This is a GCSE Psychology revision lesson. The lesson focuses on revising some key aspects of the social influence unit. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 13 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity- key terms match up. Separate worksheet attached. Issues and debates- social and cultural issues in Psychology. Students could create a mindmap when going through the key information. Explanation of Haney, Banks and Zimbardo including aims, procedure, findings, conclusion and evaluation. Explanation of bystander intervention. Situational and personal factors. 4 mark exam question- answer provided. Conformity reading task. Students will need access to the edexcel GCSE psychology textbook (pages 106-107) to complete this task. Reading/ question activity. Plenary- students to answer as many key questions as they can from the power point, these are ranked in difficulty level. (Differentiated task)

This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on revising the three key learning theories: SLT, classical conditioning and operant conditioning. The lesson is designed to last around 90 minutes- independent task at the end. Included: Starter activity, social psychology recap. Answers included. Title page Mind map which covers all three learning theories- summarised. Mind-map which covers the key studies. Including; Pavlov’s dogs, Watson and Rayner, Bandura Bobo doll experiment. Example question from the exam paper- looking at using animals in research. Mark scheme included on the slide. Example exam question (4 marks) from the textbook- focusing on Bandura’s experiment. Longer independent revision task- students to do their own revision. OR, complete the key concepts sheet which is attached. Students may need access to a textbook or their notes to complete this successfully.

This is a power point which contains 23 different social psychology starter activities. They could also be used as plenary tasks or assessment opportunities. All answers are provided. Tasks range from: quizes, bingo, true or false tasks, finding the key terms, short answer exam questions, ‘in the mind of’, key word task which involves numeracy, and more. The tasks are based on content from the A-Level psychology Edexcel specification.

This is an A-level psychology lesson which focuses on biological explanations for criminality. This lesson only covers Eysneck personality, personality disorders and twin/ adoption studies. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 18 slides on the power point. Included: Starter, Social psychology recap, true or false. Homework recap- wider reading task. I have not attached this document, but please email me on amyfo7@live.co.uk if you would like me to send it over. Eysenck key concepts- hand out sheet. Attached, students to fill in. Description of personality theory. Link to personality test which students can complete. Explanation of the biological basis of Eysenck’s theory. Examples- youtube clip- links to Charles Mason. Application, does he show PEN characteristics? Evaluation summarised. 4 mark exam question - with example answer. Explanation of other personality disorders & evaluation. Twin and adoption study - Sultsky et al and Mednick. 8 mark exam question - students to plan out as plenary task.

This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on the criminal psychology unit. The lesson specifically goes through HCPC guidelines and ethics, finishing with a recap of research methods - case studies and experiments. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 18 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity, recapping some key terms from social psychology. Answers on the slide. Criminal practical investigation, short answer exam questions. Mark schemes included. An outline and explanation of what the HCPC guidelines are. Includes a short video clip, link on the PP slide. Standards of proficiency worksheet. Examples of infringements. Explanation of the BPS and links to ethics/ code of conduct. Research methods mini quiz, answers included. Outline of experiments and case studies. Some basic Strengths and weaknesses included. Final slide- wider reading. I have not attached this, however if you would like it please email me on amyfo7@live.co.uk

This power point consists of 13 different starter/ plenary activities which are focused on key terms/ studies from the learning unit. Answers are also written on the slides. Some of the activities included: Bingo True or False Scrabble ‘In the mind of Bandura’ Unscramble the key concepts Quiz questions Numeracy key term task

This is an Alevel psychology lesson which focuses on the criminal psychology unit. This lesson specifically focuses on the use of psychological formulations. It is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 13 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity which focuses on recapping schedules of reinforcement, answers included. Title page - definition of psychological formulations. Outline of what psychological formulations are. Short video clip example, 5 step model, youtube link on the pp slide. Explanation of each phase: offence analysis, understanding the function of offending and application to treatment. Example of psychological formulation - from the textbook (Pearson, Edexcel AS/ A Level Psychology, Karren Smith). Student task - fill in their own psychological formulation using the template attached. Evaluation. Think link -individual differences. The case of Mr. C - student application task. Plenary - planning an 8 mark exam question.

This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on the criminal psychology unit. This lesson specifically focuses on biological treatments for offenders: improved diet. Including a key study - Gesch et al 2002. This lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity, recapping social psychology key terms. Answers included. Title page - encouraging students to think about how a poor diet could lead to criminality. Setting the scene, case study: Dan White. "twinkies effect’’ What does it mean to eat well? short video clip, link on the pp slide. High sugar diets and crime - Benton 1996 Vitamins, minerals and fatty acids Research study: Bernard Gesch et al 2002 - outline of the study. Reading through the study in more detail, print out for students - the link to find this is on the pp slide, you can download the PDF for free. Evaluation of the theory 8 mark exam question - planning sheet attached.

This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on criminal psychology. This lesson is particularly focused on factors affecting jury decision making, characteristics of the defendant. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 14 slides on the power point. Included: Starter, social psychology recap. realistic conflict theory. Title page - introducing the idea of the halo effect Recap of pre-trial, during the trial, and post trial jury decision making. Requires students to have learnt about this. Slide can be deleted if this has not been covered. ‘The big problem with how juries are picked’ - youtube clip, link on the pp slide. Student task - list of characteristics, students discuss how they may influence the verdict. A3 summary sheet for the four main characteristics: gender, race, accent and attractiveness. Information on the slides for race. Students then use the information packs attached to complete the other characteristics. Slide which contains the key studies from the textbook- students to check their summary sheet. Pre-trial publicity. Students may need access to the Alevel textbook to complete this task. - please email (amyfo7@live.co.uk) if you need this resource. Evaluation summarised.

This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on the criminal unit, the lesson is designed to last 90 minutes. Edexcel exam board. This revision lesson focuses on mind mapping the two key studies: Loftus & Palmer 1974 and the contemporary study Howells et al 2005. Evaluation points for both studies are also provided. The starter activity involves a game of noughts and crosses. Questions and answers are provided on a separate document which is attached. There is also a mind map of treatments for criminal behaviour: anger management and improved diet.

This is an a-level psychology (Edexcel) lesson which focuses on the research methods unit. This lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 18 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity, overview of research methods. Overview of what sampling is, explanation of key terms. Description & evaluation of different sampling techniques. Random, volunteer, opportunity, stratified, systematic. Two short answer exam questions - mark schemes included on the pp slides. Key terms and definitions: dependent, independent variable, operationalisation, confounding variables, extraneous variables. Controlling extraneous variables - situational variables. Controlling extraneous variables - participant variables. Research and experimental designs. - includes evaluation. Short answer exam questions - mark schemes on the pp slides. Plenary - Research methods bingo.