This is a revision guide for Issues & Debates (Approaches), suitable for Paper 3, which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015). These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include bullet pointed notes for each Issue & Debate based on the 5 required approaches (Social, Cognitive, Biological, Learning, Clinical). Issues & Debates include: Ethics Practical Issues in Design & Implementation Reductionism Comparisons using different themes Psychology as a science Culture / Gender Issues Nature-nurture How psychological knowledge has changed over time Issues of Social Control Use of Psychological knowledge in society Socially Sensitive Research I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.

Designed to recap the whole issues and debates module for AQA Psychology 2015 spec. Most topics are condensed to one manageable slide that can be turned into revision cards. I give the students a copy of the student version (usually 2 slides to page) to complete and annotate while I go through the teacher version as a class. Sometimes asking them to complete it before I go through it. I have uploaded a similar thing for some first year topics and Gender, Forensic and Schizophrenia in second year topics.

AQA exam board A-Level issues and debates revision slides Great for last minute revision Condensed AO1 and bullet pointed AO3 paragraphs Has animations, colours, pictures Downloaded as a ppt

Work booklet given to students to complete independently. Makes an excellent summer project or revision resource. Students had some knowledge of the issues and debates content but had not covered it in any great depth. This booklet therefore contains enough detail for them to have a good understanding of the content but also leaves enough gaps for the students to use their existing knowledge and additional research skills to complete. Knowledge review questions are included at the end of every sub topic. As always, I recommend students use the Tutor2u and Simply Psychology sites as a point of reference. Levels of explanation picture credit to Tutor2U Psychology.

These concise but thorough **Issues and Debates **revision notes cover the whole specification for Issues and Debates section in AQA A Level Paper 3. Designed for students or teachers to download. These notes include: Every bullet point within the specification Concise information that’s easy to learn Based on 12 years teaching and examining experience Created by a qualified specialist Psychology teacher It contains a pdf of 6 sheets covering the whole Issues and Debates topic. Follow me on instagram or TikTok to stay up to date with new resources and future online classes @psychologywithrhi

Map minds for all topics in Issues and Debates. Great for revision and consolidation. A4 format, 7 pages.

The following file includes all content required for the 8 psychological debates: Nature/Nurture Freewill/Determinism Reductionism/Holism Individual/Situational Psychology as a science Usefulness of research Socially sensitive research Ethical considerations It includes detailed explanations of each debate, in addition to real life examples, practice exam questions and activities for students to work through. This PowerPoint can be printed as a 50 page workbooklet.

This resource provides a detailed summary of some of the key issues and debates involved in psychology. Issues and debates discussed include: nature vs nurture, free will vs determinism, holism vs reductionism, nomothetic and idiographic approaches, gender bias in psychological research, culture bias in psychological research, and ethics in psychological reearch. The document provides summary flash cards of each issue which is best used as a revision resource but could be used for teaching. The resource focuses on providing a summary of both content and evaluation of each debate/issue, with specific focus on drawing upon psychological research and studies to support each point. Document is provided in a PDF form for ease of use.

A quick revision activity asking students to place each of the core studies along a scale for each debate. I extend this by getting them to justify their answers and have a class discussion where students may have come to different conclusions. Finally we use this to build exam style answers

A lesson summarising the key points on each debate for Psychology OCR (including Ethnocentrism) with activities built in for each debate

This lesson covers the ‘Holism-Reductionism debate’ as part of the Year 2 issues and debates section. It would take around 1 double lesson to deliver. It consists of a powerpoint and a student work booklet. There are a range of activities and questions included for students to complete throughout with a knowledge check at the end to assess understanding. There is also a focus on exam question construction and model paragraphs. There are two versions of the booklet; student and teacher. For the student booklet, there are blank spaces throughout and students need to copy down any text written in bold/colour on the powerpoints in their booklets. I find that this helps students remember key terms and phrases. The teacher copy is already filled in. Alternatively, this could also be used for students if time was limited. These lessons are especially good for non-specialist or NQT teachers. Remote Learning Update I believe that these resources are suitable for remote learning. I have been delivering the powerpoints via a virtual classroom (or a pre-recorded voice over) and have just simply added in some interactive quizzes from various external platforms. I have been giving the students the teacher version of the booklet so that they have suitable notes that link specifically to the lesson although some students still prefer to use the student version and make their own notes.

