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.
Presented by Nick Redshaw - This 11 minute Video Presentation covers the Minority influence including reference to consistency, commitment and flexibility section of our popular student workbook and includes discussion on the questions and suggested answers to questions within the our workbook.
This presentation is ideal for creating the flipped classroom - simply post this on your VLE or Edmodo, and get your students to look at it before your lesson it is best used in conjunction with our workbooks that you can download here or get your students to buy their own print copy exclusively through Amazon (save on your photocopying budget). Ideal as part of sustained lessons or revision and will help your students achieve outstanding progress over time.
Presented by Nick Redshaw - This 12 minute Video Presentation covers the role of social influence processes in social change section of our popular student workbook and includes discussion on the questions and suggested answers to questions within the our workbook.
This presentation is ideal for creating the flipped classroom - simply post this on your VLE or Edmodo, and get your students to look at it before your lesson it is best used in conjunction with our workbooks that you can download here or get your students to buy their own print copy exclusively through Amazon (save on your photocopying budget). Ideal as part of sustained lessons or revision and will help your students achieve outstanding progress over time.
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Memory Section of our Popular Student Workbooks and covers the following learning objective:
Lesson 3 - Types of long-term memory
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Attachment Section of our Popular Student Workbooks and covers the following learning objective:
Lesson 6 - Multiple attachments and the role of the father
This animation covers the AQA Psychology learning objectives for Research Methods the presentation and display of quantitative data: graphs, tables, scattergrams, bar charts and looks specifically at:
Animation 1 - Histogram
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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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Social Influence Section of our Popular Student Workbooks and covers the following learning objective:
Lesson 6 - Explanations for Obedience
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Memory Section of our Popular Student Workbooks and covers the following learning objective:
Lesson 7 - Retrieval failure due to absence of cues
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 04 Data Handling and Analysis (LOTS of Maths - a must have..)
Learning Objectives
On completion of this week your students should be familiar with the following:
1. Types of data
· Quantitative and qualitative data; the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques.
· Primary and secondary data, including meta-analysis.
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.
3. Graphs
· Presentation and display of quantitative data: graphs, tables, scattergrams, bar charts.
· Distributions: normal and skewed distributions; characteristics of normal and skewed distributions.
4. Analysis and interpretation of correlation, including correlation coefficients
5. Introduction to statistical testing; the sign test.
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.
SPECIAL OFFER (by popular request) includes the Attachment Workbook, MTLP Lesson Plans and all the PowerPoint’s for the Attachment Topic:
Content includes;
Week 1 - Explanations of Attachment
Lesson 1 - Animal studies of attachment Lorenz and Harlow
Lesson 2 - Bowlby’s Monotropic Theory of Attachment
Lesson 3 - The Learning Theory of Attachment
Week 2 - Caregiver-infant interactions in humans
Lesson 4 -Caregiver-infant interactions in humans
Lesson 5 - Stages of attachment identified by Schaffer
Lesson 6 - Multiple attachments and the role of the father
Week 3 - Types of Attachment
Lesson 7 - Use of the “Strange Situation”
Lesson 8 - Cultural variations in attachment including van Ijzendoorn
Week 4 - Bowlbys Theory of Maternal Deprivation
Lesson 9 - Bowlbys Theory of Maternal Deprivation
Lesson 10 - Romanian orphan studies
Lesson 11 - The influence of early attachment
SAVE £47 With this Bundle which includes 17 Resources including MTLPS, Powerpoints and Student Workbooks for both Year 1 and Year 2 - click on each individual resource for further details.
Cognitive Approach
Learning Approaches (Inc SLT)
Biological Approach
Humanistic Approach
Psychodynamic Approach
SPECIAL OFFER (by popular request) includes the Memory Workbook, MTLP Lesson Plans and all the PowerPoint’s for the Memory Topic:
Content includes;
Week 1 - The Multi Store Model of Memory
Lesson 1 - The Multi Store Model of Memory
Lesson 2 - Features of Each Store
Lesson 3 - Types of long-term memory
Week 2 - The Working Memory Model
Lesson 4 - The Working Memory Model
Lesson 5 - Research studies into the WMM
Week 3 - Explanations for forgetting, proactive and retroactive interference
Lesson 6 - Explanations for forgetting
Lesson 7 - Retrieval failure due to absence of cues
Week 4 - Factors affecting the accuracy of EWT
Lesson 8 - Factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
Lesson 9 - The effect of anxiety on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
Lesson 10 - Improving the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
Next Year Starts NOW - By Special Request (Save 24%) - The Humanistic Approach, The Psychodynamic Approach & Comparisons.
Get these 5 Premium Resources including MTLPS, Powerpoints and Student Workbook for both Humanistic and Psychdtnamic Approaches and the Comparison of Approaches - click on each individual resource for further details:
SPECIAL OFFER (by popular request) includes the Psychopathology Workbook, MTLP Lesson Plans and all the PowerPoint’s for the Psychopathology Topic:
Content includes;
Week 1 - Definitions of Abnormality
Lesson 1 - Definitions of Abnormality, Deviation from social norms, Failure to function adequately, Statistical infrequency, Deviation from ideal mental
Week 2 - Phobias
Lesson 2 - Phobias - The behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of phobias
Lesson 3 - Phobias- The behavioural approach to explaining phobias; the two-process model, including classical and operant conditioning.
