Sleep disorders

The main sleep disorders attrack a lot of research as so many people suffer from them If you type the name of the sleep disorder into Google, you will get lots of links. Try out some of the sleep clinics as they are engaged in research and also give good useable definition of the disorders.

The following links might be useful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_disorder
http://sleepdisorders.about.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/articles/sleepdisorders.shtml
www.sciencedaily.com/news/health.../sleep_disorders/
www.londonsleepcentre.com/research/index.htm

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia has many forms and a range of possible causes. Year 13 have an essay to write about the psychological causes of schizophrenia. You may find the following links useful as additional reading, providing helpful A02 material.

http://www.rethink.org/about_mental_illness/mental_illnesses_and_disorders/schizophrenia/causes_of.html

http://www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk/content/?id=28

http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/004311.html

http://www.enotalone.com/article/3019.html

Try to also look at the biological causes of schizophrenia to fund arguments against psychological causes.

Year 12 Investigation

Dear all

I hope your report writing is going well. You need to do some research about the Eysenck Personality Inventory which you can find at the following Wikipedia link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eysenck_Personality_Questionnaire

You can also find information about the NEO personality inventory at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_NEO_Personality_Inventory

and the Myers Brigg personality test at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator

There will be other links from these pages to useful information. Please remember that you need to read the pages and make sense of them and then write in your own words rather than just cutting and pasting info - I can tell when you have done that so please don't!

Have a look at some of the coursework links (lower down on the blog) as these will help you to write the report.

Ms Moore

What I have learnt so far...

I have learnt about Freaud's theory about the Id, Superego and Ego and how the ego balances out the two. I have also learnt about the five main approaches in psychology.

so far ...

i have learned the five main approaches to psychology, and how to do a good presentation in front of the class, i have also learned things about freud, such as the unconscious can be tapped into when we dream.

What i have learnt so far.

In A-level pyschology i have learnt the following

-The 5 approaches to pyschology.

-how to perform a high standard presentation, also how to improve my pressentation skills.

what i have learnt so far in psychology

i have only had a few lessons, but so far i have learnt the five main approaches in psychology (behaviourist, psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive and physiological) and also the different types of psychologists (what they do, who they work with and what qualifications are needed). From this i learnt what each area of psychology has in common. I learnt this from other people's presentations which also helped us improve our own presentation skills and know what is needed to make a good presentation.