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)
New Spec (2017) AQA GCSE Psychology (Paper 1) Memory
Dsylexia Friendly Presentation (Presentation of information, Font and Colour)
Covers:
Processes of memory
• What is memory in terms of cognitive psychology
• Types of memory: episodic, semantic & procedural
• Memory processes: encoding, retrieval & storage
Structure of memory
• Coding (aka: Encoding), Capacity & Duration (STM & LTM Stores)
• The Multi-Store Model (STM & LTM)
• Primary & Recency Effects (Serial Recall)
• Serial Position Curve (Murdoch)
Memory as an active process
• Reconstructive Memory
• War of the Ghosts (Bartlett)
• Accuracy of Memory (Factors: Interference, Context & False Memories)
Consists of a two PPT display (59 slides and 21 slides), one covers main topics and one for class experiments (x 3) plus a worksheet (2 pages) for Godden and Baddeley (context dependency).
PPT’s include under slide teaching comments, on-slide exercises/questions to supplement understanding and activities to encourage thinking.
WORKBOOKS are laid out to be used with the ppt’s
Complete coverage of the whole memory module, just ‘pick up a module’ and go… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
You are welcome to amend, expand or reduce the display to suit your needs.
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Visit my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/625558624273452/
Topics@Psychology#4: A Problem with the Concept of Freewill (all exam boards)
An Introduction to a Freewill vs Determinism Debate
Ideal to show as an extension to studying issues and debates.
The PPT slides progressively cover the Libet argument and build up to suggesting that we do not have any freewill, whatsoever!
Libet’s empirical argument is seductively simple, and should cause the student to question everything they believed about our freedom to choose.
Consists of a PPT display (22 slides) with under slide comments linking to online videos; to supplement understanding. Within the slides are activities and things to think about.
Suitable for ALL examination boards.
Ideal potential use: Year Twelve Psychology students near end of their first year
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.
Visit my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/625558624273452/
Topics@Psychology#3 An Introduction to Gender Studies (all exam boards)
Ideal to show before studying gender with all examination boards. Progressively covers a wide range of interesting topics including: What are Sex and gender, is binary gender a universal (includes coverage of a wide range of terms), theories of gender development and a ‘psych analysis’ of Boy George.
Consists of a PPT display (37 slides) with under slide comments linking to articles and videos online; to supplement understanding. Within the slides are activities and things to think about.
Suitable for ALL examination boards.
Ideal potential use: Year Twelve Psychology students near end of their first year
Where appropriate notes and links are included off screen on bottom of slides.
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.
Visit my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/625558624273452/
Topics@Psychology#2: A walk through psychology’s dark past (The history of therapy)
Progressively covers a wide range of interesting topics including: Hydrotherapy, Metrazol Shock Therapy, Insulin Coma Shock Therapy, Trans-orbital Lobotomy and ECT. The Roles of the DSM 5 and The Mental Health ACT. Concluding with some thoughts on psychology’s covert, dark and true purpose
Consists of a PPT display (25 slides) and a resource sheet with links to articles and videos online; to supplement understanding. Within the slides are activities and things to think about.
Suitable for ALL examination boards.
Ideal potential use: Year Twelve Psychology students near end of their first year
Where appropriate notes and links are included off screen on bottom of slides.
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.
Visit my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/625558624273452/
OCR GCSE Psychology (9-1): Psychological Problems
Paper One: Studies and applications in psychology
Covers:
An introduction to mental health
Schizophrenia
Clinical depression
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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.
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The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
AQA A-Level Psychology, PREDICTED QUESTIONS for the examinations 2020 (all 3 papers)
Five page document covering all three 2020 papers, with a copy of last year’s predictions (correct predictions highlighted)
As usual the predictions last year where more than very good, perhaps awesome!
Don’t be deceived by the price, this is a quality resource
However, predictions are risky, so consider two points:
These are presented as possible/probable questions and are suggestions for what your students should know well for the examination, but NOT to the exclusion of complete knowledge
These are of more benefit for moderate to weak students, to help them focus revision
I take no responsibility for the accuracy of the predictions and any reliance on my predictions is at your risk
You are welcome to expand or revise my predictions and good luck to your students for the exams
Thank You… Andy Mac CPsychol
AQA GCSE Psychology Memory, Remote Learning Pack
Consists of a two self-learning or directed remote learning workbooks (+ info on core studies), two sets of model answers and 2 x PPT display (59 slides and 21 slides), one covers main topics and one for classroom experiments (x 3 experiments) plus a worksheet (2 pages) for Godden and Baddeley (context dependency). PPT’s include under slide teaching comments, on-slide exercises/questions to supplement understanding and activities to encourage thinking.
Covers:
Processes of memory
• What is memory in terms of cognitive psychology
• Types of memory: episodic, semantic & procedural
• Memory processes: encoding, retrieval & storage
Structure of memory
• Coding (aka: Encoding), Capacity & Duration (STM & LTM Stores)
• The Multi-Store Model (STM & LTM)
• Primary & Recency Effects (Serial Recall)
• Serial Position Curve (Murdoch)
Memory as an active process
• Reconstructive Memory
• War of the Ghosts (Bartlett)
• Accuracy of Memory (Factors: Interference, Context & False Memories)
Complete coverage of the whole memory module, just ‘pick up a remote learning pack’ and go… suitable for remote teaching , self-learning at home, classroom teaching and suitable for both new and experienced teachers to deliver.
My favoured method for remote teaching, students have copies of workbooks, you connect via your favoured social media platform and you use the answer sheets and PowerPoint to teach.
You are welcome to amend, expand or reduce to suit your needs.
PART OF A ‘REMOTE LEARNING SERIES’ FOR AQA GCSE PSYCHOLOGY… MORE TO FOLLOW VERY SOON
Constructive feedback is always welcomed, so I can improve resources…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Visit my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/625558624273452/
Workbooks x9, A-Level Psychology, preparation for Research Methods Paper 2, 2023
Pack includes:
Topic to revise: Predictions for Approaches and Bio-psychology; plus areas of research methods worth knowing eg. Paradigms
Estimating the strength of a correlation, worksheet
Harvard Referencing, worksheet
Potential calculations in an exam (SD, Sign Test etc), workbook
Types 1 and 2 Errors, information sheet
Advanced Research Methods, workbook (covering areas such as: which and why, statistical tests, using critical value tables, sections of a laboratory report etc)
How to design a research study
Paradigms and paradigm shifts
Bio-psychology: Brain Plasticity and Functional Recovery
Covers most of the areas students struggle with, in simple, understandable formats,
Good Luck
Andy