CSF super-curricular: Psychology A-level by Comberton Sixth Form

Book: The Lucifer Effect

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:02:14 UTC

Book by Zimbardo.

Book: Phantoms in the Brain

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:03:44 UTC

Book: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:05:49 UTC

Brilliant book with case studies of patients with different neurological disorders. Available in the school library.

Book: The Language Instinct

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:07:02 UTC

Book: Madness Explained

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:10:40 UTC

Book: Bad Science

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:11:58 UTC

Ben Goldacre’s wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.

Book: The Private Life of the Brain

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:14:55 UTC

What is happening in the brain when we drink too much alcohol, get high on ecstasy or experience road rage? Challenging many preconceived notions, Susan Greenfield's groundbreaking book seeks to answer one of science's most enduring mysteries: how our unique sense of self is created.

Book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:17:22 UTC

Fantastic book about ASC, can be found in the library.

Book: Angles on Criminal Psychology

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:19:20 UTC

Book: Offender Profiling and Crime Analysis

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:20:22 UTC

Book: The Psychopath Test

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:24:05 UTC

What if society wasn't fundamentally rational, but was motivated by insanity? This thought sets Jon Ronson on an utterly compelling adventure into the world of madness.

Book: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:26:52 UTC

Book: Mindset

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:28:13 UTC

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success-but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset.

Book: Nature via Nurture

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:29:42 UTC

Armed with the extraordinary new discoveries about our genes, Ridley turns his attention to the nature versus nurture debate to bring the first popular account of the roots of human behaviour.

Book: Talking to Strangers

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:32:58 UTC

Using stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.

TED Talk: Do you really know why you do what you do?

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:35:12 UTC

Experimental psychologist Petter Johansson researches choice blindness - a phenomenon where we convince ourselves that we're getting what we want, even when we're not.

Podcast: All in the Mind

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:36:34 UTC

The show on how we think, feel and behave. Claudia Hammond delves into the evidence on mental health, psychology and neuroscience.

TED Talk: How reliable is your memory?

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:37:49 UTC

Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn't happen or remember them differently from the way they really were.

TED Talk: The psychology of evil

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:39:04 UTC

Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from the Abu Ghraib trials. Then he talks about the flip side: how easy it is to be a hero, and how we can rise to the challenge.

TED Talk: Human nature and the blank slate

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:40:34 UTC

Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it incredibly upsetting.

TED Talk: Depressed dogs, cats with OCD...

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:41:52 UTC

Behind those funny animal videos, sometimes, are oddly human-like problems. Laurel Braitman studies non-human animals who exhibit signs of mental health issues -- from compulsive bears to self-destructive rats to monkeys with unlikely friends. Braitman asks what we as humans can learn from watching animals cope with depression, sadness and other all-too-human problems.

Podcast: The Missing Cryptoqueen

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:47:54 UTC

Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.

Podcast: Mental Muscle

ejenkins71 — 2023-01-16 11:50:39 UTC

Mental Muscle tackles the science behind the sport. Join Julia Ravey as she takes an in-depth look.

Book: Psychology: Why It Matters

ejenkins71 — 2023-06-06 07:26:10 UTC

Richard Wiseman takes you on a personal journey into the fascinating world of psychology, focusing on what makes for meaningful research. He explores how psychology reveals the hidden workings of the mind, boosts critical thinking, debunks myths, improves lives, and informs debates in politics, philosophy, and education. This insider’s guide lifts the lid on how psychologists go about their work, examines contemporary challenges associated with studying the mind, and encourages students and researchers to reflect on why they do what they do.

If you’ve ever wanted to think like a psychologist, spot a liar, uncover the truth about happiness, or discover how to create a more altruistic society, then this book is for you.

Podcast about Rosenhan

ejenkins71 — 2023-07-03 12:23:14 UTC

Claudia Hammond revisits another classic psychology experiment, David Rosenhan's Pseudo-Patient Study, gaining access to his unpublished personal papers to discover how it changed our understanding of the human mind, and its impact 40 years on.

