 2017
Video: Smoking Cannabis Damages Brain for LIFE
A recent study has found that marijuana use can lead to long-lasting brain damage and increase the risk of developing schizophrenia.
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7 Feb 2017
Video: Space Flight Changes The Human Brain
An interesting article on the DailyGalaxy website provides an insight into the effects of space travel on the human brain.
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6 Feb 2017
Video: The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6-Year-Olds
An interesting series on the Channel 4 site titled ‘The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6-Year-Olds’ explores the difference between boys’ and girls’ behaviour. There are currently 17 clips available which...
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6 Feb 2017
tutor2u Psychology CPD Event at Harris Academy Crystal Palace
On Wednesday 1st March, Joseph Sparks will present two sessions from the ‘Success in AQA A-Level Psychology’ CPD event at Harris City Academy, Crystal Palace. You don’t need to be a teacher at...
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6 Feb 2017
Secondary School to Start Later as Pupils Can’t Get Out of Bed
While Blatchington Mill School, in Hove, East Sussex, might not be the first school to make this move, staff, students and parents are being consulted about plans to shift the school day by an...
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6 Feb 2017
Video: Understanding OCD
TeamMentalHealth.org have published a cartoon video depicting the life of someone with OCD. This video provides an interesting starting point for the AQA Psychopathology Topic, in particular, the...
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2 Feb 2017
Q&A from AQA: 16 Mark Questions for Psychological Treatments of Schizophrenia
Below you will find a question and response from AQA in relation to: 16 Mark Questions for Psychological Treatments of Schizophrenia.
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2 Feb 2017
Video: Loftus & Palmer (1974)
In this short video, Loftus outlines the famous Loftus & Palmer (1974) study, with footage from the original research.
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2 Feb 2017
Video: Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment
There are many great videos on YouTube for the Stanford Prison Experiment. However, one of my favourites is this 30 minute documentary with footage from the original and commentary by Zimbardo...
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31 Jan 2017
Video: Professor Maguire - The Neuroscience of Memory
In this video, Professor Maguire draws on evidence from virtual reality, brain imaging and studies of amnesia to show that the consequences of hippocampal damage are even more far-reaching than...
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31 Jan 2017
Letters from John Mark: A Guard in the Stanford Prison Experiment
John Mark was one of the guards in the Stanford Prison Experiment, in fact, he was the guard who became one of the most widely pictured participants from the famous Prison Experiment.
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30 Jan 2017
Introducing the Burger Evaluation Pad
Writing effective evaluation is an important skill in A-Level Psychology. In fact, evaluation is so important that it’s worth 36-38% of the entire A-Level. While there are many evaluation...
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30 Jan 2017
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
A recent study, reported on the PsychologyToday website, confirms the commonly held belief that a healthy body equals a healthy mind. The study from Boston University School of Medicine found that...
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