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2019 results +0.36 L3VA ALPs 3 at A Level. +0.91 P8 score at GCSE using these resources. Head of Psychology and Assistant Head of Sixth Form at a large secondary school in South Yorkshire, teaching both GCSE and A Level Psychology to Y9-Y13. I aim to produce high quality resources that are easy to pick up and deliver but also provide a variety of activities to optimise pupil engagement whilst ensuring regular assessment tasks to ensure rapid progress.

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2019 results +0.36 L3VA ALPs 3 at A Level. +0.91 P8 score at GCSE using these resources. Head of Psychology and Assistant Head of Sixth Form at a large secondary school in South Yorkshire, teaching both GCSE and A Level Psychology to Y9-Y13. I aim to produce high quality resources that are easy to pick up and deliver but also provide a variety of activities to optimise pupil engagement whilst ensuring regular assessment tasks to ensure rapid progress.
A Level AQA Psychology (New Spec) Addiction Lesson 1 - Defining addiction
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A Level AQA Psychology (New Spec) Addiction Lesson 1 - Defining addiction

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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.
Issues and debates - Gender bias
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Issues and debates - Gender bias

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Powerpoint activity tackling the discussion of gender bias. Students were set a preparatory task the lesson before to make notes on the different types of gender bias. Therefore this lesson focuses on consolidating this knowledge and the discussion of the debate. The final activity guides students through planning a 16 mark response to this question.
Characteristics of depression AQA NEW SPEC
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Characteristics of depression AQA NEW SPEC

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The powerpoint introduces students to depression and addresses misconceptions. It includes activities such as fill in the gap, relevant video clips (links in comments box under slide), and an application style worksheet with extension activity. There are regular progress checks throughout the lesson.
AQA A Level Biopsychology - Split brain
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AQA A Level Biopsychology - Split brain

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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.
Neurochemical explanation AO3 (AQA Psychology)
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Neurochemical explanation AO3 (AQA Psychology)

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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.
Neurochemical explanations of addiction (AQA New Spec A Level)
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Neurochemical explanations of addiction (AQA New Spec A Level)

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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.
Introduction to  perception NEW AQA GCSE
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Introduction to perception NEW AQA GCSE

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Suitable as an introductory lesson to the perception topic of the new AQA GCSE. The PowerPoint goes through the difference between sensation and perception and includes activities such as fill in the blanks, AfL whiteboard tasks and a practical activity to demonstrate how once sense influences the perception of another.
Depth cues - AQA NEW SPEC GCSE
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Depth cues - AQA NEW SPEC GCSE

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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.
Gibson's theory of perception AFL essay response
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Gibson's theory of perception AFL essay response

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Resource aimed at the AQA GCSE Psychology specification. This resource include two student responses to the question “Outline and evaluate Gibson’s direct theory of perception (9 marks)” with a simplified mark scheme for students to use. The “suggested content” section of the mark scheme is blank for students to use their notes to complete. Worked well as a pre-assessment lesson to introduce essay skills.
A Level Psychology - Behaviourist approach (including reductionism)
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A Level Psychology - Behaviourist approach (including reductionism)

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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.
AQA GCSE NEW SPEC Psych - Lang, thought and communication - Nonverbal communication: Body language
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AQA GCSE NEW SPEC Psych - Lang, thought and communication - Nonverbal communication: Body language

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Two lessons work of content covering the body language section of the new GCSE specification. Powerpoint includes activities to develop AO1, AO2 and AO3 skills including analysis of visual and written scenarios, differentiated evaluation and an independent approach to AO1 knowledge. Students are then given a creative literacy based task encouraging them to further apply their knowledge.
Addiction work booklet
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Addiction work booklet

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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
AQA GCSE NEW SPEC - Development - McGarrigle and Donaldson's Naughty Teddy
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AQA GCSE NEW SPEC - Development - McGarrigle and Donaldson's Naughty Teddy

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This lesson gives students the knowledge they need in order to outline and evaluate this key study as well as apply their knowledge to scenario based questions. Highly student led, the lesson includes relevant video clips, fill in the gap activities, recap AO1 questions, application AO2 questions and student led evaluation via mindmap and live writing with WAGOLL evaluation paragraphs included for teacher (or student) reference.
AQA GCSE PSYCHOLOGY (9-1) - Neuropsychology - Neurons
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AQA GCSE PSYCHOLOGY (9-1) - Neuropsychology - Neurons

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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.
AQA GCSE New Spec Perception - Intervention booklet
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AQA GCSE New Spec Perception - Intervention booklet

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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.
AQA GCSE New Spec Psychology Perception - Theories of perception revision lesson
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AQA GCSE New Spec Psychology Perception - Theories of perception revision lesson

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The lesson covers theories of perception from a revision perspective. Whiteboards are used to initially check student understanding of the theories before they are given a learning mat with all the information they need to answer an essay question on each theory. Students work their way around the room, questioning each other on the information on the learning mat before choosing from a set of differentiated activities ranging from mild to extra hot with the main aim of answering, in some capacity the essay "Outline and evaluate Gregory's constructivist theory of perception".
AQA New Spec A Level - Approaches - Psychodynamic approach including idographic and nomothetic
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AQA New Spec A Level - Approaches - Psychodynamic approach including idographic and nomothetic

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Three lessons worth of content covering the main assumptions and evaluation of the psychodynamic approach. Lessons cover all content required by the spec including: conscious and unconscious mind, tripartite theory of personality, defence mechanisms and the psychosexual stages. (includes additional worksheet that could be given as revision). A variety of activities are included including a fun practical starter, fill in the gaps, mix and match activities, whiteboard plenaries, homework activity, relatable videos to support key assumptions, scenarios to encourage students to develop their AO2 skills and some practice at writing short exam style questions (complete with model answer).