OCR GCSE PSYCHOLOGY – DEVELOPMENT [Paper 1]

OCR GCSE Psychology (9-1): DEVELOPMENT

Paper One: Studies and applications in psychology

Covers:

• Stages of development; pre-natal; childhood; adolescence; and adulthood
• The development of brain structures and functions; the nervous system; neurons; synapses; and their interaction in development of the brain
• IQ tests as a measure of intelligence.

Theories/Explanations

Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

The Role of Learning on Development –

Dweck’s Mindset Theory

Willingham’s Learning Theory

• Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development:
• Cognitive Development Research Study – Piaget (1952): Study into the

conservation of number.

• Learning theories of development:
• Dweck’s ideas on fixed and growth mindsets
• Dweck’s ideas on praise for effort
• Willingham’s ideas on the myth of learning styles
• Willingham’s ideas on the importance of meaning for learning
• criticisms of learning theories including the nature/nurture

debate.

Learning Research Study – Blackwell et al. (2007): study into fixed and

growth mindsets.

Application

The changing role of education

Consists of an extensive PPT display (120 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the whole module.

 The presentation has teaching comments where suitable, exam style questions and activities to encourage thinking / discussion

Content aims to be additional to the textbook.

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The experienced author:

 Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer, and publisher.