Nick & Bethan Redshaw's A-Level Psychology Resources
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Nick and Bethan are co-authors of the highly successful independent learner series of student workbooks and have been teaching A level Psychology since 1999 and involved in Examining for over 15 years.
Nick and Bethan are co-authors of the highly successful independent learner series of student workbooks and have been teaching A level Psychology since 1999 and involved in Examining for over 15 years.
SAVE 33% - These Outstanding (OFSTED) Medium Term Lesson Plans covers all the AS/Year 1 Lesson Plans for Attachment
For more details on each resource click on the resource below:
Since 2004 Nick and Bethan have worked with top independent and state schools to develop 'Outstanding' teaching and learning resources.
This Outstanding (OFSTED) Medium Term Lesson Plan covers the whole of Week 04 Data Handling and Analysis (LOTS of Maths - a must have..)
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
1. Types of data
· Quantitative and qualitative data; the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques.
· Primary and secondary data, including meta-analysis.
2. Descriptive statistics
· Measures of central tendency – mean, median, mode; calculation of mean, median and mode
· Measures of dispersion; range and standard deviation; calculation of range;
· Calculation of percentages.
3. Graphs
· Presentation and display of quantitative data: graphs, tables, scattergrams, bar charts.
· Distributions: normal and skewed distributions; characteristics of normal and skewed distributions.
4. Analysis and interpretation of correlation, including correlation coefficients
5. Introduction to statistical testing; the sign test.
This resource is best used alongside our other outstanding resources also found here on TES but we have made it available in Word Format and can be fully adapted with minimum effort to your own resources. Also contact us about you and your students joining our ONLINE Community for Live feedback and eAssessments.
SPECIAL OFFER (by popular request) includes the Psychopathology Workbook, MTLP Lesson Plans and all the PowerPoint’s for the Psychopathology Topic:
Content includes;
Week 1 - Definitions of Abnormality
Lesson 1 - Definitions of Abnormality, Deviation from social norms, Failure to function adequately, Statistical infrequency, Deviation from ideal mental
Week 2 - Phobias
Lesson 2 - Phobias - The behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of phobias
Lesson 3 - Phobias- The behavioural approach to explaining phobias; the two-process model, including classical and operant conditioning.
Lesson 4 - Phobias - The behavioural approach to treating phobias; systematic desensitisation, including relaxation and use of hierarchy; flooding.
Week 3 - Depression
Lesson 5 - Depression - The behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of depression
Lesson 6 - Depression - The cognitive approach to explaining depression; Beck’s negative triad and Ellis’s ABC model
Lesson 7 - Depression - The cognitive approach to treating depression; cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), including challenging irrational thoughts.
Week 4. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Lesson 8 - OCD - The behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of OCD
Lesson 9 - OCD - The biological approach to explaining OCD; genetic and neural explanations
Lesson 10 - OCD - The biological approach to treating OCD; drug therapy
Since 2004 Nick and Bethan have worked with top independent and state schools to develop 'Outstanding' teaching and learning resources.
This eagerly anticipated powerpoint has been produced by leading authors Nick and Bethan specifically for the AQA Psychology Specification Year 2 Psychology in Context, ISSUE, DEBATES and OPTIONS and maps onto our VERY popular Year 2 - AQA New Specification Workbook - Issues and Debates also available for download here on TES
This powerpoint covers Week 4 and 5;
Week 4
1. Free will and determinism: hard determinism and soft determinism; biological, environmental and psychic determinism. The scientific emphasis on causal explanations.
2. Idiographic and nomothetic approaches to psychological investigation
Week 5
3. The nature-nurture debate: the relative importance of heredity and environment in determining behaviour; the interactionist approach.
4. Holism and reductionism: levels of explanation in Psychology. Biological reductionism and environmental (stimulus-response) reductionism.