Online maths course

ejenkins71 — 2023-08-29 19:25:35 UTC

This course helps you nail percentages, ratios, fractions, decimals and the other mathematical skills that you will need on your A-Level Psychology course and beyond. Work through it at your own pace, practice difficult skills and reduce your anxiety around maths with worked examples. You can access this maths for psychology A level course free of charge online. Although designed for AQA it covers lots of the OCR maths too so is really useful.

The Psychologist: psychology and jury decision-making

sellegaard — 2024-09-04 13:48:34 UTC

The Psychologist: the use of p values in statistical testing

sellegaard — 2024-09-04 13:52:16 UTC

Should we continue to use p-values and focus on a 5% threshold?

BPS Research Digest: ECT

sellegaard — 2024-09-04 14:56:16 UTC

BPS Research Digest: immune changes in depression

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The Psychologist guide to... Prisons

sellegaard — 2024-10-04 17:57:49 UTC

BPS Research Digest: unconscious exposure therapy for phobias

sellegaard — 2024-10-04 17:59:34 UTC

BPS Research Digest: are participants more likely to obey if they believe it is for 'hard' science?

sellegaard — 2024-10-04 18:00:46 UTC

The Psychologist: Should psychologists embrace AI-powered hypothesis generation?

sellegaard — 2025-02-01 12:53:17 UTC

The Psychologist: Dispelling myths about randomisation

sellegaard — 2025-02-01 12:56:04 UTC

The Psychologist: Five ways 'honest' placebos can help

sellegaard — 2025-02-01 12:57:59 UTC

Podcast: Mind changers

sellegaard — 2025-08-06 09:34:32 UTC

A BBC Radio 4 series exploring the development of psychology during the 20th century. Each episode focuses on an influential psychologist or case.

BPS research digest

sellegaard — 2025-08-06 09:34:44 UTC

The BPS produce a digest which is useful for keeping up-to-date with recent research. You can sign up for a weekly email.

Psychology review

sellegaard — 2025-08-06 09:47:46 UTC

The A level review magazines are targeted at you with topical articles and cutting-edge research to deepen subject knowledge and develop independent learning skills - plus expert exam advice tailored to the latest specifications. Hard copies can be found in the library or you can access via the link.

New Scientist

sellegaard — 2025-08-06 09:54:40 UTC

A popular science magazine that often has psychology-related articles. You can access online via the Sora app - see the librarians for help if you have any issues.

BPS Research Digest: half of those arrested in London may have undiagnosed ADHD

sellegaard — 2026-02-09 16:16:02 UTC

BPS Research Digest: acute and chronic depression appear differently in the brain

sellegaard — 2026-02-09 16:17:44 UTC

BPS Research Digest: brain changes across four common mental health diagnoses look "strikingly similar"

sellegaard — 2026-02-09 16:22:55 UTC

Podcast: PsychCrunch from the BPS

sellegaard — 2026-04-17 09:58:27 UTC

BPS Research Digest: Does what you know affect what you see?

sellegaard — 2026-04-17 10:05:47 UTC

BPS Research Digest: Autistic and allistic faces may speak different emotional languages

sellegaard — 2026-04-17 10:09:40 UTC

New Scientist: Psychedelics may be no better than antidepressants for depression

sellegaard — 2026-04-17 10:20:52 UTC

BPS Research Digest: New students have a whole lot of misconceptions about psychology

sellegaard — 2026-04-17 10:23:56 UTC

BPS Research Digest: Autism sex bias falls as age at diagnosis rises

sellegaard — 2026-06-08 11:51:44 UTC

BPS Research Digest: Virtual therapy by video performs similarly to face-to-face sessions

sellegaard — 2026-06-08 11:53:04 UTC

BPS Research Digest: Scientists discover seven types of tension found in psychological conditions

sellegaard — 2026-06-08 11:55:32 UTC