Enough to fill two hours worth of lesson time. Lesson includes: Differentiated resources for AO1 re-cap of both explanations (answers included). Brainstorm of evaluation of both explanations (answers included). Peer marking excercise for a PEE paragraph. Becoming the examiner by writing own AO2 stem. Exam questions on both explanations with mark scheme.

Uploaded Spring term 2023 Lesson includes: Difference between classification and diagnosis (PPT and handout) Positive and negative symptoms with interactive activities (PPT and handout) Evaluation to include reliability and validity (using Rosenhan’s study as an example), co-morbidity, culture and gender bias, symptom overlap (PPT and handout) Exam question practice

Lesson to introduce new students to AQA A Level Psychology (new spec). Lesson includes: Intro to Psychology presentation True or False activity Fact or fake activity (last one is fake) Classroom contract Ice breaker activity

Glossary of all key terms for A Level Psychology

Lesson includes (more than enough for 4-5 hours of teaching): Aims (PPT and handout) Description of experiments, including Stroop Test activity (PPT and handout) IV and DVs, including activities (PPT and handout) Hypotheses, including activities (PPT and handout) Levels of the IV, including activity (PPT and handout) Operationalising variables, including activity (PPT and handout) Controls, confounding and extraneous variables, including activities (PPT, handout and resources needed for practical) Experimental design, including activities (PPT, handout and resources needed for practical) Types of experiments, including activity (PPT and handout) Re-cap activity (handout) Exam practice (PPT) Evaluation of experiments, including activities (PPT and handout) Practical project on experiments (Practical project brief form)

Lesson includes: Description of agentic state and legitimacy of authority (PPT and handout) Examples - Nuremberg Trials and My Lai - (PPT, handout, Oskar Groening newspaper article) Plenary (PPT) Exam practice - (PPT and 12 mark essay plan)

Lesson includes: Description of social change (PPT and handout) Examples of social change - Rosa Parks and Suffragette Movement (PPT and handout) Evaluation through research (PPT and handout)

Resources to cover at least two 1.5 hour lessons include: Introduction to explanations of offending behaviour (PPT and handout) Description of atavistic form, including activity and evaluation (PPT and handout) Description genetic and neural explanation, including debate activity (PPT, handout and teacher notes)

Lesson includes: Capacity of STM using the digit span technique and chunking exercise (PPT, handout and activity sheet) Evaluation of capacity research (PPT and handout) Duration of STM and LTM using Peterson and Peterson research (PPT and handout) Evaluation of duration research (PPT and handout) Coding of STM and LTM using class practicals (PPT, handout and activity sheet) Evaluation of coding research (PPT and handout) Capacity, duration and coding mix and match (Activity sheet)

Lesson includes: Introduction to EWT using interactive activities where students become an eye witness (PPT) Interactive activity where students take part in a reconstruction of Loftus and Palmer’s study to understand how leading questions affects EWT (PPT and activity worksheet) Evaluation of Loftus and Palmer’s study (PPT and handout) Extension of Loftus and Palmer’s study with links to a TedTalk and newpaper article Interactive activity where students learn how post event discussion can affect EWT (PPT and handout) Evaluation of Gabbert’s study (PPT and handout)

Lesson includes: Starter activities to define abnormality; including abnormality pictures, case studies, discussion and post-it note activites (abnormaility pictures, PPT and handout). Description and evaluation of the four definitions of abnormality, including application activities (PPT and handout). Extension activities (TED talks and newspaper articles). Exam questions with mark schemes

Fourth lesson on Attachment - Explanations of Attachment (Learning Theory) Lesson includes: Revision of behaviourist theories including operant and classical conditioning (PPT and handout). Classical and operant conditioning applied to attachment (PPT and handout). Evaluation of theory using guided questions (PPT and handout). Exam question practice with mark scheme (handout).

Sixth lesson on Attachment - Ainsworth’s Strange Situation - Types of Attachment Lesson includes: Description of Ainsworth’s Strange Situation (PPT, YouTube clip and handout) Activities on the Strange Situation including application task and a role play. Differentiated group evaluation task (PPT and handout). 16 mark sample essay (handout) Plenary re-cap task (handout).

Fourth lesson on Issues and Debates - Gender bias Lesson includes: Description of gender bias (handout and PPT). Application activity to psychological studies (handout and PPT). Evaluation of gender bias using PEE activity with answers (handout, PPT and evaluation resource). Exam questions with mark scheme (PPT).

Follows on from ‘Intro to Approaches lesson’ Lesson includes: Mix and match revision task on the origins of Psychology (mix and match task). Prep check task on Wilhelm Wundt including practical tasks on intropsection and evaluation. (PPT and handout) Key features of Psychology as a science (PPT and handout) Exam question practice with mark scheme (PPT). Homework for the behaviourist approach (PPT).

Lesson includes: Key assumptions of the cognitive approach (PPT and handout). Theoretical and computer models (PPT and handout). The role of schemas with a class experiment (PPT and handout). The emergence of cognitive neuroscience (PPT and handout). Evaluation of the cognitive approach with structured activity to demonstrated fully developed PEE paragraphs (PPT and handout).

Lesson includes: Introduction task using Phineas Gage (PPT). Assumptions of the biological approach (PPT and handout). Peer teach research task on the genetic basis of behaviour, the biological structures on behaviour, the influence of neurochemistry and evolution. PPT includes answers (PPT and handout). Application tasks (PPT and handout). Evalution of the biological approach (PPT and handout). 12 mark essay plan (PPT and handout)

Lesson includes: Description of the humanistic approach including free will and determinism (PPT and handout). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (PPT and handout). Roger’s ideas of the self, congruence and conditions worth including a test for congruence (PPT and handout). Application of humanistic approach to scenario (PPT and handout). The influence of counselling psychology, including role play (PPT and handout). Evaluation tasks (PPT and handout).

Lesson includes: Revision and activities on the following: Types of observation, evaluation, observational design (PPT and handout) Observation practical project (Practical project brief form) Reliability and validity of observation (PPT and handout)