An AQA GCSE Psychology lesson centred on Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Students will review who Piaget was and how he thought we learned as we developed from a child into an adult. Students will be familiar with the stages of development, what schemas are and how accommodation and assimilation impact on our understanding of the world. The theory is then evaluated before students attempt to apply new learning by answering GCSE style questions. This lesson is self-contained and could be set as independent work/homework without the need for teacher guidance.

An AQA GCSE Psychology lesson on Milgram’s Agency Theory from the Social Influence topic. Students will have reviewed Milgram’s Study prior to completing this lesson. Students will look at Agentic and Autonomous states as well as authority, culture and proximity. There are 3 evaluation points for the students to review before answering GCSE style questions at the end of the lesson. This lesson can be set as independent work and not just teacher led work.

A KS4 GCSE lesson based on the AQA Psychology specification. This lesson centres on factors affecting prosocial behaviour. Social factors, such as cost of helping and presence of others, and dispositional factors,such as similarities to victim and expertise, are discussed throughout the lesson. Students will then be provided with 3 different scenarios similar to those found in GCSE examinations. The first two focus on content within the lesson but the third emphasises the use of research methods and mathematics which is also seen in examinations.

A KS4 Psychology lesson centred on Piliavin’s Subway Study on prosocial behaviour - for AQA specification. Students will look at the aim, method, results and conclusion as well as 3 evaluation points. Students will also use some real-life situations as a starter to instigate conversations around the bystander effect. Students will then answer some GCSE exam questions at the end of the lesson.

An AQA GCSE Psychology lesson centred on Dweck’s idea of fixed and growth mindsets. Students will be presented with real-life examples of the fixed and growth mindsets alongside the psychological definitions of both. Students will also look at how the theory can be interpreted whether it be how people approach challenges or how some people may fall somewhere between fixed and growth upon a mindset ‘scale’, Exam style questions are presented throughout the lesson. This lesson can be given as independent work and does not have to be teacher led.

An AQA GCSE Psychology lesson based on Adorno’s theory of dispositional factors. This lesson should follow on from a lesson on Milgram’s Agency Theory as this theory challenges the ideas within that theory. Students will look at Cognitive style, its origins in childhood and scapegoating as well as answer GCSE style questions (recapping lesson as well as applying new knowledge to a scenario). This work can be set as independent work and does not need to be teacher led, if required.

A GCSE AQA Psychology lesson on the processes of memory: how we store, encode and retrieve information. Students will investigate the different types of encoding (acoustic, visual, semantic, etc.) Students will then have GCSE style questions to complete.

A GCSE AQA Psychology lesson based on the function and structure of the Nervous System. The lesson covers aspects of the CNS, PNS, ANS and SNS and their function. There are a number of GCSE style questions for students to complete.