A-Level psychology {edexcel} - psychological formulations, criminal psychology

This is an Alevel psychology lesson which focuses on the criminal psychology unit. This lesson specifically focuses on the use of psychological formulations. It is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 13 slides on the power point.

Included:

• Starter activity which focuses on recapping schedules of reinforcement, answers included.
• Title page - definition of psychological formulations.
• Outline of what psychological formulations are.
• Short video clip example, 5 step model, youtube link on the pp slide.
• Explanation of each phase: offence analysis, understanding the function of offending and application to treatment.
• Example of psychological formulation - from the textbook (Pearson, Edexcel AS/ A Level Psychology, Karren Smith).
• Student task - fill in their own psychological formulation using the template attached.
• Evaluation.
• Think link -individual differences.
• The case of Mr. C - student application task.
• Plenary - planning an 8 mark exam question.