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)
Psychology OCR GCSE (9-1): Social Influence
Paper #2 Applications in Psychology
Covers the specification, including:
• Conformity and majority / minority influence.
• Collective and crowd behaviour
• Obedience including obeying the orders of authority figures.
• The effect of situational factors on behaviours:
• Collective and crowd behaviour and deindividuation
• Culture on behaviour
• Authority figures on obedience
• Situational factors, including the free will/determinism debate.
• The effect of dispositional factors (personality) on behaviours:
• Self-esteem on conformity
• locus of control in crowds and morality on pro-social and anti-social behaviour
• Authoritarian personality on obedience
• Influence of the brain in dispositional factors
• Criticisms of the effect of dispositional factors
APPLICATION
• How minority influence and Majority influence affects social change in attitudes and behaviour towards, increasing awareness of, and reducing mental health stigma and discrimination.
BOTH KEY STUDIES:
Situational Factors Research Study - Bickman (1974)
Dispositional Factors Research Study - NatCen (2011)
Consists of a PPT display (140 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has teaching comments where suitable, links to online resources (only for educational use), exam style questions to encourage thinking and a photocopy friendly resources booklet.
The slides are designed to be extra to the textbook. When answering the questions students should use their textbook and supplied resources as well.
Complete coverage of the whole module, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright.
CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK IS REALLY APPRECIATED, SO I CAN AMEND AND IMPROVE…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy CPsychol is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Psychology OCR GCSE (9-1): SLEEP AND DREAMING
Paper #2 Applications in Psychology
Comprehensive coverage of the specification, including:
• The functions, features and benefits of sleep: healthy brain; physical repair; emotional stability; stages of the sleep cycle and when dreaming occurs; the role of the pineal gland and melatonin
• The causes of sleep disorders: sleep onset and sleep maintenance insomnia
• Endogenous pacemakers; and exogenous zeitgebers; and their role in sleep.
Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming /The Freudian Theory of Dreaming /The Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming
KEY STUDY: The Freudian Theory of Dreaming Research Study – Freud (1918): Dream analysis study of ‘The Wolfman’.
• The Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming:
• The role of REM sleep • the function and actions of the brain during sleep, including the limbic system • activity of neurons in the pons during sleep • the process of synthesis as a function of the cerebral cortex • criticisms of the theory including the reductionism/holism debate.
The Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming Research Study Differences in actions and functions of the brain when dreaming and when awake –
KEY STUDY: Williams et al. (1992): Study into Bizarreness in Dreams and Fantasies: Implications for the Activation Synthesis Hypothesis.
Application Development of treatments for insomnia
• Features of insomnia, the role of the nervous system and its management through relaxation techniques and the role of the physical environment in insomnia and its treatment through improved sleep hygiene
• The impact of neurological damage to the hypothalamus on sleep.
Consists of a PPT display (81 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has links to online resources (only for educational use), class exercises and think about tasks.
Complete coverage of the whole module, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright.
CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK IS REALLY APPRECIATED, SO I CAN AMEND AND IMPROVE…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy CPsychol is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Introduction to Psychology [a truly awesome] presentation for multiple uses (recruiting students etc)…
Over 60 slides in a Powerpoint presentation
Covering introduction to psychology, true or false thinking, visual illusions, counter-intuitive conundrums and rounded off with a bit of magic fun. This presentation really shows the breadth and intrigue of studying psychology
Easy to present as all is explained in the presentation. You are welcome to edit or add some of your own ideas.
Probably enough to cover two sessions and it should fire the imagination of new or perspective psychology students
Offered at a very economical price as a thank you to those who purchased from me this academic year and maybe a thank you to me; for all the free resources…
Thanks and if you like this resource, leave feedback and browse my shop
Andy Mac
POSTERS@PSYCH – Brighten up your walls
Download A4 size, print A3 (colour), laminate, fix on wall – stand back and admire (if on step ladder, dismount and then step back and admire)
Great for open evenings and Ofsted; or just to make people smile
Watch this space – more to come…
POSTERS@PSYCH – Brighten up your walls
Download A4 size, print A3 (colour), laminate, fix on wall – stand back and admire (if on step ladder, dismount and then step back and admire)
Great for open evenings and Ofsted; or just to make people smile
Watch this space – more to come…
POSTERS@PSYCH – Brighten up your walls
Download A4 size, print A3 (colour), laminate, fix on wall – stand back and admire (if on step ladder, dismount and then step back and admire)
Great for open evenings and Ofsted; or just to make people smile
Watch this space – more to come…
POSTERS@PSYCH – Brighten up your walls
Download A4 size, print A3 (colour), laminate, fix on wall – stand back and admire (if on step ladder, dismount and then step back and admire)
Great for open evenings and Ofsted; or just to make people smile
Watch this space – more to come…
Download A4 size, print A3 (colour), laminate, fix on wall – stand back and admire (if on step ladder, dismount and then step back and admire)
Great for open evenings and Ofsted; or just to make people smile
Watch this space – more to come…
POSTERS@PSYCH – Brighten up your walls
Download A4 size, print A3 (colour), laminate, fix on wall – stand back and admire (if on step ladder, dismount and then step back and admire)
Great for open evenings and Ofsted; or just to make people smile
Watch this space – more to come…
Download A4 size, print A3 (colour), laminate, fix on wall – stand back and admire (if on step ladder, dismount and then step back and admire)
Great for open evenings and Ofsted; or just to make people smile
Watch this space – more to come…
OCR GCSE Psychology (9-1): Memory
Application in Psychology Paper #2**
Covers:
• What is Cognitive Psychology?
• What is Memory?
• Types of memory (LTM)
• The Multi-Store Model of Memory
• Theories of forgetting (STM & LTM)
• Theory of Reconstructive Memory
• Amnesia, Brain scanning and Neuropsychology
Covers all three key studies
• Weblinks to key studies / Exam style Q’s
Consists of a PPT display (75 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has teaching comments where suitable, links to online resources (only for educational use) and exam style questions to encourage thinking.
Complete coverage of memory, 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.
I HAVE USED THIS RESOURCE IN THE CLASSROOM
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright.
IF YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE, FEEDBACK IS REALLY APPRECIATED AND HELPS ME TO AMEND AND IMPROVE…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
OCR A-Level Psychology. Revision Bites. Section B, Option 1. Child Psychology (paper 3, option) #4 Intelligence (biological)
PPT presentation (16 slides), covers the following in a clear and uncomplicated way:
What is intelligence?
Biological factors which could affect intelligence
Key Study: A TWIN-FAMILY STUDY OF GENERAL IQ VAN LEEUWEN, M., VAN DEN BERG, S. M. & BOOMSMA, D. (2008)
Application: What is intelligence and one method of assessing intelligence
Examination style questions
Constructive feed back is always appreciated, so I can amend and improve
The author, Andy McCarthy is a chartered psychologist, publicist and an experienced teacher and university lecturer.
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