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At JB Resources, our mission is to empower educators and students with top-tier educational materials specifically crafted for GCSE and A-Level Psychology. Our comprehensive collection is designed to cater to the diverse needs of the classroom, ensuring each lesson is interactive, thorough, and up-to-date. From complete topic bundles to individual lessons, we provide resources that make learning both enjoyable and effective.
Welcome to JB Resources on TES!
At JB Resources, our mission is to empower educators and students with top-tier educational materials specifically crafted for GCSE and A-Level Psychology. Our comprehensive collection is designed to cater to the diverse needs of the classroom, ensuring each lesson is interactive, thorough, and up-to-date. From complete topic bundles to individual lessons, we provide resources that make learning both enjoyable and effective.
This bundle was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
This bundle includes a complete lesson and activities for the A-Level Psychopathology Topic.
The 10 lessons included in this bundle are:
Definitions of Abnormality
Characteristics of Phobias
The Behavioural Approach to Explaining Phobias
The Behavioural Approach to Treating Phobias
Characteristics of Depression
The Cognitive Approach to Explaining Depression
The Cognitive Approach to Treating Depression
Characteristics of OCD
The Biological Approach to Explaining OCD
The Biological Approach to Treating OCD
Please see individual lessons for further details of the content included.
This bundle was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
This bundle includes 10 complete lessons (.ppt) with activities:
Coding, Capacity and Duration
The Multi-Store Model of Memory
Types of Long-Term Memory
The Working Memory Model
Interference Theory as an Explanation for Forgetting
Retrieval Failure as an Explanation for Forgetting
Misleading Information as a Factor affecting EWT
Anxiety as a Factor affecting EWT
Cognitive Interview - Improving the accuracy of EWT
Please see individual lessons for further details of included content.
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This bundle includes a complete scheme of work for the A-Level Psychology topic: RELATIONSHIPS TOPIC
The 10 lessons are included in this bundle are:
Sexual Selection and Human Reproductive Behaviour
Self-Disclosure
Physical Attractiveness
Filter Theory
Social Exchange Theory
Equity Theory
Rusbult’s Investment Model
Duck’s Phase Model
Virtual Relationships in Social Media
Parasocial Relationships
*Please see individual lessons for further details of included content.
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key questions
The Aims of Custodial Sentencing
Deterrence
Incapacitation
Retribution
Rehabilitation
The Psychological Effects of Custodial Sentencing
The Problem of Recidivism
Activity: Aims of Custody Summary Activity
Video: Norway’s Prison vs. America’s Prisons
Activity – Summary worksheet
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application Question
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Activity: Concepts – The Stanford Prison Experiment (1973)
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Learning Theory: Cupboard Love Theory
Recap: Classical Conditioning
Video: Pavlov’s Dog and Classical Conditioning
Classical Conditioning and Attachment
Recap: Operant Conditioning
Key Terminology
Operant Conditioning as an Explanation for Attachment
Attachment as a Secondary Drive
Activity 1: Concepts - Cheska’s Choice
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Activity 2: Concepts - Cheska’s Choice
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Planning 8 Mark Questions
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Activity: True or False about the Multi-Store Model of Memory
Types of Long-Term Memory
Episodic Memory
Semantic Memory
Procedural Memory
Activity: Episodic, Semantic or Procedural?
Exam Practice: Short Answer Question, Application Question with Mark Scheme
Evaluation Worksheet
Evaluation points
Plenary: Consolidation Question
Optional Activity: Summary worksheet with Extension Question
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Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Defining Validity
Types of Validity: Internal and External Validity
Video: What is the difference between internal and external validity?
Types of External Validity: Ecological and Temporal Validity
Assessing Validity: Face Validity and Concurrent Validity
Improving the Validity of Research: Experimental, Questionnaires, Observations and Qualitative Research
Activity: Define the Key Terms
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Types of Validity
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Hypothesis Testing: The Alternative and Null Hypotheses
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Writing hypotheses, Choosing a Statistical Test
Levels of Significance and Probability
The p Value in Psychology
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: The p value in Psychology
The Critical Value
Activity: The Rule of R
Using the Table of Critical Values
Low Levels of Significance e.g. p value of 0.01
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Reading the Table of Critical Values (with Worked Example)
Type I and Type II Errors
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Distinguishing between Type I and Type II Errors
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Defining Reliability
Ways of Assessing Reliability
The Test-retest Method
Inter-observer Reliability
Activity: Concepts - The Correlation Test
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Reliability
Improving Reliability
Improving the Reliability of: Questionnaires, Interviews, Experiments and Observations
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Improving Reliability
Activity: Concepts - Personality Testing
Plenary: Consolidation Question
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
What is Forensic Psychology?
