Psychology Teaching Resources: A-Level and GCSE all boards
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Digital teaching resources for Psychology, all the major examination boards: AQA, OCR and EDEXCEL (A-Level and GCSE). Message me if you wish to purchase with a school invoice, it can be arranged (amac54@btinternet.com)
Digital teaching resources for Psychology, all the major examination boards: AQA, OCR and EDEXCEL (A-Level and GCSE). Message me if you wish to purchase with a school invoice, it can be arranged (amac54@btinternet.com)
Edexcel GCSE Psychology (9-1): Memory
Paper 1, Exploring human behaviour, Topic 2: Memory
Full Coverage of:
• The structure and process of memory and information
processing:
• The features of short-term and long-term
memory
• Retrograde and anterograde amnesia
• The active process of memory through the
Theory of Reconstructive Memory (Bartlett, 1932)
• The structure and process of memory through the Multi-store Model of Memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin,1968)
• Issues and Debates: Reductionism and Holism
…and the Key Studies: Bartlett (1932) War of the Ghosts and Peterson and Peterson (1959) Short-term Retention of Individual Verbal Items
Consists of an extensive PPT display (72 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has: test your knowledge, exam style questions, activities to encourage thinking and links at end for key study resources
Complete coverage of this whole module, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
You are welcome to amend, expand or reduce the display to suit your needs.
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Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Psychology OCR GCSE (9-1): SLEEP AND DREAMING
Paper #2 Applications in Psychology
Comprehensive coverage of the specification, including:
• The functions, features and benefits of sleep: healthy brain; physical repair; emotional stability; stages of the sleep cycle and when dreaming occurs; the role of the pineal gland and melatonin
• The causes of sleep disorders: sleep onset and sleep maintenance insomnia
• Endogenous pacemakers; and exogenous zeitgebers; and their role in sleep.
Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming /The Freudian Theory of Dreaming /The Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming
KEY STUDY: The Freudian Theory of Dreaming Research Study – Freud (1918): Dream analysis study of ‘The Wolfman’.
• The Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming:
• The role of REM sleep • the function and actions of the brain during sleep, including the limbic system • activity of neurons in the pons during sleep • the process of synthesis as a function of the cerebral cortex • criticisms of the theory including the reductionism/holism debate.
The Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming Research Study Differences in actions and functions of the brain when dreaming and when awake –
KEY STUDY: Williams et al. (1992): Study into Bizarreness in Dreams and Fantasies: Implications for the Activation Synthesis Hypothesis.
Application Development of treatments for insomnia
• Features of insomnia, the role of the nervous system and its management through relaxation techniques and the role of the physical environment in insomnia and its treatment through improved sleep hygiene
• The impact of neurological damage to the hypothalamus on sleep.
Consists of a PPT display (81 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has links to online resources (only for educational use), class exercises and think about tasks.
Complete coverage of the whole module, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright.
CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK IS REALLY APPRECIATED, SO I CAN AMEND AND IMPROVE…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy CPsychol is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
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Psychology AQA A-Level, 2023, Predictions for Paper 3 and info sheets issues debates
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Probably the best Paper 3 predictions in the world (predicted 100% correct for big q’s paper 1)
Pack includes:
Predictions for Paper 3
info on cultural bias
info on ideographic and nomothetic
info on holism and reductionism
info on ethics, including SSR
info on nature vs nurture