Reinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades. Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers. Content guidance will: - - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers foundations in psychology: social psychology, cognitive psychology, biological psychology and learning theories. - - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book. Sample questions and answers will: - - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence. - - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 1 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.

Reinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades. Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers. Content guidance will: - - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers psychological skills, including methods, a synoptic review of studies, issues and debates. - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book. Sample questions and answers will: - - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence. - - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 3 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.

Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from experienced teacher and examiner XXX. Use a selection of examples activities to improve your understanding of psychological concepts. Apply psychological terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words. - Plan and pace your revision with the revision planner - Use the expert tips to clarify key points - Avoid making typical mistakes with expert advice - Test yourself with end-of-topic questions and answers and tick off each topic as you complete it - Get exam ready with last minute quick quizzes at www.hodderplus.co.uk/myrevisionnotes

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: Psychology First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Endorsed for Edexcel Develop your students' knowledge of the foundations of modern psychological understanding with this detailed textbook for Edexcel AS and A level Psychology, with targeted activities and clear explanations to build practical, mathematical and problem-solving skills Written by experienced author and examiner Christine Brain, this AS and year one A level textbook is fully mapped to the new Edexcel specification. - Helps students build their confidence in practical, mathematical and problem-solving skills through well-presented explanations and activities - Develops understanding and helps each student reach their potential with the essential information covered in a clear, logical format, supported by illustrations, questions and extension tasks - Supports you and your students through the new specification, with accessible coverage of all the key areas of Psychology for AS and year one of A level - Encourages your students to develop their interest in Psychology and its applications, with extension tasks and relevant content

Written by leading psychology authors, Cara Flanagan, Matt Jarvis, Rob Liddle, Julia Russell and Mandy Wood, this book's engaging visual style and tone will support you through every step of your Year 1 or AS course and help you thoroughly prepare for assessment. // Endorsed by Edexcel offering high quality support you can trust. // Designed to motivate students of all ability levels with a stunning visual style to help you engage with the information. // Each topic is presented on one spread to help you instantly see the whole picture, with description and evaluation clearly separated. // `Apply it' activities provide plentiful opportunities to help you develop and practise your application and research methods skills. // Numerous links are made between topic content and 'Individual Differences' and 'Developmental Psychology'. // Evaluation points relating to 'Issues and Debates' are integrated into every topic spread. // A chapter is dedicated to research methods and practical activities are included in each chapter to prepare you for research methods questions and practical investigations. // Visual summaries help ensure you have a good grasp of the basics. // Lots of exam support throughout to help you understand the assessment objectives and mark schemes, and guide you on the skills you need for exam success.

Written by leading psychology authors, Cara Flanagan, Matt Jarvis, Rob Liddle, Julia Russell and Mandy Wood, this book's engaging visual style and tone will support you through every step of your A Level Year 2 course and help you thoroughly prepare for assessment. // Endorsed by Edexcel offering high quality support you can trust. // Designed to motivate students of all ability levels with a stunning visual style to help you engage with the information. // Each topic is presented on one spread to help you instantly see the whole picture, with description and evaluation clearly separated. // `Apply it' activities provide plentiful opportunities to help you develop and practise your application and research methods skills. // Numerous links are made between topic content and 'Individual Differences' and 'Developmental Psychology'. // Evaluation points relating to 'Issues and Debates' are integrated into every topic spread. // A chapter is dedicated to research methods and practical activities are included in each chapter to prepare you for research methods questions and practical investigations. // Visual summaries help ensure you have a good grasp of the basics. // Lots of exam support throughout to help you understand the assessment objectives and mark schemes, and guide you on the skills you need for exam success.

The routine jobs of yesterday are being replaced by technology and/or shipped off-shore. In their place, job categories that require knowledge management, abstract reasoning, and personal services seem to be growing. The modern workplace requires workers to have broad cognitive and affective skills. Often referred to as "21st century skills," these skills include being able to solve complex problems, to think critically about tasks, to effectively communicate with people from a variety of different cultures and using a variety of different techniques, to work in collaboration with others, to adapt to rapidly changing environments and conditions for performing tasks, to effectively manage one's work, and to acquire new skills and information on one's own. The National Research Council (NRC) has convened two prior workshops on the topic of 21st century skills. The first, held in 2007, was designed to examine research on the skills required for the 21st century workplace and the extent to which they are meaningfully different from earlier eras and require corresponding changes in educational experiences. The second workshop, held in 2009, was designed to explore demand for these types of skills, consider intersections between science education reform goals and 21st century skills, examine models of high-quality science instruction that may develop the skills, and consider science teacher readiness for 21st century skills. The third workshop was intended to delve more deeply into the topic of assessment. The goal for this workshop was to capitalize on the prior efforts and explore strategies for assessing the five skills identified earlier. The Committee on the Assessment of 21st Century Skills was asked to organize a workshop that reviewed the assessments and related research for each of the five skills identified at the previous workshops, with special attention to recent developments in technology-enabled assessment of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. In designing the workshop, the committee collapsed the five skills into three broad clusters as shown below: Cognitive skills: nonroutine problem solving, critical thinking, systems thinking Interpersonal skills: complex communication, social skills, team-work, cultural sensitivity, dealing with diversity Intrapersonal skills: self-management, time management, self-development, self-regulation, adaptability, executive functioning Assessing 21st Century Skills provides an integrated summary of the presentations and discussions from both parts of the third workshop.