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    AO1 Knowledge and understanding


    Cambridge International AS & A Level Psychology 9990 (for examination from 2024)
    Skills Exercises - AO1 Knowledge and understanding

  • Exercise 2: Understanding studies

    • Activity 2: Key study presentations

    • Give each learner a key study from the specialist options they have studied.

      Depending on the number of learners you may need to give each learner more than one key study.

      Learners prepare a presentation on their key study.

      Learners give the presentation to the whole class and each learner completes a copy of the summary sheet per study.

      The key studies for each specialist option are listed below:

      Specialist Option

      Key Studies

      Clinical Psychology

      Freeman et al. (2003)

      Oruč, et al. (1997)

      Grant et al. (2008)

      Chapman et al. (2013)

      Lovell et al. (2006)

      Consumer Psychology

      North et al. (2003)

      Robson et al. (2011)

      Hall et al. (2010)

      Becker et al. (2011)

      Snyder and DeBono (1985)

      Health Psychology

      Savage and Armstrong (1990)

      Yokley and Glenwick (1984)

      Brudvik et al. (2016)

      Bridge et al. (1988)

      Shoshani and Steinmetz (2014)

      Organisational Psychology

      Landry (2019)

      Cuadrado et al. (2008)

      Claypoole and Szalma (2019)

      Swat (1997)

      Giacalone and Rosenfeld (1987)

      For each of the key study presentations, learners should show knowledge and understanding of:

      • the context of the study and relationship to other studies
      • the main theories/explanations
      • the aim(s) and hypotheses
      • the design of the study, including the research method(s), sample size and demographics, sampling technique, procedure, technique for data collection
      • the results, findings and conclusions.