Science teacher in London and Chemistry graduate
2ic for Science, Subject Lead for Psychology
Biology, Chemistry and Physics to KS3 and KS4
Psychology to KS4
Science teacher in London and Chemistry graduate
2ic for Science, Subject Lead for Psychology
Biology, Chemistry and Physics to KS3 and KS4
Psychology to KS4
This contains all 10 lesson in the Memory topic for AQA GCSE Psychology
Processes of memory:
Encoding, storage and retrieval
Baddley’s study into encoding
Different types of memory (Tulving’s theory)
Structures of memory:
4. The multi-store model of memory
5. Primacy and recency effects in recall (Murdock’s serial position curve study)
Memory as an active process:
6. Bartlett’s War of the Ghosts study
7.Reconstructive memory
Accuracy of memory:
8. Interference
9. Conext
10. False memories
The bundle contains complete lessons guiding you and the students through the entirety of the topic of memory. Some of the lessons have worksheets and additional resources. All lessons come with sample questions and answers.
This contains all 10 lesson in the Perception topic for AQA GCSE Psychology 8182
Visuals:
Sensation, perception and visual illusions
Visual cues and constancies
Theories of perception:
3. Gibson’s direct theory of perception
4. Gregory’s constructivist theory of perception
5. Comparing Gibson’s and Gregory’s theories of perception
Factors affecting perception:
6. Culture
7.Emotion
8. Motivation
9. Expectation
10. Comparing factors affecting perception
The bundle contains complete lessons guiding you and the students through the entirety of the topic of perception. Some of the lessons have worksheets and additional resources. All lessons come with sample questions and answers.
This is the seventh lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
The lesson covers a culture as a factor which affects the perceptual set and includes definitions, descriptions of a study and evaluations.
LO1: Identify ways in which emotion can influence our perception.
LO2: Understand methods of investigating emotion and perception.
LO3: Evaluate McGinnie’s study into emotion and perception.
The activities include an introduction to the lesson with a class discussion about how the emotion of Christmas affects our behaviour, thoughts and feelings. Students then transform the description of McGinnies study into a story board before beginning the evaluation. To construct the evaluation, students will sort sets of statements into groups that then need to be sequenced to produce a coherent evaluation.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the fifth lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
The lesson covers a comparison between the principles of Gibson’s and Gregory’s theories of perception, including evaluations.
LO1: Recall the key points of two theories of perception.
LO2: Draw parallels between two theories of perception.
LO3: Apply knowledge of theories of perception to exam-style questions.
The activities include starter questions,recalling knowledge from the previous two lessons, comparing elements of said knowledge, and finally guided practice in the responding to exam-style questions.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the second lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
Updated January 2023
The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic.
LO1: Describe the aim of Baddeley’s 1966 study into memory encoding.
LO2: Understand how Baddeley carried out his study into memory encoding.
LO3: Evaluate Baddeley’s study.
The activities include recall questions as a starter, some short video clips, AQA exam-style questions, a memory task for the students to complete, notes and diagrams and finally a plenary question.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the eight lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
The lesson covers a culture as a factor which affects the perceptual set and includes definitions, descriptions of a study and evaluations.
LO1: Identify ways in which motivation can influence our perception.
LO2: Describe Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study into motivation and perception.
LO3: Evaluate Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study into motivation and perception.
The activities include quick quiz of 5 starter questions to recall elements of the previous lesson, a class discussion covering motivating factors for the students and then the creation of a storyboard to describe Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study. Finally, the students construct an evaluation of the study using the mark scheme to an AQA exam question. Students select the points they wish to include and expand upon each whilst linking their ideas together to form coherent evaluation.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the seventh lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
Updated January 2023
The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic.
LO1: Describe the theory of reconstructive memory.
LO2: Explain real life examples of reconstructive memory.
LO3: Discuss the strengths and limitations of reconstructive memory.
The activities include recall questions as a starter, a memory task for the students to complete, notes, a short video to watch and an evaluation to complete.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This worksheet is from my eighth lesson in the topic of Research Methods on the AQA GCSE Psychology (8182) specification.
Students match together the various features of:
Stratified sampling
Random sampling
Volunteer sampling
Opportunity sampling
NB. Systematic sampling is not featured on the worksheet, but students could write their own descriptions and draw a diagram for this.
This resource includes descriptions and evaluations points. Solutions are included.
This bundle contains the first five lessons in the topic of Research Methods from the AQA GCSE in Psychology 8182.
Personally, I don’t teach this topic all in one go, but rather I interleave them through the other topics as each lesson becomes relevant to the students’ learning.
Lessons included:
Hypotheses and variables (writing hypotheses, understanding independent and dependent variables as well as operationalisation of the varaibles).
Extraneous variables (understanding how to limit extraneous variables as well as employing standardised procedure and using randomisation).
Types of experiment (natural, laboratory and field experiments).
