Psychology Teaching Resources: A-Level and GCSE all boards
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Digital teaching resources for Psychology, all the major examination boards: AQA, OCR and EDEXCEL (A-Level and GCSE). Message me if you wish to purchase with a school invoice, it can be arranged (amac54@btinternet.com)
Digital teaching resources for Psychology, all the major examination boards: AQA, OCR and EDEXCEL (A-Level and GCSE). Message me if you wish to purchase with a school invoice, it can be arranged (amac54@btinternet.com)
OCR GCSE Psychology (9-1): Development
Paper One: Studies and applications in psychology
Covers:
Stages of development; pre-natal; childhood; adolescence; and adulthood
The development of brain structures and functions; the nervous system; neurons; synapses; and their interaction in development of the brain
IQ tests as a measure of intelligence.
Theories/Explanations
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
The Role of Learning on Development –
Dweck’s Mindset Theory
Willingham’s Learning Theory
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development:
The four invariant stages of development: sensori-motor; pre-operational; concrete-operational; formal operational assimilation and accommodation
The concepts of object permanence; animism; and egocentrism
The processes of decentration; reversibility; and conservation
Criticisms of the theory including the reductionism/holism debate.
Cognitive Development Research Study – Piaget (1952): Study into the conservation of number.
Learning theories of development:
Dweck’s ideas on fixed and growth mindsets
Dweck’s ideas on praise for effort
Willingham’s ideas on the myth of learning styles
Willingham’s ideas on the importance of meaning for learning
Criticisms of learning theories including the nature/nurture debate
Learning Research Study – Blackwell et al. (2007): study into fixed and growth mindsets.
Application: The changing role of education
How Piaget’s ideas have been applied to education through the use of key stages, readiness, active learning and the concept of intelligence
How learning theories apply to the development of education and intelligence through growth mindsets and teaching through meaning not learning styles
Consists of an extensive PPT display (120 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has teaching comments where suitable, exam style questions, activities to encourage thinking and links to resources.
Content aims to be additional to the textbook.
Complete coverage of this module, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
You are welcome to amend, expand or reduce the display to suit your needs.
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The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
A-Level Psychology: RESEARCH METHODS, PPT DISPLAY & WORKBOOK (Suitable for all examination boards)
• Also, included in this package is a separate PPT display covering the ‘Binomial Sign Test’… simple rationale, worked examples and exercises
Part of the: The ‘pick-up a module and go’ series
Extensive ppt display (92 slides) and workbook (108 pages) covers every aspect of the specifications for A-Level Psychology:
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Scientific Processes
• Data Handling and analysis
The workbook is crammed with information, self-learn exercises, examination style questions, class practical ideas and an MCQ (with answered supplied).
The main format of the workbook is PDF (holds format better for printing). The workbook can be used by students for self-learning, printed in section as worksheets or as a whole class teaching aid.
Please note, also available from my TES Shop:
• A separate bundle aimed specifically at Research Methods for AQA A-Level Psychology
• A bundle suitable for all examination boards, covering the required statistical tests and standard deviation (including t-tests, Chi-Square etc) and evaluating correlations (including the advanced issue: Can you predict from a correlation?)
• Maths4Psych, suitable for all examination boards and covers all the OFQUAL requirements for pre-tertiary psychology students
The author, Andy McCarthy is a Chartered Psychologist, Member of the Royal Society of Statisticians, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher
Topics@Psychology#6: Psychology and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
An Introduction into how cognitive psychology has lead the way in the development of artificial intelligence.
Ideal to show as an extension to studying approaches, issues and debates.
The PPT slides progressively cover what is intelligence and the development of artificial intelligence and artificial life forms (AL).
Development of AI includes: The Chinese Room, The Turin Test (and Eugene who recently passed), ASIMO, CYCORPS and Wetware.
Students are asked to consider a range of difficult issues including: Can a machine become a life-form, should it have ethical protection, who should monitor the development (doomsday scenarios) and do you need embodiment to be sentient?
Consists of a PPT display (32 slides) with under slide comments linking to online videos; to supplement understanding. Within the slides are activities and things to think about.
You are welcome to amend, expand or reduce the display to suit your needs.
The author, Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
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OCR A-Level Psychology. Revision Bites. Section B, Option 1. Child Psychology: Perceptual Development (Cognitive)
PowerPoint presentation (23 slides), covers the following in a clear and straight forward way:
What is perception and how is it studied?
Human and animal studies
Key research: Gibson & Walk (1960) “The Visual Cliff”
Application: Strategies to develop perception in young children
Examination style questions
Constructive feed back is always appreciated, so I can amend and improve
The author, Andy McCarthy is a chartered psychologist, publicist and an experienced teacher and university lecturer.
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Psychology OCR GCSE (9-1): Social Influence
Paper #2 Applications in Psychology
Covers the specification, including:
• Conformity and majority / minority influence.