Fully mapped onto the NEW Specification and SOW and has been fully crossed reference with question papers and mark schemes from Spec A, B and the New STEM. In addition includes material and terms mentioned in the SOW but not included in most 'endorsed textbooks' DOWNLOAD sit back and LIVE LIFE.
Students can also subscribe to our A Level PsychExamhelp. to receive LIVE help and feedback for more information go to our website at the right hand side of the page and contact Nick and Bethan our follow us here on TES and send us a message.
Since 2004 Nick and Bethan have worked with top independent and state schools to develop ‘Outstanding’ teaching and learning resources. " Nick and Bethan your student workshop was fantastic pitched at the right level, we will definitely be using you again next year for both Year 12 and Year 13 - excellent resources" Inner London School.
This eagerly anticipated powerpoint has been produced by leading authors Nick and Bethan specifically for the AQA Psychology Specification Year 2 - OPTION 1 Relationships and maps onto our VERY popular Year 2 - Option 1 Relationships Workbook also available for download here on TES
This powerpoint covers Week 9;
1. Factors affecting attraction in romantic relationships: self-disclosure; physical attractiveness, including the matching hypothesis
2. Filter theory, including social demography, similarity in attitudes and complementarity.
Fully mapped onto the NEW Specification and SOW and has been fully crossed reference with question papers and mark schemes from Spec A, B and the New STEM. In addition includes material and terms mentioned in the SOW but not included in most ‘endorsed textbooks’ DOWNLOAD sit back and LIVE LIFE.
Our workbooks are also be supported by our Unique LIVE ONLINE ACADEMY (Psychexamhelp) and LIVE Online Course. Students need to pay a small subscription to receive LIVE help and exam performance feedback for more information go to our website at the right hand side of the page or contact Nick and Bethan information@advancedsuccess.co.uk
Since 2004 Nick and Bethan have worked with top independent and state schools to develop ‘Outstanding’ teaching and learning resources. " Nick and Bethan your student workshop was fantastic pitched at the right level, we will definitely be using you again next year for both Year 12 and Year 13 - excellent resources" Inner London School.
This eagerly anticipated powerpoint has been produced by leading authors Nick and Bethan specifically for the AQA Psychology Specification Year 2 - OPTION 1 Relationships and maps onto our VERY popular Year 2 - Option 1 Relationships Workbook also available for download here on TES
This powerpoint covers Week 8;
1. The evolutionary explanations for partner preference
2. The relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour.
Fully mapped onto the NEW Specification and SOW and has been fully crossed reference with question papers and mark schemes from Spec A, B and the New STEM. In addition includes material and terms mentioned in the SOW but not included in most ‘endorsed textbooks’ DOWNLOAD sit back and LIVE LIFE.
Our workbooks are also be supported by our Unique LIVE ONLINE ACADEMY (Psychexamhelp) and LIVE Online Course. Students need to pay a small subscription to receive LIVE help and exam performance feedback for more information go to our website at the right hand side of the page or contact Nick and Bethan information@advancedsuccess.co.uk
Since 2004 Nick and Bethan have worked with top independent and state schools to develop 'Outstanding' teaching and learning resources.
" Nick and Bethan your student workshop was fantastic pitched at the right level, we will definitely be using you again next year for both Year 12 and Year 13 - excellent resources" Head of Psychology, Inner London School.
This eagerly anticipated powerpoint has been produced by leading authors Nick and Bethan specifically for the AQA Psychology Specification Year 2 - OPTION 1 - Gender and maps onto our VERY popular Year 2 - Option 1 - Gender Workbook also available for download here on TES
This powerpoint covers Week 12 - Atypical gender development
1. Atypical gender development
2. Gender identity disorder
3. Biological and social explanations for gender identity disorder
Fully mapped onto the NEW Specification and SOW and has been fully crossed reference with question papers and mark schemes from Spec A, B and the New STEM. In addition includes material and terms mentioned in the SOW but not included in most 'endorsed textbooks' DOWNLOAD sit back and LIVE LIFE.
