A-level Psychology- Research methods- Edexcel

This is an A-level psychology lesson which aims to go through the general research methods used in psychology. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and the power point has a total of 17 slides. The methods referred to in this lesson are: interviews, observations, experiments, case studies, content analysis and questionnaires.

Included:

• Starter activity, encouraging students to think about what key concepts from RM they can already define.
• Students to start think about what research methods psychologists use.
• Title page- introducing key terms such as reliability and validity. - definitions provided.
• Introduction to ethical issues when conducting research.
• an overview of each research method is provided, along with their strengths and weaknesses. Students have a worksheet to fill in whilst the teacher goes through the key information.
• Interviews task provided- students to identify which statements are linked to which type of interview (structured, unstructured & semi-structured.
• quick quiz- 10 questions for students to answer based on what they have learnt during the lesson. Answers provided.
• Plenary- blankety blank. Students to work out the missing words in the statements.