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Senior: 11 & 12: Unit 4: Social Psychology

Claims

Topics for research might include depression/suicide ideation/suicide, sexting or video games, poor academic performance or school connectedness, cyberbullying, negative self-image and body image, social media addiction, and less time spent doing healthy, real-world activities.

Pew Research Centre: Teens, social media & technology, May 2018 
Pew Research Centre: Teens' social media habits and experiences (November 2018) 
Pew Research Centre: Teens and their experiences on social media (November 2018) 
Mayo Clinic: Teens and social media use - what's the impact? 
Nature Communications: Media use and brain development during adolescence 
Association for Psychological Science: Data Show No Evidence That Teens’ Social Media Use Predicts Depression Over Time 
Journal of Behavioural Addictions: The impact of heavy and disordered use of games and social media on adolescent's psychological, social and school functioning 
The Educational and Developmental Psychologist: Social media use and social connectedness in adolescents - the positives and potential pitfalls 
Journal of Primary Prevention: Social media use, school connectedness and academic performance among adolescents

In the face of discrimination, bad behaviour, evil and abuse, why do good people so often do nothing?

Variables affecting bystanders

  • Emergency versus non-emergency situations
  • Ambiguity and consequences
  • Understanding of environment
  • Priming the bystander effect
  • Cohesiveness and group membership
  • Cultural differences
  • Diffusion of responsibility
Psychology Today: Understanding the bystander effect 
Simply Psychology: Bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility 
Association for Psychological Science: Articles on Bystander Effect 
Berkeley Greater Good Magazine: We are all bystanders 
Berkeley Great Good Magazine: If you're in danger, will bystanders help? 
Monash University: COVID-19: The bystander role has never been more critical in calling out family violence 
Research Starter database: Bystander intervention and social psychology
New Scientist: Psychology's bystander effect may be just a myth
Journal of School Psychology: Adolescent witnesses to peer victimisation - the bystander effect
Journal of School Psychology: Dimensions of empathy and bystander intervention in bullying in elementary school

Lumen Learning: The social construction of gender 
Psychology Today: Time to move beyond 'gender is socially constructed' 
Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Feminist perspectives on sex and gender 
Penn State University: The social construction of gender 
Winthrop University: Gender as a socially constructed phenomenon 
University of Minnesota: Understanding sex and gender 
Quartz: Scientific research shows gender is not just a social construct 
City Journal: Gender is a construct - except when it's not 
Reflecting on gender as a social construct - A qualitative case study of a girls' critical gender group

ONESearch Resource Explorer

The ENTIRE collection of resources provided by the BBC Birtles Library can be searched on ONE single, powerful search platform, which retrieves print books, eBooks, database articles and websites. Click HERE for assistance.

Advanced Web Searching Tips

1. Use 'Ctrl F' (Control + Find) to search for particular terms easily in a long document, whether from a website or a database article.
2.  Use a Boolean command - put double inverted commas around phrases to limit and improve your results eg "energy drinks cardiovascular problems children". 
3. Use a Google domain command eg site:edu OR site:gov to limit results to a CERTAIN DOMAIN such as education or government eg biodiesel site:edu
4. Use a Google command to limit results to the MOST RECENT: After you get your results, choose the Google Menu Bar, and choose 'Tools'. Then on the far left, at the drop-down menu next to 'Any Time', you can choose 'Within the last year' (or less, if you prefer), but generally, you can choose 'Custom Range' at the bottom, as often the last 3-4 years would be sufficient for a recent search.

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