I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level Psychology. They completely cover the specification, condensing all the key theories, studies, applications and evaluations into one booklet. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: > Organised according to, and covering entirely, the AQA specification. > All AO1 and AO3 ready to answer exam questions > Presented in a concise and memorable way - easy to learn! Includes: • Problems in defining crime. Ways of measuring crime, including official statistics, victim surveys and offender surveys. • Offender profiling: the top-down approach, including organised and disorganised types of offender; the bottom-up approach, including investigative Psychology; geographical profiling. • Biological explanations of offending behaviour: an historical approach (atavistic form); genetics and neural explanations. • Psychological explanations of offending behaviour: Eysenck’s theory of the criminal personality; cognitive explanations; level of moral reasoning and cognitive distortions, including hostile attribution bias and minimalisation; differential association theory; psychodynamic explanations. • Dealing with offending behaviour: the aims of custodial sentencing and the psychological effects of custodial sentencing. Recidivism. Behaviour modification in custody. Anger management and restorative justice programmes. Check out my shop for more AQA A Level Psychology resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level Psychology. They completely cover the specification, condensing all the key theories, studies, applications and evaluations into one booklet. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: > Organised according to, and covering entirely, the AQA specification. > All AO1 and AO3 ready to answer exam questions > Presented in a concise and memorable way It covers every topic in this area of the spec: • Classification of schizophrenia. Positive symptoms of schizophrenia, including hallucinations and delusions. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia, including speech poverty and avolition. Reliability and validity in diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia, including reference to co-morbidity, culture and gender bias and symptom overlap. • Biological explanations for schizophrenia: genetics, the dopamine hypothesis and neural correlates. • Psychological explanations for schizophrenia: family dysfunction and cognitive explanations including dysfunctional thought processing. • Drug therapy: typical and atypical antipsychotics. • Cognitive behaviour therapy and family therapy as used in the treatment of schizophrenia. Token economies as used in the management of schizophrenia. • The importance of an interactionist approach in explaining and treating schizophrenia; the diathesisstress model. Please see my shop for resources to fully prepare you for the exam: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

A checklist of all the research methods content needed for the year one and year two exams (AQA). It is split into what is needed for first year and second year for your convenience :-) Check out my shop for all the revision resources i used to get an A*: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

14 practice essay questions organised in a workbook format for A Level English Language. Includes an essay template for each question to guide students to structure an answer. Questions are written in ‘evaluate’ style i.e.* ‘evaluate the idea that some accents and dialects are viewed more favourably than others’* Why it works: Covers every topic: gender, accent & dialect, sociolect, world English, language change Template helps structure answers Practice recalling AO2 and arranging it with other theories to build an argument Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language

Example student written model articles on gender, accent & dialect, social group/ sociolect & occupation. Why they work: Top band articles show how to balance engaging style with linguistic theories Ideas of headlines, straplines & openings Use as a style model for your future (brilliant!) articles! I also made a resource with a headline, strapline & engaging opening for every topic that you could be required to write an article on. This is a great tool for students to avoid wasting time starting articles and getting straight on with it. Find it here

I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level Psychology. This includes 23 pages of colourful, concise notes & 80 flashcards covering the entire specification . I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: Organised according to, and covering entirely, the AQA specification for year 1 & 2 exams Based off mark scheme points so directly relevant to exams Presented in a concise and memorable way<br /> Includes 80 card flashcard set & link to a quizlet so you also have an interactive version Please note that the booklet only covers first year content & the flashcards cover both years. This shouldn’t make any difference as all information for every part of the specification over both years is provided here, just letting you know its in different formats! Check out my shop for more AQA A Level Psychology resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

Four posters with the key information for each topic condensed onto one page. Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: Clear, colourful and organised in text boxes so easy to memorise studies Brief summary of each topic can be displayed on bedroom wall and looked at regularly Comprehensive set of notes full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more Includes accent & dialect, occupation, gender and sociolect Please notes these posters are a bedrock of theories. If you want each topic written in more detail please see here…

Fill in the gaps - language and gender. simple way to cement theory into memory learn how to structure an essay on the topic fast highly effective revision includes answer sheet A great starter, or, once complete, model answer packed with AO2!

