Hopefully you have already started revising ‘issues and debates’ which appear on paper 3 as stand alone questions, but which are also useful as evaluation issues on any of the papers.

I thought you might like to get prepared for revisiting the issues and debates with me in class this week ….. this is a fascinating idea….should we be able to control certain behaviours or temperaments by implanting electrodes directly into the brain?

This info sheet should be read before the lessons this week if possible >>Biological determinism 

This power point should give you a head start on the determinism vs freewill debate. It is straight forward and linked to some you-tube clips – so again, I suggest you work through it before the lesson if you can. >>> power point fw & D

Finally, here is some scary food for thought >>>> Free Will experiments and brain scanning

Bring your Determinism-Freewill notes to class, plus any questions you have 🙂

Don’t forget to check out the digital PHG -there are model questions and answers at the end of each chapter. Use them to help improve your own answers 🙂 

Lesson 1  – We started to consider determinism vs freewill  – see above

Lesson 2-4 – Only 3 students present today – so we used the time for personal revision.  Think about how you are revising – make it active – brainstorm the topic first- then fill in the gaps. Recall takes effort and is the only way that revision is 100% effective. Reading and making notes is too easy – it is passive – challenge yourself for maximum learning.

Lesson 5- 6 – Still only 3 students in lessons again today. However we forged ahead and finished of the determinism vs freewill debate. We completed 2 x PHG exercises then a past exam question from 2017 paper 3. After planning the answer we looked at the mark scheme and examiners report. Students then did a mix and match activity and finished off by completing a whole bunch of mini 2 and 4 marks questions to check that concepts could be put into your own words.

Prep:

Next week we are going to focus on research methods and specifically how to select the appropriate statistical test. I also want to look briefly at holism and what we mean by socially sensitive research.  Read ahead to make the learning more effective.

KEEP ON REVISING