Psychology – Year 11 transition work
Introduction to Psychology
We would like you to do some preparation for your Psychology A level. You probably have not studied Psychology before, so this will be a good way of getting to know some very famous researchers that we will come across next year.
What do I need to do?
We would like you to research at least 5 of following psychologists using the internet or any books you have access to and put together a poster that contains:
• A brief summary of their most famous work, which might include what they have found or a theory that they have proposed
• If you can, an image of the psychologist
The poster can be hand written or done on the computer, whichever is easiest for you.
Here is an example:
HARRY HARLOW
Dr Harlow conducted most of his research using rhesus monkeys. His most famous work demonstrated that when infant monkeys were given the choice of a wire model monkey that provided food or a wire model monkey covered with soft cloth, which provided no food, the infant monkeys spent all of the time with the cloth model. This work showed us that attachment to parents is not just for food, but actually primarily for love and comfort.
Here is a list of famous psychologists we would like you to research at least 5:
• Sigmund Freud • Soloman Asch
• John Bowlby • Albert Bandura
• Burrhus Skinner • Alan Baddeley
• Elizabeth Loftus • Philip Zimbardo
We will be • Mary Ainsworth • Korad Lorenz displaying the best • Stanley Milgram • Michael Rutter posters on the classroom wall • Aaron Beck • Wilhelm Wundt