Psychology

Areas of psychology

As discussed in class there are many branches of psychology. One major part of this science involves carrying out research to develop and support theories. These experiments need to be planned carefully to ensure they are ethical and reliable.

This site gives basic tips to Experimental writing in Psychology.

Before you start your experiment, read up on ethics in experiments and summarise the __three__ key considerations.

Now you're ready to carry out your own with a partner. Pick a simple and fun topic to investigate. The report will be due in one week.

Areas of specialisation

Psychology is a large area of Science and there are several areas a forensic psychologist can work in. The following website is a guide to forensic psychology in Australia. Role description

Save to your Science folder and complete the questions using the website above.

Below is the latest release of Crime Statistics from Victoria Police

Dangerousness and Stalking

Complete this research task on. You will need to look up newspaper articles, you could start searching under the "News" tab of google or The Age website.

This article discusses a real case, read through it and answer the questions at the bottom of the document.

The following two articles contain additional notes about different types of stalkers and information to help victims of stalkers



Create your own by downloading this document and answering the questions.

For some examples of real cases check out Celebrity Stalkers

Criminal profiles

Complete the activity using the class notes.

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These articles relate to the practicality of criminal profiling of Australian offenders The Age - Article 1 The Age - Article 2

The legal system

Read the two "age of responsibility" articles

Save to your Science folder and answer the questions

Memory

The three stages of memory are encoding, storage and retrieval. Each stage must be completed in order for an individual to recall information. This clip is all about attention and memory. media type="youtube" key="vJG698U2Mvo?rel=0" height="390" width="480"