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Sports Psychology Careers

Sport and Exercise Psychology Careers

Psychology Career,

Sport and Exercise Psychology Careers

 


If you want to further research the role of a clinical psychologist then it is highly recommended that you read Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction.

A career in Sport and Exercise Psychology can be one of the most rewarding jobs and can lead to you travelling a great deal. The England football team took numerous sports psychologists to Brazil for the world cup. In fact, if you look at any major sporting event, you will find that sports psychologists are there often employed by competitors in order to help them gain an edge. One thing is clear, if you are looking into a career in sports psychology, then you will have to like both sport and psychology!
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Forensic Psychology Course Podcasts

Forensic Psychology, OCR A2 Psychology,

Many people have requested that I record audio versions of the studies for OCR A2 Psychology. So now everything you need is in this online psychology course.

The Forensic Psychology studies have all been recorded and added to the pages. Although it is possible to download these, it is a tedious process. So I have made all the files for the Forensic Psychology unit available in a downloadable zip file.

Now, you will be able to listen to these audio podcasts on the go and have no excuse for no revising!


Download all the audio recordings of the studies here!

Ethical Issues in Psychology

Articles, G544, OCR A2 Psychology,

Ethical Issues in Psychology

 

In Psychology some of the most contested issues are ethical issues. Many of the greatest psychological studies have been hugely unethical. For example, Milgram (1963), Zimbardo (1973). One of the problems one encounters when conducting psychological research is considering the extent to which the research depends upon being unethical.  Milgram’s infamous study conducted to the highest ethical peaks would not have provided such an insight of human obedience because it would have become completely ecologically invalid — in real life we cannot simply withdraw from the research. Furthermore, demand characteristics would have undoubtably had a confounding effect upon the results. Continue reading Ethical Issues in Psychology →

Data and Levels of Measurement

G544, OCR A2 Psychology,

Data and Levels of Measurement


One of the trickiest parts of the G544 approaches and research methods in Psychology exam is making sure you follow the directions provided with the question. Many people have problems with directions regarding levels of measurement, for example: ‘use ordinal data’. Hopefully this article will help you understand the different levels of measurement differently and how they can be collected, which will be crucial in ensuring you can easily answer all the questions in the exam.

There are four different levels of measurement:

  • Nominal
  • Ordinal
  • Interval
  • Ratio

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