Lesson looking at developing exam technique, particularly unpicking the question and writing extended essay responses. Resources include powerpoint and two differentiated structure strips guiding students through responding to the question “Outline and evaluate the nature-nurture debate in relation to non-verbal communication” (9 marks)

Introduction to gender lesson covering the difference between sex and gender and sex role stereotypes. Activities include engaging and interesting starter to encourage children to challenge their own gender stereotype, discussion of equality in the media, sports and health care with reference to supporting research. Mini whiteboard plenary to assess knowledge.

Full lesson on the nervous system for the AQA GCSE Psychology 9-1 specification. Lesson inlcudes the structure and function of the nervous system including central, peripheral, autonomic and somatic systems. Activities include interactive starter, independent working, mini whiteboard plenaries, application and exam style questions with model answers and a return to the starter activity to show progress.

Lesson covering Hebb’s theory of learning within the Neuropsychology topic on the new AQA specification. Lesson includes a recap of prior knowledge (neurons, synapses, fight or flight) and then introduces students to the concept of brain plasticity. Activities include key term mix and match, read and summarise, application to contemporary examples, supporting video clips and extended reading homework to stretch the most able.

Everything you need for delivering Year 1 and Year 2 approaches! This resource includes all PPT slides, work booklet and full scheme of work for the approaches topic of paper 2 with issues and debates interleaved throughout. The SOW clearly identifies hierarchical outcomes, key questions and vocabulary, learnign activities, homework opportunities as well as how resources can be adapted to suit higher and lower ability students. The resource covers: Wundt Biological approach Behaviourism SLT Cognitive approach Psychodynamic approach Humanism Comparison of approaches Nature-nurture debate Idiographic-nomothetic Holism - reductionism Determinism - free will

Two lessons looking at labelling a neuron and the steps of synaptic transmission. The first lesson looks at building knowledge whilst the second lesson contains differentiated activities to assess their understanding.

Learning objective: To be aware of how addiction can be defined including chemical and behavioural addictions. To know what you will study in addictive behaviours. To have an understanding of what addiction is and be able to evaluate the definitions. Extension: To have considered the difference between an addiction and an excessive enthusiasm Skills: Effective participators Team work Evaluation Includes an introduction to the specification content, defining and categorising addiction, examining the difference between addiction and an excessive enthusiasm, ASL true or false activity and flipped learning homework worksheet.

Two lessons on activation-synthesis theory. Activities include gap fills, AfL whiteboard assessment, cryptograms, and peer assessment of exam style questions.

Lesson explaining split brain research including Sperry. Includes note to take, independent evaluation activities and 3 possible essays for students to plan individually in groups or as a class.

Whole lesson looking at discussion of the neurochemical explanation (AO1/2 in separate lesson). Includes pupil led recap of AO1 content and opportunities for live class modelling, group evaluation and peer teaching. Can be made easier by providing students with a copy of the textbook evaluation for them to sue to form a burger evaluation paragraph rather than being entirely student led.

Lesson covering the outline of the neurochemical explanation of addiction (desensitisation hypothesis and nicotine regulation model). Includes flipped learning activity (to be given the lesson before), group activity, class activity, information slide for notes, application to scenarios and whiteboard knowledge reviews with answers.

Student work booklet detailing each of the four factors affecting perception with activities and example questions to attempt throughout.

A lesson covering monocular and binocular depth cues including application to new situations. Activities include practical starter, fill in the blanks, worksheet and differentiated exam style questions.

Two to three lessons covering behavioural assumptions and the evaluation of them. Content includes main assumptions of behaviourism, classical conditioning and operant conditioning, Skinner and Pavlov’s research as well as AO1 and AO3 of reductionism as a key debate. Activities include gap fills, mini whiteboard questioning, building evaluation paragraphs. Additional Pavlov’s dog worksheet included.

Exam style questions relating to the nonverbal elements of the specification as well as human and animal communication

One lessons worth of content covering content required to outline and evaluate Piaget’s theory at GCSE level. Starter activity encourages students to explore teleological arguments and to consider whether language dictates thought or vice versa. Includes independent reading and comprehension of AO1 task, whiteboard assessment check and mix and match evaluation activity.

This 115 page work booklet covers the entirety of the addiction specification for the new 2015 AQA Psychology specification. The booklet includes exam style questions, independent study (flipped learning) tasks, essay planning grids, assessment for learning tasks as well as additional reading with scaffolded questions. Feedback from my own students and those of other teachers is extremely positive. They testify that the resource is clear, well structured and allows for catching up missed content easily. Content includes: Describing addiction Risk factors Biological explanation of nicotine addiction Learning theory explanation of nicotine addiction Learning theory explanation of gambling addiction Cognitive theory of gambling addiction Biological interventions for addiction (drug therapy) Behavioural interventions for addiction (aversion therapy and covert sensitisation) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for addiction (CBT) Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) Prochaska’s six-stage model

This lesson covers the content students need to know for the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Psychology specification. The lesson uses a range of student led activities to discover the structure and function of the three different types of neuron, the key features of a neuron and their functions. Activities include whiteboard starter, carousels, mix and match, exam style application questions and an interactive progress checking plenary.

This pack was designed to give to students as an intervention tool to be used at home, during form time, during detention etc. in order to improve their knowledge of the perception topic of the new specification. It includes all content named in the specification with student activities built in throughout and 'literacy boost' pointer to aid their understanding of key terms.