23 Revision Mats included. 1x Social Influence 1x Memory 1x Attachment 2x Approaches 1x Psychopathology 3x Research Methods 1x biopsychology 2x comparison tables 6x IAD 2x Gender (optional topic) 1x Aggression (optional topic) 2x Schizophrenia (optional topic) 2x Relationships (optional topic) Slide size is set to A3. easy to amend and ideal for revision. Also includes Issues and Debates synoptic activity.

This resource contains 4-5 hours of teaching time This lesson includes; Retrieval practice Exam practice MWB exercises Writing tasks Student examiner tasks Discussion tasks Essay planning Please check notes for teacher notes and video links

This lesson covers the ‘Nature-Nurture debate’ as part of the Year 2 issues and debates section. It would take around 1 double lesson to deliver. It consists of a powerpoint and a student work booklet. There are a range of activities and questions included for students to complete throughout with a knowledge check at the end to assess understanding. There is also a focus on exam question construction and model paragraphs. There are two versions of the booklet; student and teacher. For the student booklet, there are blank spaces throughout and students need to copy down any text written in bold/colour on the powerpoints in their booklets. I find that this helps students remember key terms and phrases. The teacher copy is already filled in. Alternatively, this could also be used for students if time was limited. These lessons are especially good for non-specialist or NQT teachers. Remote Learning Update I believe that these resources are suitable for remote learning. I have been delivering the powerpoints via a virtual classroom (or a pre-recorded voice over) and have just simply added in some interactive quizzes from various external platforms. I have been giving the students the teacher version of the booklet so that they have suitable notes that link specifically to the lesson although some students still prefer to use the student version and make their own notes.

This lesson covers the ‘Nomothetic-Idiographic debate’ as part of the Year 2 issues and debates section. It would take around 1 double lesson to deliver. It consists of a powerpoint and a student work booklet. There are a range of activities and questions included for students to complete throughout with a knowledge check at the end to assess understanding. There is also a focus on exam question construction and model paragraphs. There are two versions of the booklet; student and teacher. For the student booklet, there are blank spaces throughout and students need to copy down any text written in bold/colour on the powerpoints in their booklets. I find that this helps students remember key terms and phrases. The teacher copy is already filled in. Alternatively, this could also be used for students if time was limited. These lessons are especially good for non-specialist or NQT teachers. Remote Learning Update I believe that these resources are suitable for remote learning. I have been delivering the powerpoints via a virtual classroom (or a pre-recorded voice over) and have just simply added in some interactive quizzes from various external platforms. I have been giving the students the teacher version of the booklet so that they have suitable notes that link specifically to the lesson although some students still prefer to use the student version and make their own notes.

Issues and Debates review notes of content from AQA A-Level Psychology (Paper 3). This is an extensive 8 page pdf document detailing AO1, AO3, psychologists, terminology and ethics. This is ideal for revision, teaching resources, and exemplar review notes.

Summary of social sensitivity, ideographic v nomothetic debate, free will v determinism debate

PowerPoint for CAIE Research methods - A Level. Includes the extra information that candidates will need for the A Level assessment. Cultural differences Reductionism vs holism Determinism vs free will Idiographic vs nomothetic CAIE A-Level Psychology (9990) for examination 2024 - 2026.

A five-slide knowledge organiser for the debates and issues unit for OCR A Level psychology. Fully editable for alternative specs and needs. Includes: Nature - nurture debate individual - situational debate reductionism - holism debate determinism - free will debate socially sensitive research usefulness psychology as a science

A comparison table summarizing issues, debates and approaches in psychology.

AQA Psychology Paper 3 - Issues & Debates Personalised Learning Checklist for Paper 2 Biopsychology Module which includes: Lesson by lesson breakdown for 7 topics Learning objectives linked to AQA assessment objectives Student grading system