Our Resources are also be supported by our Unique LIVE ONLINE ACADEMY (Psychexamhelp) and LIVE Online Courses. Students need to pay an additional subscription to receive LIVE help and exam performance feedback for more information go to our website at the right hand side of the page or contact Nick and Bethan information@advancedsuccess.co.uk
Nick & Bethan are proud to have worked with top independent and state schools since 2004 developing 'Outstanding' teaching and learning resources that have helped many students achieve results above that of the national average.
" Nick and Bethan your student workshop was fantastic pitched at the right level, we will definitely be using you again next year for both Year 12 and Year 13 - excellent resources" Inner London School.
This Independent Learner Workbook (ILW) and Powerpoint covers the following Learning Objectives:
Option 3 Aggression Week 25 - Media influences on aggression
1. The role of desensitisation, disinhibition and cognitive priming.
2. Media influences on aggression, including the effects of computer games.
Our complete Teacher Resource Pack (TRP) is available for only £595 and includes all our year 1 and year 2 teaching and learning resources or if budgets are tight for only £30 we will set up your own bespoke TRP which you can add to at your own pace.
Contact us for further information on information@advancedsuccess.co.uk
Nick & Bethan are proud to have worked with top independent and state schools since 2004 developing 'Outstanding' teaching and learning resources that have helped 10,000's students achieve results above that of the national average.
" Nick and Bethan your student workshop was fantastic pitched at the right level, we will definitely be using you again next year for both Year 12 and Year 13 - excellent resources" Inner London School.
This Mini Bundle Includes the Independent Learner Workbook (ILW) and Powerpoint for Lesson 2 Week 7 - Research Methods Additional Content
Learning Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be familiar with the following:
Lesson 2. Scientific processes
a. Types of validity across all methods of investigation: face validity, concurrent validity, ecological validity and temporal validity. Assessment of validity. Improving validity.
b. Features of science: objectivity and the empirical method; replicability and falsifiability; theory construction and hypothesis testing; paradigms and paradigm shifts.
c. Reporting psychological investigations. Sections of a scientific report: abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and referencing.
Our complete Teacher Resource Pack (TRP) is available for only £595 and includes all our year 1 and year 2 teaching and learning resources or if budgets are tight for only £30 we will set up your own bespoke TRP which you can add to at your own pace.
Contact us for further information on information@advancedsuccess.co.uk
Written by leading authors Nick and Bethan Redshaw this Student Workbook builds on over fifteen years of outstanding success and is ideally suited for the classroom, homework, independent study, review, exam preparation and extension.
If like us you are serious about helping students achieve their full potential they buy this resource. It will also save you hours and hours of preparation time.
Social Influence - Learning Objectives
On completion of this workbook you should be familiar with the following:
Week 1 - Types of conformity.
1. Types of conformity: internalisation, identification and compliance
2. Explanations for conformity: informational social influence and normative social influence
3. Asch (1951) Conformity in Unambiguous Situations
4. Variables affecting conformity including group size, unanimity and task difficulty
Week 2 - Conformity to social roles.
1. Conformity to social roles
2. Zimbardo’s research
Week 3 - Explanations for obedience
1. Explanations for obedience: agentic state and legitimacy of authority
2. Milgram’s (1963) study of Obedience to Authority
3. Situational variables affecting obedience including proximity, location and uniform
4. Dispositional explanation for obedience: the Authoritarian Personality.
Week 4 - Explanations of resistance to social influence
1. Explanations of resistance to social influence, including social support and locus of control
2. Minority influence including reference to consistency, commitment and flexibility
3. Moscovici et al (1969) study of minority influence
4. The role of social influence processes in social change
The supporting POWERPOINT is also available here on TES or in you want to buy our full teacher resource pack go to our website found on the right of this page.
Students can also subscribe to our A Level PsychExamhelp. to receive LIVE help and feedback for more information go to our website at the right hand side of the page.