Lesson 4 - Phobias - The behavioural approach to treating phobias; systematic desensitisation, including relaxation and use of hierarchy; flooding.
Week 3 - Depression
Lesson 5 - Depression - The behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of depression
Lesson 6 - Depression - The cognitive approach to explaining depression; Beck’s negative triad and Ellis’s ABC model
Lesson 7 - Depression - The cognitive approach to treating depression; cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), including challenging irrational thoughts.
Week 4. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Lesson 8 - OCD - The behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of OCD
Lesson 9 - OCD - The biological approach to explaining OCD; genetic and neural explanations
Lesson 10 - OCD - The biological approach to treating OCD; drug therapy
Written by leading authors and teachers Nick and Bethan Redshaw to help their students achieve their full potential. (Teacher Reference - JB Can not recommend these resources more highly! Has made the delivery of A level psych a dream! )
The WORKBOOK and supporting POWERPOINT(s) are also available individually here on TES
Student Workbook and Supporting Powerpoints Cover:
Paper 2 BIOPSYCHOLOGY - Learning Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be familiar with the following:
Week 1 - The Influence of genes on behaviour
The influence of genes on behaviour. Genotype and phenotype, genetic basis of behaviour, evolution and behaviour
The influence of biological structures on behaviour
The divisions of the nervous system: central and peripheral (somatic and autonomic).
The structure and function of sensory, relay and motor neurons. The process of synaptic transmission, including reference to neurotransmitters, excitation and inhibition.
Week 2 - The Influence of neurochemistry on behaviour
The function of the endocrine system: glands and hormones.
The fight or flight response including the role of adrenaline.
Week 3 - Localisation of the Functions of the Brain
Localisation of function in the brain and hemispheric lateralisation: motor, somatosensory, visual, auditory and language centres; Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas, split brain research. Plasticity and functional recovery of the brain after trauma.
Week 4 - Ways of Studying the Brain
Scanning techniques, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); electroencephalogram (EEGs) and event-related potentials (ERPs)
Post-mortem examinations
Week 5 - Biological Rhythms
Circadian, infradian and ultradian and the difference between these rhythms.
The effect of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers on the sleep/wake cycle.
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Paper 3 Stress Student Workbook and covers the following:
The role of stress in illness, with reference to immunosuppression and cardiovascular disorders.
The role of stress in illness, with reference to cardiovascular disorders
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Paper 3 Stress Student Workbook and covers the following:
Week 3 - Sources of Stress
Sources of stress and measuring stress: life change and self-report scales (Social Readjustment Ratings Scale)
Sources of stress and measuring stress: daily hassle and self-report scales (Hassles and Uplifts Scale)
Measuring stress: physiological measures, including skin conductance response
Workplace stress, including the effects of workload and control.
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Paper 3 Stress Student Workbook and covers the following:
Week 4 - Individual Differences in Stress
Individual differences in stress: personality types A, B and C and associated behaviours; hardiness, including commitment, challenge and control.
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This PowerPoint fully supports our popular Paper 3 Stress Student Workbook and covers the following:
Week 5 - Managing and Coping with Stress
Managing and coping with stress: drug therapy (benzodiazepines, beta blockers), stress inoculation therapy and biofeedback.
Gender differences in coping with stress.
The role of social support in coping with stress; types of social support, including instrumental, emotional and esteem support.
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SPECIAL OFFER - Paper 3 - STRESS Workbook & Powerpoints
Written by leading authors and teachers Nick and Bethan Redshaw to help their students achieve their full potential. (Teacher Reference - **JB **Can not recommend this pack more highly! Has made the delivery of A level psych a dream! )
The WORKBOOK and supporting POWERPOINT(s) are also available individually here on TES
Student Workbook and Supporting Powerpoints Cover:
Option 2 Stress - Learning Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be familiar with the following:
Week 1. The physiology of stress, including general adaptation syndrome, the hypothalamic pituitary-adrenal
system, the sympathomedullary pathway and the role of cortisol.
Week 2. The role of stress in illness, including reference to immunosuppression and cardiovascular disorders.
Week 3. Sources of stress and Measuring Stress
Life changes and daily hassles. Workplace stress, including the effects of workload and control.
Measuring stress: self-report scales (Social Readjustment Ratings Scale and Hassles and Uplifts Scale) and physiological measures, including skin conductance response.
Week 4. Individual differences in stress: personality types A, B and C and associated behaviours; hardiness, including commitment, challenge and control.
Week 5. Managing and coping with stress: drug therapy (benzodiazepines, beta blockers), stress inoculation therapy and biofeedback. Gender differences in coping with stress. The role of social support in coping with stress; types of social support, including instrumental, emotional and esteem support.
Our Resources are fully supported on our Popular Twitter Site: Psychexamhelp and Online Lesson by Lesson Video Tutorials on our Youtube Channel the PsychExamHelper.