• Collective and crowd behaviour
• Obedience including obeying the orders of authority figures.
• The effect of situational factors on behaviours:
• Collective and crowd behaviour and deindividuation
• Culture on behaviour
• Authority figures on obedience
• Situational factors, including the free will/determinism debate.
• The effect of dispositional factors (personality) on behaviours:
• Self-esteem on conformity
• locus of control in crowds and morality on pro-social and anti-social behaviour
• Authoritarian personality on obedience
• Influence of the brain in dispositional factors
• Criticisms of the effect of dispositional factors
APPLICATION
• How minority influence and Majority influence affects social change in attitudes and behaviour towards, increasing awareness of, and reducing mental health stigma and discrimination.
BOTH KEY STUDIES:
Situational Factors Research Study - Bickman (1974)
Dispositional Factors Research Study - NatCen (2011)
Consists of a PPT display (140 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has teaching comments where suitable, links to online resources (only for educational use), exam style questions to encourage thinking and a photocopy friendly resources booklet.
The slides are designed to be extra to the textbook. When answering the questions students should use their textbook and supplied resources as well.
Complete coverage of the whole module, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright.
CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK IS REALLY APPRECIATED, SO I CAN AMEND AND IMPROVE…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy CPsychol is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Psychology OCR GCSE (9-1): SLEEP AND DREAMING
Paper #2 Applications in Psychology
Comprehensive coverage of the specification, including:
• The functions, features and benefits of sleep: healthy brain; physical repair; emotional stability; stages of the sleep cycle and when dreaming occurs; the role of the pineal gland and melatonin
• The causes of sleep disorders: sleep onset and sleep maintenance insomnia
• Endogenous pacemakers; and exogenous zeitgebers; and their role in sleep.
Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming /The Freudian Theory of Dreaming /The Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming
KEY STUDY: The Freudian Theory of Dreaming Research Study – Freud (1918): Dream analysis study of ‘The Wolfman’.
• The Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming:
• The role of REM sleep • the function and actions of the brain during sleep, including the limbic system • activity of neurons in the pons during sleep • the process of synthesis as a function of the cerebral cortex • criticisms of the theory including the reductionism/holism debate.
The Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming Research Study Differences in actions and functions of the brain when dreaming and when awake –
KEY STUDY: Williams et al. (1992): Study into Bizarreness in Dreams and Fantasies: Implications for the Activation Synthesis Hypothesis.
Application Development of treatments for insomnia
• Features of insomnia, the role of the nervous system and its management through relaxation techniques and the role of the physical environment in insomnia and its treatment through improved sleep hygiene
• The impact of neurological damage to the hypothalamus on sleep.
Consists of a PPT display (81 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has links to online resources (only for educational use), class exercises and think about tasks.
Complete coverage of the whole module, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright.
CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK IS REALLY APPRECIATED, SO I CAN AMEND AND IMPROVE…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy CPsychol is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Psychology AQA A-Level, 2023, Predictions for Paper 3 and info sheets issues debates
ONLY £2-50 FOR WHOLE PACK
Probably the best Paper 3 predictions in the world (predicted 100% correct for big q’s paper 1)
Pack includes:
Predictions for Paper 3
info on cultural bias
info on ideographic and nomothetic
info on holism and reductionism
info on ethics, including SSR
info on nature vs nurture
Psychology Sperry (1968) ‘Split Brain’ Research: “Made Simple”
Simple diagram, explanation and test your knowledge questions (answers supplied)
Presented in a simple, clear way to enable understanding
Constructive feedback always appreciated (especially do you agree with it!)
Do look at my other resources, some for all examination boards GCSE and A-Level Psychology (just starting Edexcel GCSE Psychology and AQA / OCR Psychology all modules available individually or in bundles)
Thank you and I hope this handout helps
Andy McCarthy CPsychol
Standard Deviation made simple, research methods worksheet
What it is, why important and how to calculate, all in two pages…
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Thanks
Andy Mac
OCR GCSE Psychology (9-1): Psychological Problems / Sample Sides
Paper One: Studies and applications in psychology
FULL DISPLAY (143 SLIDES) COVERS:
An introduction to mental health
Schizophrenia
Clinical depression
Development of treatments
…and the two key studies:
Daniel, D. G., Weinberger, D. R., Jones, D. W., et al. (1991) “The effect of amphetamine on regional cerebral blood flow during cognitive activation in Schizophrenia.
” TANDOC Jr, E. C., FERRUCCI, P. AND DUFFY, M (2015) Facebook use, envy, and depression among college students: Is Facebooking depressing?
Consists of an extensive PPT display (143 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has teaching comments where suitable, exam style questions and activities to encourage thinking.
Complete coverage of this module, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
You are welcome to amend, expand or reduce the display to suit your needs.
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright.
…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.