Nick & Bethan are proud to have worked with top independent and state schools since 2004 developing 'Outstanding' teaching and learning resources that have helped many students achieve results above that of the national average.
" Nick and Bethan your student workshop was fantastic pitched at the right level, we will definitely be using you again next year for both Year 12 and Year 13 - excellent resources" Inner London School.
This Independent Learner Workbook (ILW) covers the following Learning Objectives:
Option 2 Eating Behaviour Week 15 - Explanations for Food Preferences
1. Explanations for food preferences: the evolutionary explanation, including
reference to neophobia and taste aversion; the role of learning in food preference,
including social and cultural influences.
2. Neural and hormonal mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour,
including the role of the hypothalamus, ghrelin and leptin.
Our complete Teacher Resource Pack (TRP) is available for only £595 and includes all our year 1 and year 2 teaching and learning resources or if budgets are tight for only £30 we will set up your own bespoke TRP which you can add to at your own pace.
Contact us for further information on information@advancedsuccess.co.uk
Written by leading authors Nick and Bethan Redshaw specifically for the AQA Psychology Specification Year 2 Psychology in Context, ISSUE, DEBATES and OPTIONS and builds on their highly successful year 1 material which is also available to download here on TES.
Teacher reference - I have bought your Year 1 e-workbook, which I found to be amazing!
Summer 2016—Hi Nick and Bethan, it went brilliantly! Over 50 per cent of my 51 students got A grades – Inner London School with a high proportion of pupil premium students.
Option 3 Aggression - Learning Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be familiar with the following:
Week 21 - Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression
1. Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression, including the roles of the limbic system serotonin and testosterone
2. Genetic factors in aggression, including the MAOA gene.
Week 22 - Ethological & evolutionary explanations of aggression
1. The ethological explanation of aggression, including reference to innate releasing mechanisms and fixed action patterns.
2. Evolutionary explanations of human aggression.
Week 23 - Social psychological explanations
1. The frustration-aggression hypothesis
2. Social learning theory as applied to human aggression
3. De-individuation
Week 24 - Institutional aggression
1. Situational explanations
2. Dispositional explanations
Week 25 - Media influences on aggression
1. The role of desensitisation, disinhibition and cognitive priming.
2. Media influences on aggression, including the effects of computer games.
This workbook is a must and will help your students achieve their potential in the NEW A Level Exams as well as saving you hours of preparation time. IDEAL for developing the flipped classroom. The supporting POWERPOINT(s) will also be available soon here on TES.
Our workbooks are also be supported by our Unique LIVE ONLINE AREA (Psychexamhelp). Students can also receive LIVE help and exam performance feedback at a small extra cost for more information go to our website or contact us through twitter.
Visual and Engaging Psychology Specific Posters by Nick and Bethan Redshaw
As most of you know we run the very popular Psychexamhelp on Twitter. Many a time we have been asked by teachers how they can get hold of our colourful and engaging posters.
So by popular demand we have posted them here on TES all you need to do is print them out at your school.
Designed by us their aim is to break down the AQA Psychology Specification into easily digestible chunks of information. Our visual and attention grabbing designs are guaranteed to brighten up your classrooms and engage your students. A really good tip is to make your classroom specific for the Learning Cycle you are in, for example if covering Social Influence put up this Social Influence posters that covers the Zimbardo (1973) Conformity in the Stanford Prison Experiment and create a colourful and engaging learning environment for your pupils?
We offer over 100 different designs, covering all the psychology topics topics, from Paper 1 through to Paper 3
Since 2004 Nick and Bethan have worked with top independent and state schools to develop 'Outstanding' teaching and learning resources.
