The British Psychological Society website (BPS) is below. This is the main Psychological
organisation for regulating and maintaining the discipline in the UK and full of lots of interesting
and exciting links from the latest research to becoming a Psychologist.
https://www.bps.org.uk/

Books and articles
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo
Games People Play by Eric Berne
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy by Carl Rogers
Psychology -Influence: Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Man Meets Dog by Konrad Lorenz
On Aggression by Konrad Loren
The Natural Science of the Human Species: An Introduction to Comparative Behavioral Research by
Konrad Lorenz
Motivation of Human and Animal Behavior: An Ethological View by Konrad Lorenzhttps://www.quora.com/How-is-psychology-used-to-manipulate-and-influence-people-in-their-
daily-lives (link Unit 1)

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-mind-blowing-facts-about-social-psychology (link Unit 1)

Try a visit to this Virtual Psychology museum!
You can sit back in your own front room with a cuppa and enjoy the fascinating video, talks and
exhibitions. Also lots of interesting advice about what the various branches of Psychology and
Psychologists actually do in their career.
http://psychmuseum.uwgb.org/

Podcasts
In this podcast from NPR, host Shankar Vedantam mixes storytelling and science to the patterns and
biases that often direct behavior. Episodes focus on a range of topics, including how outrage
influences communication, how language develops, and how the fear of death influences behaviour.
https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain
A collection of podcasts from Christopher D. Green, professor of Psychology at York University in
Toronto, Canada including interview discussions and review. Though they're from 2006-2007, each

25-minute episode includes an interview with an expert about a specific happening that occurred in
the history of psychology (linked to syllabus Unit 1, 2 and 3)
http://www.yorku.ca/christo/podcasts/

A variety of podcasts exploring different issues surrounding the limits and potential of the human
mind. Including a contemporary one about memory during lockdown
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qxx9/episodes/downloads
Social Psychology ZimbardoPrison experiment Social Psychology Unit 1
For years, the Stanford Prison Study has been used to tout the idea that putting any individual in a
position of absolute control brings out the worst in them (and in a more general sense, that people
conform to the roles they’re placed in). Is there good and evil in all of us?
https://thepsychfiles.com/2020/05/when-good-people-do-bad-things/
Claudia Hammond examines the Hierarchy of Needs, part of psychologist Abraham Maslow's theory
of motivation: only when basic needs are met can humans aspire to higher achievements
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rw8mw

Parts of the brain (biopsychology Unit 2 and 3)
Memorize the parts of the brain – and many other key Psychology terms with mnemonic memory
devices,
https://thepsychfiles.com/2008/09/episode-72-video-memorize-the-parts-of-the-brain/
and we have to look at cats! The Psychology of cat attachment (link to Unit 1 Attachment)
https://thepsychfiles.com/2020/05/cats-not-as-aloof-as-we-think/
How the mind and personality work- these are about cognitive function and the value in
deconstructing your narratives . If you like this you can also research ‘mirror neurons’ !
https://personalityhacker.com/ph-podcast/

Places to visit in London
Freud museum: https://www.freud.org.uk/
Body worlds (biological and neuropsychology) https://bodyworlds.co.uk/
Bethlem Hospital museum of the mind https://museumofthemind.org.uk/
Psychoanalysis https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/
Natural history museum - Evolution and bio psychology https://www.nhm.ac.uk/

The Royal Society of Medicine https://www.rsm.ac.uk/
Science Museum https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

Films, TV shows & clips (many on Netflix)
https://charlierose.com/collections/3 cognitive neuroscience (linked to unit 2 and 3)
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/category/psychology/ (links to various unit in year 1 and 2 )
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/alone-past/ (links to Unit 2 and 3)
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/mystical-brain/ (Unit 2 &3)
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/reality-extended-mind/ (Unit 1 & 2 &3)
The Imposter (link Unit 2 and 3)
The Sinner (Unit 2 and 3)
Wild Wild country( Unit 1 2 and 3)
Food inc. (Unit 1 and 2)
A Beautiful Mind (unit 3)
50 first dates (unit 1)
Before I go to sleep (unit 1)
Memento (unit 1)
Split (Unit 2 & 3)
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (unit 1 &3)
The Stanford prison experiment (Unit 1)
The Giver (unit 1 and 2)
Amnesiac (Unit 1)
12 Angry men (Unit 1)
Identity (Unit 2 and 3)
Fracture (Unit 2 and 3)
Instinct (Unit 2)
Red Dragon (Unit 2)