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.
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 the week on Explanations for Obedience
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
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.
This resources 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.
AFL27 - Question Paper and Mark Scheme - Depression very useful for revision and the build up to the AS exams (Questions and Assessment are also available ONLINE with LIVE feedback contact Nick & Bethan for further details) - We use it week by week and our schools, student and parents love it.
It must be stressed that our assessment for learning and mark schemes are working documents, updated and adapted year on year - developed and expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper and senior examiner reports. Assumptions about mark schemes and future mark schemes that we create are based on all the current available STEM but whilst the guiding principles of assessment remain constant, details change year on year, depending on the content of a particular examination paper.
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 02 Non Experimental Methods
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
1. Types of observation techniques
· Naturalistic and controlled observation; covert and overt observation; participant and non-participant observation.
· Observational design: behavioural categories; event sampling; time sampling.
2. Self-report techniques
· Questionnaires; questionnaire construction, including use of open and closed questions
· Interviews; design of interviews, structured and unstructured
3. Correlations
· The difference between correlations and experiments
· Analysis of the relationship between co-variables; positive, negative and zero correlations
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.
If you want all our resources then why not buy our Teacher Resource Pack at http://bit.ly/1SZ11Cd
From leading AQA Psychology authors Nick and Bethan Redshaw. This work booklet looks at the popular key topic:- Anomalistic Psychology. It has been specifically developed to give you all the information you need to be able to achieve outstanding success in this section of the Unit 4 (PSYA4) AQA A2 exam. This workbook includes textbook style content, self study activities and exam style questions.
Over the years students and teachers using our materials have achieved results above that of the national average. All the material is designed to help and guide you through the learning process and to develop strong evaluation and analysis skills.
Save yourself HOURS and HOURS of planning and preparation time. The comprehensive powerpoint fully supports our popular student workbook section on the Eyewitness Testimony also available to download from TES https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-new-specification-year-1-memory-11206995.
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.
Save yourself HOURS and HOURS of planning and preparation time. The comprehensive PowerPoint fully supports our popular student workbook Attachment section on the Stages of Attachment includes:
1. Caregiver-infant interactions in humans: reciprocity and interactional synchrony.
2. Stages of attachment identified by Schaffer.
3. Multiple attachments and the role of the father.
Our popular Attachment workbooks is also available to download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-new-specification-year-1-attachment-11206998
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.
This Outstanding (OFSTED) Medium Term Lesson Plan covers the whole of Week 24 Bowlby Theory of Maternal Deprivation:
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
1. Bowlby’s Theory of Maternal Deprivation
2. Romanian orphan studies and the effects of institutionalisation.
3. The influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships, including the role
of the internal working model.
This resources 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.
An area students often struggle with this very short clear presentation covering the main assumptions (A01), strengths and weaknesses (A03)of the biological approach is ideal.
My students love them.
Save yourself HOURS and HOURS of planning and preparation time. The comprehensive PowerPoint fully supports our popular student workbook Social Influence section on Explanations of resistance to social influnce including social support and locus of control also available to download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-new-specification-year-1-social-influence-11206991
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.
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 11 Conformity to Social Roles
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
1. Conformity to social roles
2. Zimbardo’s research
This resources 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.
This Outstanding (OFSTED) Medium Term Lesson Plan covers the whole of Week 20 Eyewitness Testimony
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
1. Factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony: misleading information, including
leading questions and post-event discussion
2. The effect of anxiety on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
3. Improving the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, including the use of the cognitive interview.
This resources 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.
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 05 Ethics in Psychology
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
1. Ethics, the role of the British Psychological Society’s code of ethics and ethical issues in the design and conduct of psychological studies
2. Dealing with ethical issues in research
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.
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 01 Experimental Methods
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
1. Key features of the experimental method
· The aim: stating aims, the difference between aims and hypotheses
· Hypotheses: directional and non-directional
· Variables: manipulation and control of variables, including independent, dependent, extraneous, confounding; operationalisation of variables
· Control: random allocation and counterbalancing, randomisation and
standardisation. Demand characteristics and investigator effects.
2. Experimental methods. Types of experiment, laboratory and field experiments; natural and quasi-experiments and their strengths and limitations
3. Experimental designs: repeated measures, independent groups, matched pairs
4. Pilot studies and the aims of piloting
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.
If you want all our resources then why not buy our Teacher Resource Pack at http://bit.ly/1SZ11Cd
This Outstanding (OFSTED) Medium Term Lesson Plan covers the whole of Week 27 Depression:
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
1. The behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of depression
2. The cognitive approach to explaining depression; Beck’s negative triad and Ellis’s ABC
model
3. The cognitive approach to treating depression; cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), including challenging irrational thoughts.
This resources 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
Ideal as a starter, AFL or simply revision this crossword match's Paper 1 content on Memory - Features of each store in terms of coding, capacity and duration
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 - Approaches in Psychology also available for download here on TES
This powerpoint covers;
Week 2 - The Humanistic Approach
Comparison of Approaches
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.
Its that time of the year - do your year 13 need a little more…Published in 2012 and written by leading psychology authors Nick and Bethan Redshaw this revision book is designed to help you achieve your potential and gain the maximum marks in your a-level exam.
In this book you will find summaries of all the research methods used by psychologists to conduct research studies and evaluation of these methods and techniques. Specification criteria highlighting exactly what you need to know for the exam. Exam success tips, key terms and exam style questions for you to practise. Along with a model answer section with examiner style feedback.
Nick and Bethan Redshaw have many years experience as authors of the highly successful and respected Independent Learner Series. Nick has worked as a senior examiner for one of the leading exam boards and has taught psychology in numerous schools allover the country. All our psychology material has been specifically written with students in mind to help you to get the most out of your studies.
SPECIAL OFFER - AQA Year 2 - Relationships Workbook & Powerpoints - Bundle Only £25 (normally £31 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 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 1 Relationships - Learning Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be familiar with the following:
Week 8 -The evolutionary explanations for partner preferences, including the relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour.
Week 9 - Factors affecting attraction in romantic relationships: self-disclosure; physical attractiveness, including the matching hypothesis; filter theory, including social demography, similarity in attitudes and complementarity.
Week 10 - Theories of romantic relationships: social exchange theory, equity theory and Rusbult’s investment model of commitment, satisfaction, comparison with alternatives and investment. Duck’s phase model of relationship breakdown: intra-psychic, dyadic, social and grave dressing phases.
Week 11 - Virtual relationships in social media: self-disclosure in virtual relationships; effects of absence of gating on the nature of virtual relationships.
Week 12 - Parasocial relationships: levels of parasocial relationships, the absorption addiction model and the attachment theory explanation.
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
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 3 - Forensic Psychology Workbook also available for download here on TES
This powerpoint covers 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.
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" 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 3 - Forensic Psychology Workbook also available for download here on TES
This powerpoint covers 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.
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