This Outstanding (OFSTED) Medium Term Lesson Plan covers the whole of Week 10 Types of Conformity
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
Lesson 1. Types of conformity: internalisation, identification and compliance
Lesson 2. Explanations for conformity: informational social influence and normative social influence
Lesson 3. Asch (1951) Conformity in Unambiguous Situations
Lesson 4. Variables affecting conformity including group size, unanimity and task difficulty
This resource is best used alongside our other outstanding resources also found here on TES but we have made it available in Word Format and can be fully adapted with minimum effort to your own resources. Also contact us about you and your students joining our ONLINE Community for Live feedback and eAssessments.
Written by leading authors and academics Nick and Bethan Redshaw this answer booklet is specifically for all the questions on the Working Memory Model of Memory in our memory section of our successful and extremely popular student workbooks:
1. AS Level - Introductory Topics and Psychology in Context Workbook ISBN 978-1-326-80919-5
2. A Level - Paper 1 Introductory Topics Student Workbook ISBN 978-1-326-80874-7
3. Memory Workbook
OUR Student Workbooks build on over fifteen years of outstanding success and is ideally suited for the classroom, homework, independent study, review, exam preparation and extension. (students that also use our student workbook go on to achieve outstanding results).
The AS Level - Introductory Topics and Psychology in Context Workbook and Year 1 - Memory Student Workbook can be downloaded here on TES our A Level Paper 1 Introductory Topics Student Workbook can be purchased direct from our Amazon Bookshop
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Research Methods Section of our Popular Student Workbooks and covers the following::
Week 3 Key Features of Science
Learning Objectives
On completion of this section you should be familiar with the following:
Lesson 1. Key features of science: objectivity and the empirical method; replicability and falsifiability; theory construction and hypothesis testing; paradigms and paradigm shifts.
Lesson 2. Types of validity across all methods of investigation: face validity, concurrent validity, ecological validity and temporal validity. Assessment of validity. Improving validity.
Lesson 3. Reliability across all methods of investigation. Ways of assessing reliability: test-retest and inter-observer; improving reliability.
Lesson 4. Reporting psychological investigations. Sections of a scientific report: abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and referencing.
Lesson 5. Sampling Methods: the difference between population and sample Sampling techniques including: random, systematic, stratified, opportunity and volunteer; implications of sampling techniques, including bias and generalisation.
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Biopsychology Section of our Popular Student Paper 2 Workbook and covers the following:
** Week 3 - Localisation of the Functions of the Brain**
Localisation of function in the brain and hemispheric lateralisation: motor, somatosensory, visual, auditory and language centres; Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas, split brain research.
Plasticity and functional recovery of the brain after trauma.
Fully supported on our Popular Twitter Site: Psychexamhelp
Written by leading authors Nick and Bethan Redshaw specifically for the AQA Psychology Paper 2 Specification content for Research Methods
Teacher Reference: Summer 2016—Hi Nick and Bethan, it went brilliantly! Over 50 per cent of my 51 students got A grades – Inner London School with a high proportion of pupil premium students.
Paper 2 RESEARCH METHODS - Learning Objectives
On completion of this Topic you should be familiar with the following:
Click on Each link to view the full content covered:
Week 1 - The Experimental Methods
Week 2 - The Non-Experimental Methods
Week 3 Key Features of Science
Week 4 Data handling and analysis
Week 5 Ethics in Psychology
Our workbooks are also be supported by our Unique LIVE ONLINE AREA (Psychexamhelp). Students can also receive LIVE help and exam performance feedback at a small extra cost for more information go to our website or contact us through twitter.
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Biopsychology Section of our Popular Student Paper 2 Workbook and covers the following:
Week 4 - Ways of Studying the Brain
Ways of studying the brain: scanning techniques, including:
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Electroencephalogram (EEGs)
Event-related potentials (ERPs)
Post-mortem examinations
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Biopsychology Section of our Popular Student Paper 2 Workbook and covers the following:
Week 5 - Biological Rhythms
Biological rhythms: circadian, infradian and ultradian and the difference between these rhythms.
The effect of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers on the sleep/wake cycle.
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