AQA GCSE PSYCHOLOGY REVISION PACK COMPONENT 1: COGNITION AND BEHAVIOUR *** 40 revision sessions 20-week revision plan Over 130 revision tasks Covers 4 topics: Development, Research Methods, Memory & Perception Practice exam questions for every session** Which students would benefit from this resource? These tasks are designed for Year 11 GCSE students to complete over 2 sessions per week for 20 weeks. There are 40 sessions in total which cover all four topics in Component 1 (Paper 1) and includes exam practice questions in every session. How long is each session? It is designed as a 20-week-long revision plan, with a gradual increase in the amount of time the tasks should approximately take as students progress with the tasks. Weeks 1-5 = 30 mins Weeks 6-10 = 40 mins Weeks 11=15 = 50 mins Weeks 16 & 17 = 60 mins Weeks 18-20 = 1 hour 45 mins (focus on AQA assessment resources and practice papers/mark schemes). If students are struggling to complete 9-mark questions within the suggested time frame, I usually have them briefly plan their AO1s rather than attempt the whole question (or write it as a 6-marker!) What does each session look like? What does it include? Each session follows a similar format and includes 3-7 tasks (most have 3 or 4). Tasks are instructional, include suggestions for revision techniques, includes suggestions for structuring an evaluation point, and practice exam questions which range from short-answer questions to 9-mark essays. E.g.: ’Development – Applying Piaget’s Theory to Education’ (Week 2, Session 1 – 30 minutes) Task 1: learn the definitions of the three concepts (readiness, learning by discovery, individual learning). You can either create a table or a mindmap. Task 2: learn how to apply each of Piaget’s stages to education. I suggest you list each stage, the developmental task (e.g. egocentrism) and an activity example (e.g. dressing up). Task 3: learn the three evaluation points using the structure. Task 4: answer the following exam-style questions. Briefly explain how one of Piaget’s stages could be applied to education (2 marks) The application of Piaget’s theory to education has been criticised. Use your knowledge of psychology to evaluate this application (5 marks) Describe and evaluate the application of Piaget’s stages to education (9 marks) Why doesn’t it follow the order I taught the topics in? The tasks are grouped by topic in the following order: Development, Research Methods, Memory and Perception. This is the sequence of topics I personally use (I’m aware this may be unusual!) If students are confident, encourage stretch and challenge by having them complete tasks in a different order or picking at random, perhaps! Textbook reference: Illuminate Publishing’s: ‘AQA PSYCHOLOGY FOR GCSE – STUDENT BOOK’ by authors Cara Flanagan, Dave Berry, Ruth Jones, Mark Jones, Rob Liddle. The book is approved by AQA.

Detailed booklet for research methods practical activities for OCR A-level Psychology students. Includes data analysis (including inferential statistical tests with step-by-step instructions for practice). 4 practical studies for students to complete: An experiment An observation A self-report study A correlation study Contains: Background information and example of previous research Aims and hypothesis writing (alternate, null, one-tailed, two-tailed) Method and materials information is provided for students Asks students to identify: the DV, the IV, how they will recruit their sample, identify the sampling method they’ve described, ethical considerations they will need to consider, specific questions about the procedure Difference or relationship? Level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval) Raw data tables An inferential statistical test for each piece of research (Wilcoxon T test, Chi-square test, variance and standard deviation and Spearman’s Rho correlation analysis) Critical value tables Writing significance statements Writing research conclusions Discussion of research: does it match previous findings? What does it mean for the topic its in? Methodological evaluation

A3 worksheet on Individual Differences Area, Psychodynamic Perspective for OCR A-Level Psychology. The resource includes: Assumptions of the perspective Assumption 1: The Unconscious Mind - ID, Ego, Superego Assumption 2: Early Experience Affects Adult Experience, Psychosexual Stages of Development (ages, key developmental task, adult fixation) Assumption 3: Unconscious Information is Presented in Outward Communication (Freudian slips, dream analysis, talking therapy/association) Evaluation/debates: free will vs. determinism, individual vs. situational, social sensitivity, psychology as a science, usefulness.

A3 sheet for revising ‘Understanding Disorders’ from Individual Differences Psychology. OCR A-Level Psychology specification. Freud (1909), Baron-Cohen (1999), evaluate and compare and contrast the studies.

A3 sheet for revising ‘Measuring Differences’ from Individual Differences Psychology. OCR A-Level Psychology specification. Gould (1982) and Hancock (2011), evaluate and compare and contrast the studies.

A3 sheet for revising ‘Responses to People in Need’ from Social Psychology. OCR A-Level Psychology specification. Piliavin (1969), Levine (2001) and compare and contrast the studies.

A3 sheet for revising ‘Responses to People in Authority’ from Social Psychology. OCR A-Level Psychology specification. Milgram (1963), Bocchiaro (2012) and compare and contrast the studies.

A Short Guide to Statistical Tests. This booklet contains all the information students need for the inferential statistics section of OCR A Level Psychology. It includes: How to know which test to use Levels of measurement (nominal/ordinal/interval) Significance levels How to tell if your result is significant (+ a nice easy rule for remembering!) Binomial sign test instructions Chi-square instructions Wilcoxon T instructions Mann-Whitney U instructions Spearman’s rho instructions How to interpret correlations & correlation coefficients