Video: What is Forensic Psychology?
Problems in Defining Crime
Cultural Issues
Historical Issues
Three Ways to Measure Crime
Official Statistics
Victim Surveys
Offender Surveys
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application Question
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Exam Practice with Mark scheme: 8 Mark Question
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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This fully editable lesson is designed for the AQA A-Level Specification (June 2019), focusing on Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment (1971) and its exploration of conformity to social roles. This resource provides students with an in-depth analysis of the procedures, findings, and critical evaluation of Zimbardo’s study, emphasizing ethical considerations and real-world applications.
Key Features:
Comprehensive Lesson Slides: Covers Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment, including participant recruitment, procedures, and the behaviour of both prisoners and guards. Key findings and conclusions are explored in detail.
Interactive Video Activities: Features a video question sheet to accompany a video on Zimbardo’s research, prompting students to analyze the recruitment, treatment, and behaviour of participants during the study.
Assessment Materials: Includes practice exam questions such as outlining Zimbardo’s research and discussing two limitations of the study, with model answers provided to support exam preparation.
Critical Evaluation: Students engage in evaluating the ethical issues, sample bias, and dispositional influences present in Zimbardo’s research, exploring the extent to which the study’s findings can be generalized to real-life scenarios like prison environments.
This lesson resource is well-suited for classroom instruction or independent study, providing a comprehensive approach to understanding social influence and the power of situational factors on human behaviour.
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
The Behavioural Treatment of Phobias
Treatment 1: Systematic Desensitisation
The Anxiety Hierarchy
Relaxation Techniques are Taught
Exposure to Phobic Stimulus
Treatment 2: Flooding
Activity – Concepts Ailurophobia (Fears of cats)
Evaluation points
Evaluation worksheets
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application question
Plenary: Consolidation question
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This bundle includes a complete lesson and activities for the A-Level Topic Cognition and Development:
The 7 lessons are included in this bundle are:
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Piaget’s Stages of Intellectual Development
Vygotsky’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Baillargeon’s Explanation of Infant Abilities
Selman’s Levels of Perspective-taking
Theory of Mind
The Mirror Neuron System
*Please see individual lessons for further details of included content.
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Video: Did Charles Whitman really have free will?
Free Will
Hard Determinism
Soft Determinism
Activity: Continuum Activity
Biological Determinism
Environmental Determinism
Psychic Determinism
Activity: Charles Whitman Case Deterministic Factors
The Scientific Emphasis on Causal Explanation
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Short Answer Questions
Plenary: Consolidation question
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This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Filter theory
Level 1: Social Demography
Level 2: Similarity in Attitudes
Level 3: Complementarity
Activity: Annotate the Filter Theory Diagram
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: 16 Mark Question with Application
Modelling: Using the STEM effectively
Activity: Planning Activity
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Key Terminology
Holism
Reductionism
Levels of Explanation in Psychology
Biological Reductionism
Environmental Reductionism
Activity: Key Term Match
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: 8 Mark Question
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Ethology
Konrad Lorenz (1903 - 1989)
Adaptive Functions of Aggression
Ritualistic Aggression
Innate Release Mechanisms (IRMs and FAPs)
Video: The Male Three-spined Stickleback Fish
Tingergen’s Research (1961)
Video: Footage from Tinbergen’s Experiment
Lea’s Six Features of FAPs
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Ethological Explanations of Aggression
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Plenary: Consolidation Question
Bonus Activity: Nature-Nurture Continuum
This lesson was created using the Edexcel GCSE Specification although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Early Brain Development Timeline
Lesson Objectives
What is Developmental Psychology?
Video: How baby’s brain develop…
Development of the Midbrain, Forebrain and Hindbrain
Activity: Key Term Match
Development of The Cerebellum and Medulla
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Short answer question, Application question
Building Neural Connections from Birth
Plenary: Consolidation Question
Optional Activity: Modelling Early Brain Development with Play Dough
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Key content included:
Key Questions
The Genetic Basis of Schizophrenia
Family Studies
Gottesman’s Research (1991)
Candidate Genes (Ripke et al., 2014)
The Dopamine Hypothesis
Hyperdopaminergia in the Subcortex
Hypodopaminergia in the Subcortex
Summarising The Dopamine Hypothesis
Neural Correlates of Negative Symptoms
Neural Correlates of Positive Symptoms
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam Practice: Essay Question with Mark Scheme
Plenary: Consolidation Question
This bundle was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
This bundle includes three complete lessons (.ppt) with activities:
Misleading Information as a Factor affecting the accuracy EWT
Anxiety as a Factor affecting the accuracy EWT
Cognitive Interview - Improving the Accuracy of EWT
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*Please see individual lessons for further details of included content.