Fill in the gaps - accent and dialect, A level English Language. easy way to cement theory in memory learn the structure for essays quick and efficient revision includes answer sheet A great starter, or, once complete, excellent revision resource with lots of AO2! FOLLOW me @astarlevels

I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level Psychology. They completely cover the specification, condensing all the key theories, studies, applications and evaluations into one booklet. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: > Organised according to, and covering entirely, the AQA specification. > All AO1 and AO3 ready to answer exam questions > Presented in a concise and memorable way It covers every topic in this area of the spec: • Gender and culture in psychology – universality and bias. Gender bias including androcentrism and alpha and beta bias; cultural bias, including ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. • Free will and determinism: hard determinism and soft determinism; biological, environmental and psychic determinism. The scientific emphasis on causal explanations. • The nature-nurture debate: the relative importance of heredity and environment in determining behaviour; the interactionist approach. • Holism and reductionism: levels of explanation in psychology. Biological reductionism and environmental (stimulus-response) reductionism. • Idiographic and nomothetic approaches to psychological investigation. • Ethical implications of research studies and theory, including reference to social sensitivity. Please do check out my shop as I have over 100 other revision resources. DM me on Twitter @astarlevels if you have any questions. Good luck in your exams!

12 pages of practice essay questions for the new psychology paper 3 AQA A level. Despite many students being able to recite key studies and theories by Milgram, Singh or Kohlberg, without plenty of practice putting these theories into essays and linking up ideas, they often fail to reach the top marks. However this resource provides students with multiple essays for each topic in the specification and that could appear on their paper. It has a checklist encouraging them to plan the essay to pick the most relevant ideas, then write it and most importantly get it marked for feedback. When preparing for A Level Psychology some of the most crucial preparation is practice and this resource gives realistic, challenging and invaluable suggested questions. There are loads of 16 marker essay questions for every topic in the new specification meaning students can plan and practice a response to almost every possible question they could be asked since I spent a lot of time creating questions that cover all of the specification. Check out my shop for more: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

This template is designed to guide students through close language analysis. I found this kind of approach the fastest and most effective way to label language features for AO1 and then to score really good AO3 with in depth analysis and links to wider ideas and meaning. Slide one is a blank template and the second slide is an example of how the template can help analyse a quote. Hi! If you came from Twitter, thanks for all the retweets, this blew up! If you want to try out the technique yourself, download this resource for free :-) Download to get an editable copy of the BLANK template! Made for A Level but can be adapted for any level really. Even year 7s or GCSE will benefit from this technique. Please leave a review! Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels

Detailed summary sheet makes this summary sheet suitable for students aiming for an A* in AQA A Level Psychology Concise and easy to learn style makes it beneficial for all abilities Everything you need for this topic right here! Challenging set of AQA style questions on page 2 that relate to the summary sheet and directly to the specification. Easy to mark the questions as answers are on summary sheet… Best used as a handout in class or for revision. The brilliant set of questions means students can reinforce what they’ve learnt with specific questions, meaning they are well prepared for the exam. Specifically includes: Top down approach (including organised and disorganised types of offender) Four stages of constructing an FBI profile Bottom up approach (including investigative psychology and geographical profiling) Key variables of BU Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two approaches [fantastic knowledge to enter exam with!]

This blew up on twitter! Download the simple but incredibly useful template today. Tried and tested by an A* student. Over 100 resources now uploaded to help you revise A Level English Language, check it out: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels This resource: “blank canvas” revision - a wacky font on a blank canvas for every topic. Encourage students to try out different ways of filling each poster. Experimenting with a variety of techniques will keep them interested and starting to think about the topics in different ways. Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels

Poster giving an explanation and examples of jargon. Could be used as a starter or as part of a display alongside students own posters. Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels