This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key questions Key assumptions of the Biological Approach The Brain vs. The Mind The Genetic Basis of Behaviour Twin Studies Video: What identical twins separated at birth teach us about genetics Genotype and Phenotype Genotype Phenotype Activity: Apply it - Phenylketonuria (PKU) Evolutionary and Behaviour Exam practice: Application Question Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Exam practice: Comparison Essay with Mark Scheme Example Comparison Paragraph Plenary: Discussion question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key questions Freud’s Psychodynamic Approach Key Assumptions of The Psychodynamic Approach The Role of The Unconscious The Preconscious Mind The Structure of Personality: Tripartide Structure Defence Mechanisms Activity: Concepts - Defence Mechanisms Video: Defence Mechansims The Psychosexual Stages Exam questions with Mark Scheme: Short answer question Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Evaluation question Plenary: Discussion Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions How to Compare Approaches Activity: Comparison Summary Table Comparing the Biological Approach to the Behaviorist Approach Model Comparison Paragraph Exam practice: Comparison Essays Comparing the Cognitive Approach to the Psychodynamic Approach Structuring Comparison Essays Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Comparison Essay Mark scheme Model Comparison Paragraph Plenary: Consolidation Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key questions Key Assumptions of Behaviourism Classical Conditioning (CC) Pavlov’s Research CC Key Terminology Operant Conditioning (OC) Video: The difference between classical and operant conditioning OC Key terminology Activity: Key term Match Skinner’s Research Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Exam practice: Short answer, Evaluation Questions with Mark Schemes Plenary: Discussion Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions The Biological Approach to Explaining OCD Genetic Explanations of OCD Family Studies Candidate Genes OCD is Polygenic Different types of OCD Neural Explanations of OCD The Role of Serotonin Decision-Making Systems Activity: Concepts - Jack Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: 16 Mark Essay with Application Activity: Planning worksheet Plenary: Consolidation Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions Circadian Rhythms Video: How does your body know what time it is? The Sleep/Wake Cycle Siffre’s Cave Studies (1962; 1972) Aschoff & Wever’s WWII Bunker Study (1976) Folkard et al.'s Cave Study (1985) Activity: Summary worksheet Evaluation worksheet Evaluation Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: 8 Mark Question with Application Model Answer Plenary: Consolidation Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions The Behavioural Treatment of Phobias Treatment 1: Systematic Desensitisation The Anxiety Hierarchy Relaxation Techniques are Taught Exposure to Phobic Stimulus Treatment 2: Flooding Activity – Concepts Ailurophobia (Fears of cats) Evaluation points Evaluation worksheets Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application question Plenary: Consolidation question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key questions Philosophical roots Wilhelm Wundt Controlled Methods Freud’s Psychodynamic Approach The Behaviourist Approach The Humanistic Approach The Cognitive Approach Social Learning Theory the Biological Approach Cognitive Neuroscience Activity: Summarising the Approaches Worksheet: Timeline Activity Video: Is Psychology a Science? The Emergence of Psychology as a Science Exam practice: 8 Mark Question with Mark Scheme Plenary: Discussion Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions Activity: Is this person abnormal? Definition 1: Statistical Infrequency Example: IQ and Intellectual Disability Disorder Definition 2: Deviation from Social Norms Example: Antisocial Personality Disorder Definition 3: Failure to Function Adequately Example: Intellectual Disability Disorder Definition 4: Deviation from Ideal Mental Health Jahoda’s Criteria of Ideal Mental Health (1958) Video: Psychology Unlocked - Four ways to define abnormality Evaluation activity Evaluation points Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application question Plenary: Consolidation question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions Types of Biological Rhythms Infradian Rhythms Example 1: Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D) Video: What is S.A.D? Example 2: The Female Menstrual Cycle Key Research: Stern & McClintock (1998) Ultradian Rhythms Example 1: Sleep Cycles Video: Sleep Stages Example 2: Human Appetite Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Short Answer Question Plenary: Consolidation Question Activity: Topic Review To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions Neurons Parts of a Neuron Diagram Activity: Label the parts of a Neuron Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: ‘Describe’ Question Synaptic Transmission Video: 2-Minute Neuroscience: Synaptic Transmission The Four Key Steps of Synaptic Transmission Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials and Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials Types of Neurons: Motor, Sensory and Relay Neurons Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Outline, Short answer questions Plenary: Consolidation Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key questions Background information Observational learning Modelling and Identification The Role of Mediational Processes Vicarious Reinforcement Video: Bobo Doll Experiment 1 Bandura’s findings Activity: Application scenario Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Short answer question Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Plenary: Consolidation question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions Hemispheric Lateralisation Sperry’s Split-Brain Research (1968) Video: Split-Brain Behavioural Experiments Sperry et al.'s Procedure Experiment 1: Describe what you see Experiment 2: Recognition by touch Activity: Summary Worksheet Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Short Answer Question Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Evaluation Question Plenary: Discussion question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions Key assumptions from the Behaviourist Approach Mowrer’s Two-Process Model (1960) Activity: Classical Conditioning Fear Acquisition via Classical Conditioning Phobia Maintenance via Operant Conditioning Activity: Concepts - Zelda’s Fear of Dogs Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application Question Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Video: How fear drove human evolution Plenary: Consolidation question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key questions Video: Defining Disorders Diagnosis in Psychology: The DSM-V Specific Phobias in the DSM-V Phobia Prevalence in the UK Trypophobia Activity: Fear or Phobia Video: Khan Academy - Phobias Behavioural Characteristics of Phobias Panic Avoidance Endurance Emotional Characteristics of Phobias Anxiety Fear Unreasonable Emotional Response Cognitive Characteristics of Phobias Selective Attention to the Phobic Stimulus Irrational Beliefs Cognitive Distortions Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application questions Plenary: Consolidation question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions Aims of Drug Therapy Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) How SSRIs work Video: 2-Minute Neuroscience – SSRIs Activity: Fill in the Blanks Combining SSRis work with Other Treatments Alternative to SSRIs Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Short answer questions Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Evaluation questions Plenary: Consolidation Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions Brain Plasticity Maguire et al.'s London Taxi Driver Study Learning-induced Changes in The Brain Structural Plasticity in the Bilingual Brain Functional Recovery in the Brain Video: Jody’s story Video question sheet Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Short answer questions Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Activity: Concepts - The Case of Gabby Giffords Plenary: Consolidation Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

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o request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact me at jb_resources@outlook.com (responses are usually very prompt). Key content included: Key Questions Video: How body clocks rule our lives. Endogenous Pacemakers The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) The SCN and the Optic Nerve The Pineal Gland and Melatonin Animal Studies and the SCN DeCoursey et al.'s chipmunk study (2000) Ralph et al.'s mutant hamster study (1990) Exogenous Zeitgebers Light as an Exogenous Zeitgeber Social cues as an Exogenous Zeitgeber Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application Question Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Plenary: Consolidation Question If you would like to support my shop and enjoyed using JB Resources today, a review would be greatly appreciated.

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. Key content covered in this Lesson: Key Questions The Cognitive Approach Key Assumptions Theoretical Models Computer Models Video: Are brains like computers? The Role of Schema Example of a schema for a chair The Emergence of Cognitive Neuroscience Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Short answer questions Evaluation worksheet Evaluation points Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Evaluation question Plenary: Consolidation Question To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome.