WELCOME PSYCHSTORY MEMBERS
ACCESS TO ALL RESOURCES
PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Behaviourism
• Psychodynamic Approach
• Humanistic / Positive Psychology
• Social Learning Theory
• Cognitive Biases and Heuristics
RESEARCH METHODS AND SCIENCE
• Research Methods
• Statistics
• Scientific Processes
• Issues and Debates (including Nature–Nurture, Determinism, Reductionism)
CORE TOPICS
• Memory
• Attachment
• Social Influence
• Psychopathology
• Neuroscience / Biopsychology
• Aggression
• Addiction
• Relationships
• Social Cognition
• Stress
• Gender
• Schizophrenia
• Forensic Psychology
• Eating Behaviour
ESSAY WRITING, STUDY SKILLS AND RESOURCES
ESSAY WRITING, STUDY SKILLS, AND RESOURCES
• Essay Writing Guides
• Study Skills Toolkit
• Revision Summaries
• How to Write a Psychology Essay
• How to Structure Arguments
• How to Build Evaluation Paragraphs
• Active Recall and Elaboration Guides
• Flashcards and Retrieval Tasks
• Revision Strategies
EXAM-SPECIFIC CONTENT
• AO1: Explanations, Definitions, Mechanisms, Theories, Models
• AO3: Evaluation, Strengths, Weaknesses, Validity, Reliability, Generalisability, Issues and Debates
• 16 Markers: Structure, Model Answers, Annotated Commentary
• Multiple-Choice Quizzes (topic and mixed)
• Short-Answer Questions (3 and 6 markers, recall items)
• Essay Exemplars (full-mark, mid-level, comparative, examiner-style annotation)
VISUAL AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES
• Diagrams and Flowcharts
• Brain and Neuroendocrine Pathway Diagrams
• Video Explanations
• Interactive Timelines
• Drag-and-Drop Tasks
• Concept Maps and Mind Maps
• Approach Comparison Charts
• Method Matching Tasks
WIDER READING AND MEDIA
• Book Lists (academic, popular science, classics, modern research)
• Documentary Guides (neuroscience, social behaviour, clinical, cognition, evolution)
• Film Lists (psychological themes, disorders, social processes)
• Podcast Lists (cognitive science, social psychology, neuroscience, behavioural science, evolution)
• University-Level Resources (research portals, lectures, course pages, open-access journals)
• Interactive Research Tools (experiments, RT tasks, bias tasks, language demos, perception tests)
• Curated Psychology and Neuroscience Weblinks
• Examination Techniques
• Access to PsychStory Podcasts and Webinars
• How to Learn Toolkit
ASSESSMENT TOOLS
TESTS AND QUIZZES
• Topic Quizzes
• Mixed-Topic Quizzes
• End-of-Unit Tests
• Full Exam Simulations
• Timed Practice
• Multiple-Choice Questions
• Short-Answer Questions
• Scenario-Based Questions
• Ethical Dilemma Questions
• Research Methods Calculations
• Statistical Decision-Tree Tasks
• 16-Marker Practice Sets
EXAM AND ESSAY SUPPORT
• Essay Exemplars (full-mark, mid-level, comparative)
• Examiner-Style Annotation
• Paragraph Structure Models
• AO1 and AO3 Practice Sets
• Essay Planning Sheets
• Evaluation Drills
INTERACTIVE RESEARCH TOOLS
• Online Experiments
• Reaction-Time Tasks
• Cognitive Bias Demonstrations
• Language Processing Tasks
• Memory and Perception Tests
• Variables and Operationalisation Builders
• Method-Matching Exercises
