Fifth lesson on Issues and Debates - Cultural Bias Lesson includes: Description cultural bias, universality, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism with examples (PPT, handout, YouTube clips). Evaluation of cultural bias (PPT and handout). Exam questions with mark scheme.

Sixth lesson on Issues and Debates - Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches Lesson includes: Reading task to introduce the issue (handout and pink haired girl textbook). Description idiographic and nomothetic approaches (PPT and handout). Application task to the approaches (PPT and handout). Application task to studies from the specification (handout). Evaluation of idiographic and nomothetic approaches (PPT and handout). Exam questions (PPT).

Seventh lesson in Issues and Debates - Ethical implications Lesson includes: Re-cap of ethical guidelines (PPT and handout). Description of socially sensitive research and how to deal with socially sensitive research (PPT and handout). Discussion activity on socially sensitive research (PPT and additional handouts). Ethical implications of socially sensitive research with application task (PPT and handout). Evaluation points for the debate (PPT and handout). Exam questions and mark scheme (PPT).

Lesson includes: Description of behaviourist approach, including activities (PPT and handout). Description of classical conditioning, including activities (PPT and handout). Description of operant conditioning, including activities (PPT and handout). Evaluation of behaviourist approach follwoing PEE structure (PPT and handout). Behaviourist approach homework worksheet (handout).

First lesson of the Approaches topic to introduce students to some of the key approaches - learning, cognitive and biological Lesson includes: Five case studies (athlete, criminal, daredevil, drug addict, addict) for students to explanations to (case studies). Introduction to three of the approaches (learning, cognitive, biological) using interactive tasks (PPT). Application of approaches to the case studies. Origins of Psychology mix and match. Homework task on Wilhelm Wundt.

Lesson includes: Introduction task using Phineas Gage (PPT). Assumptions of the biological approach (PPT and handout). Peer teach research task on the genetic basis of behaviour, the biological structures on behaviour, the influence of neurochemistry and evolution. PPT includes answers (PPT and handout). Application tasks (PPT and handout). Evalution of the biological approach (PPT and handout). 12 mark essay plan (PPT and handout)

Lesson includes: Description of the humanistic approach including free will and determinism (PPT and handout). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (PPT and handout). Roger’s ideas of the self, congruence and conditions worth including a test for congruence (PPT and handout). Application of humanistic approach to scenario (PPT and handout). The influence of counselling psychology, including role play (PPT and handout). Evaluation tasks (PPT and handout).

Lesson includes: Key assumptions of the cognitive approach (PPT and handout). Theoretical and computer models (PPT and handout). The role of schemas with a class experiment (PPT and handout). The emergence of cognitive neuroscience (PPT and handout). Evaluation of the cognitive approach with structured activity to demonstrated fully developed PEE paragraphs (PPT and handout).

Lesson to introduce new students to AQA A Level Psychology (new spec). Lesson includes: Intro to Psychology presentation True or False activity Fact or fake activity (last one is fake) Classroom contract Ice breaker activity

Lesson includes: Description of model with activity (PPT and handout) Exam practice on the description of the model (PPT) Re-cap of model fill in the gaps (worksheet) Evaluation of model with links to relevant clips (PPT and handout) Exam practice on the on the evaluation of the model (PPT and handout)

Lesson includes: Starter activities to define abnormality; including abnormality pictures, case studies, discussion and post-it note activites (abnormaility pictures, PPT and handout). Description and evaluation of the four definitions of abnormality, including application activities (PPT and handout). Extension activities (TED talks and newspaper articles). Exam questions with mark schemes

Lesson includes: Characteristics of OCD, including activities and link to youtube documentary (PPT and handout). Biological explanation of OCD, including activities and evaluation (PPT and handout). Biology quiz and discussion task to re-cap the explanation of OCD (PPT and handout). Biological treatments of OCD, including activities and evaluation (PPT and handout). Pill box activity homework task (PPT)

Third lesson on Issues and Debates - Nature vs Nurture Lesson includes: Brainstorm starter activity (PPT). Description of nature and nurture with examples (PPT and handout). Application task to a newspaper article about whether we are born evil (additional handout). Description of the interaction between nature and nurture with examples (PPT and handout). Application task to specific studies and approahces (PPT and handout). Evaluation of debate (PPT and handout). 16 mark essay structure on the debate (additional handout). Extension ideas (PPT).

Sixth lesson on Attachment - Ainsworth’s Strange Situation - Types of Attachment Lesson includes: Description of Ainsworth’s Strange Situation (PPT, YouTube clip and handout) Activities on the Strange Situation including application task and a role play. Differentiated group evaluation task (PPT and handout). 16 mark sample essay (handout) Plenary re-cap task (handout).

Fourth lesson on Issues and Debates - Gender bias Lesson includes: Description of gender bias (handout and PPT). Application activity to psychological studies (handout and PPT). Evaluation of gender bias using PEE activity with answers (handout, PPT and evaluation resource). Exam questions with mark scheme (PPT).

Lesson includes: Behaviourist exam questions with mark scheme revision task of previous learning (PPT and handout). Description of Social Learning Theory including application tasks (PPT and handout). Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment with YouTube clips (PPT and handout). Evaluation of SLT using Green Haired Girl textbook (PPT and handout). Homework task to apply SLT concepts to a scenario.

Lesson includes: Fun starter to introduce students to conformity (PPT) Definition of conformity (PPT and handout) Explanations of conformity (normative and informational social influence) with evaluation (PPT and handout) Types of conformity (PPT and handout) All parts include lots of interactive activities for student-led learning.

First lesson on Issues and Debates - Reductionism and Holism Lesson includes: Starter activity where students have to reduce explanations of a behaviour (e.g. crime, addiction, etc.) down to single units. Description of reductionism (including levels of explanation), holism and interactionism with application to the approaches (PPT and Handout). Group evaluation activity (PPT and Handout). Paired plenary discussion task (PPT). Exam questions with mark schemes (PPT). Levels of explanation sample 16 mark answer (handout).

Eighth lesson on Attachment - Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation Lesson includes: Starter activity about the possible causes of seperation between primary caregiver and infant (PPT). Description of Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation and Bowlby’s 44 juvenile thieves study (PPT and handout). Evaluation of Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation by writing in PEE paragraphs (PPT and handout). Extension acitivity using Mum and baby units in prison and Genie (PPT and handout). Homework for Romanian orphan studies - the effects of institutionalisation (PPT).

Tenth lesson on Attachment - Influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships Lesson includes: Video summarising Bowlby’s research and the effect early attachments have on later relationships (PPT). Description of influence of early attachment (PPT and handout). Hazan and Shaver’s Love Quiz (handout). Evaluation of influence of early attachment (PPT and handout). 12 mark model answer.