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.
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Paper 3 - Stress Student Workbook and covers the following:
Week 1 - The physiology of stress
The physiology of stress, including general adaptation syndrome, the hypothalamic pituitary-adrenal
system, the sympathomedullary pathway and the role of cortisol.
Fully supported on our Popular Twitter Site: Psychexamhelp and Online Lesson by Lesson Video Tutorials.
SPECIAL OFFER - AQA Year 2 - Forensic Workbook & Powerpoints - Bundle Only £25 (normally £34 if bought individually)
The workbook and powerpoints are 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 WORKBOOK and supporting POWERPOINT(s) will also be available individually here on TES
Written by leading authors and teachers 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! )
Student Workbook and Supporting Powerpoints Cover:
Option 3 Forensic Psychology - Learning Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be familiar with the following:
Week 21 - Defining and Measuring Crime
1. Problems in defining crime.
2. Ways of measuring crime, including official statistics, victim surveys and offender surveys.
Week 22 - Offender Profiling
1. Offender profiling
2. The top-down approach, including organised and disorganised types of offender
3. The bottom-up approach, including investigative Psychology
4. Geographical profiling.
Week 23 - Biological Explanations of Offending Behaviour
1. An historical approach (atavistic form)
2. Genetics
3. Neural explanations.
Week 24 - Psychological explanations of offending behaviour
1. Eysenck’s theory of the criminal personality
2. Cognitive explanations; level of moral reasoning and cognitive distortions, including hostile attribution bias and minimalisation
3. Differential association theory
4. Psychodynamic explanations.
Week 25 - Dealing with offending behaviour
1. The aims of custodial sentencing
2. The psychological effects of custodial sentencing.
3. Recidivism.
4. Behaviour modification in custody.
5. Anger management and restorative justice programmes.
Our Resources are also be supported by our Unique LIVE ONLINE AREA (Psychexamhelp). 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
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 your Social Influence posters and create colourful and engaging learning environments for your pupils?
We offer over 100 different designs, covering all the psychology topics topics, from Paper 1 through to Paper 3.
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 your Social Influence posters and create colourful and engaging learning environments for your pupils?
We offer over 100 different designs, covering all the psychology topics topics, from Paper 1 through to Paper 3.
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 your Social Influence posters and create colourful and engaging learning environments 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. " 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 3 - Forensic Psychology and maps onto our VERY popular Year 2 - Option 1 - Cognition and Development Workbook also available for download here on TES
This powerpoint covers Week 11 - The development of social cognition
1. The development of social cognition
2. Selman’s levels of perspective-taking
3. Theory of mind, including theory of mind as an explanation for autism; the Sally-Anne study
4. The role of the mirror neuron system in social cognition
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 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
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 11 - Social learning theory
1. Social learning theory as applied to gender development
2. The influence of media on gender roles
3. The influence of culture on gender roles
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
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.
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.
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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
Fully supported on our Popular Twitter Site: Psychexamhelp
Version without Christmas Logo now added - Ideal as a starter, AFL or simply revision for the January Mocks. This Crossword match's the Paper 1 Attachment content on the Explanations of Attachment
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Research Methods Section of our Popular Student Workbooks and covers the following::
Week 4 Data handling and analysis
Learning Objectives
On completion of this section you should be familiar with the following:
Lesson 1. Types of data
· Quantitative and qualitative data; the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques.
· Primary and secondary data, including meta-analysis.
Lesson 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.
Lesson 3. Graphs
· Presentation and display of quantitative data: graphs, tables, scattergrams, bar charts.
· Distributions: normal and skewed distributions; characteristics of normal and skewed distributions.
Lesson 4. Data handling and analysis
· Analysis and interpretation of correlation, including correlation coefficients.
Lesson 5. Inferential Testing
· Probability and significance; Type I and Type II errors.
· Factors affecting the choice of statistical test
· The use of statistical tables and critical values in interpretation of significance
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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:
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Social Influence Section of our Popular Student Workbooks and covers the following learning objective:
Lesson 1 - Types of conformity
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 3 - Forensic Psychology and maps onto our VERY popular Year 2 - Option 1 - Cognition and Development Workbook also available for download here on TES
This powerpoint covers Week 9 - Vygotsky’s theory of Cognitive Development
1. Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development, including the zone of proximal development and scaffolding.
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 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
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 9 - Cognitive explanations of gender development
1. Cognitive explanations of gender development
2. Kohlberg’s theory, gender identity, gender stability and gender constancy
3. Gender schema theory
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.
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These animations cover the AQA Psychology compulsory content for Social Influence for specific details click on each resource for more details.
Individual price £12.00 Bundle price £8.00 (Saving 33%)
Ideal for engaging those visual and auditory learners and consolidation of classroom learning can be easily added to school VLE's and learning platforms.
Also ideal for private study and last minute revision.
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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.
" WOW...WOW...WOW - I can't say how truly amazing these resources from Nick and Bethan Redshaw are” Mrs Jones, Psychology Teacher - Powys.