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 worksheet is from my fourth lesson in the topic of Research Methods on the AQA GCSE Psychology (8182) specification.
Students complete the descriptions of the three experimental designs (independent groups, repeated measures and matched pairs), and the positive and negative points about each as well as how to
This includes descriptions and evaluations points. Solutions are included.
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 worksheet is from my third lesson in the topic of Research Methods on the AQA GCSE Psychology (8182) specification.
Students match together the various features of:
Laboratory experiments
Natural experiments
Field experiments
This includes descriptions and evaluations points. Solutions are included.
This worksheet is from my second lesson in the topic of Perception on the AQA GCSE Psychology (8182) specification.
Students highlight lines within the image to demonstrate the following monocular depth cues:
Height in plane
Relative size
Occlusion
Linear perspective
Students could also add annotations to explain the parts they have highlighted.
See the second file for my suggested solutions. There are many possible suggestions for each depth cue named in the instructions.
This is the tenth lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
The lesson covers a expectation as a factor which affects the perceptual set and includes definitions, descriptions of a study and evaluations.
LO1: Recall the four factors that affect the perceptual set.
LO2: Summarise the key points of these theories and/or studies.
LO3: Apply our knowledge of these factors in answering exam-style questions.
The activities include having the students transform information on the theories, studies and evaluations behind the four factors affecting perception into much reduced summaries (a ‘thinking hard’ skill). If pressed for time, students could work in groups to share the workload.
Students then choose from a set of AQA exam-style questions based on the four factors affecting perception. The relative difficulties are clearly labeled on the presentation.
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 third lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182.
The lesson covers Gibson’s direct theory of perception covering the principles of the theory and how to evaluate it.
LO1: Describe Gibson and Walk’s cliff fall experiment.
LO2: Explain four aspects of Gibson’s direct theory of perception.
LO3: Evaluate Gibson’s direct theory of perception.
The activities include starter questions, a video, 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 contains lesson 6 - 10 in the Perception topic for AQA GCSE Psychology 8182
Factors affecting perception:
6. Culture
7.Emotion
8. Motivation
9. Expectation
10. Comparing factors affecting perception
The bundle contains a complete lesson guiding you and the students through the second half 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 fourth 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: Identify three different types of experimental design in psychology.
LO2: Describe the three different types of experimental design.
LO3: Compare the pros and cons of the three different experimental designs.
The activities include taking the students through how to plan the next stages in designing an investigation or study (after aims, hypotheses and variables). 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 third lesson in the topic of Research Methods in the AQA GCSE Psychology 8182 course. Updated February 2023.
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: Identify what is meant by quantitative and qualitative methods.
LO2: Describe the three different types of experiment in psychology.
LO3: Compare the pros and cons of the three different types of experiment.
The activities include taking the students through how to plan the next stages in designing an investigation or study (after aims, hypotheses and variables). 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 second lesson in the topic of Research Methods in the AQA GCSE Psychology 8182 course. Updated February 2023
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: Define the term ‘extraneous variables’.
LO2: Identify extraneous variables in research studies.
LO3: Explain the importance of standardised procedures and randomisation.
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 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 contains lesson 6 - 10 in the Memory topic for AQA GCSE Psychology
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 a complete lesson guiding you and the students through the second half 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 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 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 contains the first 5 of the 10 lessons 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)
The bundle contains a complete lesson guiding you and the students through the first half of the topic of memory. Some of the lessons have worksheets and additional resources. All lessons come with sample questions and answers.
This contains the first 5 of the 10 lessons in the Perception topic for AQA GCSE Psychology
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
The bundle contains a complete set of lessons guiding you and the students through the first half of the topic of perception. Some of the lessons have worksheets and additional resources. All lessons come with sample questions and answers including homework tasks.
This worksheet is from my first lesson in the topic of Perception on the AQA GCSE Psychology (8182) specification.
Students will describe the following visual illusions, as well as explaining them, and completing the diagram where applicable:
Ponzo illusion
Muller-Lyer illusion
Rubin’s vase
Kanisza triangle
Ame’s room
NB. The Necker cube is not included on this worksheet, but it does feature in my full lesson on this topic.