Experimental designs (quantitative and qualitative methods, independent groups, matched pairs and repeated measures).
Sampling methods (random, volunteers, systematic, stratified, opportunity).
This is the fifth lesson in the topic of Research Methods in the AQA GCSE Psychology 8182 course.
I don’t deliver this topic all in one go, I interleave the lessons throughout the other topics. If you are teaching the whole topic in one go, I have tried to make the whole series of lessons about the same imaginary investigation for some consistency and a continued thread of learning.
The lesson covers the definitions of sample, target population, the importance of generalisation and the avoidance of bias. It then takes students through different sampling methods as well as their evaluations.
LO1: Describe the purpose of sampling.
LO2: Outline five sampling methods.
LO3: Evaluate the usefulness of the five sampling methods.
The activities include taking the students through why sampling is important as well as different methods of doing it. I have included examples, notes, practice questions and a worksheet.
I designed this as a single lesson (50 mins) but can be extended or shortened as necessary.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the fourth lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
The lesson covers Gregory’s direct theory of perception covering the principles of the theory and how to evaluate it.
LO1: Define the term ‘inference’.
LO2: Explain four aspects of Gregory’s constructivist theory of perception.
LO3: Evaluate Gregory’s constructivist theory of perception.
The activities include starter questions, a class discussion, note taking and finally guided practice in the writing of an evaluation.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the second lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
The lesson covers identifying monocular and binocular depth cues and recognising them.
LO1: Identify some of the ways we understand distance in our vision.
LO2: Describe how different depth cues work.
LO3: Recognise depth cues in different situations.
The activities include a starter, explanations and examples, a worksheet and finally a question allowing the students to applying their new knowledge to unfamiliar situations.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the fourth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
Updated January 2023
The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic.
LO1: Describe the features of the MSM
LO2: Explain examples of memory using the MSM model
LO3: Discuss strengths and weaknesses of the MSM
The activities include recall questions as a starter, some short video clips, AQA exam-style questions, tasks for the students to complete, notes and diagrams.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the sixth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
Updated January 2023
The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic.
LO1: Recreate Bartlett’s War of the Ghosts reconstructive memory study.
LO2: Describe the findings of Bartlett’s study.
LO3: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Bartlett’s study.
The activities include recall questions as a starter, a memory task for the students to complete, notes, a worksheet and a evaluation.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the tenth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
Updated January 2023
The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic.
LO1: Define the term ‘false memory’.
LO2: Describe a study into false memories.
LO3: Evaluate the positive and negative aspects of a study into false memories.
The activities include a starter question, independent tasks for the students to complete, notes, and an evaluation to complete.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the fifth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
Updated January 2023
The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic.
LO1: Describe Murdock’s Serial Position Curve study
LO2: Explain the results of Murdock’s study.
LO3: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Murdock’s study.
The activities include recall questions as a starter, some short video clips, AQA exam-style questions, a memory task for the students to complete, notes and diagrams and a graph to produce.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the Ninth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
Updated January 2023
The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic.
LO1: State what is meant by context.
LO2: Describe Godden and Baddeley’s experiment.
LO3: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the experiment.
The activities include recall questions as a starter, a memory task for the students to complete, notes, a short video to watch, a psychological study to summarise and an evaluation to complete.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the first lesson in the topic of Research Methods in the AQA GCSE Psychology 8182 course.
I don’t deliver this topic all in one go, I interleave the lessons throughout the other topics. If you are teaching the whole topic in one go, I have tried to make the whole series of lessons about the same imaginary investigation for some consistency and a continued thread of learning.
The lesson covers formulating an aim, null & alternative hypotheses and independent & dependent variables in psychological studies and investigations.
LO1: Formulate an aim for an investigation.
LO2: Identify independent and dependent variables in investigations.
LO3: Compare alternative hypotheses and null hypotheses.
The activities include taking the students through the beginnings of a plan for an investigation or study. There are lots of worked examples, notes and practice questions.
I designed this as a single lesson (50 mins) but can be extended or shortened as necessary.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the third lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
Updated January 2023
The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic.
LO1: Identify different types of LTM
LO2: Explain examples of different types of LTM
LO3: Assess the different types of LTM by considering the strengths and limitations
The activities include a starter, some short video clips, AQA exam-style questions, tasks for the students to complete, notes and diagrams and finally a plenary question.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.
This is the first lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
The lesson covers sensation, perception, visual illusions and briefly revises aims, hypotheses and collecting data in investigations as in introduction to this topic.
LO1: Define and differentiate between sensation and perception.
LO2: Describe and explain some different visual illusions.
LO3: Investigate the probability of perceiving different versions of the same visual illusion.
The activities include a starter, a worksheet, short plenary questions and finally a task involving the design of a simple investigation into the perception of ambiguous figures.
I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons.
My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.