AQA Psychology A level (new 2015 Specification) Shop
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Offering excellent tried and tested resources for the AQA Psychology Specification for A level. Including revision activities (summary powerpoints and revision cards) and also full interactive lessons. Any questions message me at psychologywithrebecca@gmail.com
Offering excellent tried and tested resources for the AQA Psychology Specification for A level. Including revision activities (summary powerpoints and revision cards) and also full interactive lessons. Any questions message me at psychologywithrebecca@gmail.com
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.
Designed for AQA but could be used for other boards. This is a booklet of activities the students work through for revision on research methods. I have included answers for the statistics section of the booklet.
Includes:
Hypotheses
Variables
Ethics
Sampling methods
Research methods
Validity
Reliability
Statistics
Data
Distributions
Features of Science
I have included a PDF version and a word version. The word version doesn’t always keep all its formatting when it is opened on different laptops so I would stick with the pdf version.
This was designed to work with a teacher presentation that can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revision-for-research-methods-teacher-presentation-aqa-psychology-could-be-used-for-other-boards-11623128
This is a full lesson including powerpoint, booklet for note taking and worksheet activities for A2 Biological Rhythms in the Biopsychology part of the course. It includes Circadian, Infradian and Ultradian Rhythms as well as Endogenous Pacemakers and Exogenous Zeitgebers.
The powerpoint is over 40 slides long and includes numerous links to video clips, a longer documentary. I give the students a copy of the notes booklet and they complete this as we go through the ppt - saves time on too much note taking. To finish off there are some summary tasks: A crossword and a card sort summary task on biological rhythms.
It will last approximately 3-4 hours of teaching.
Try out this 5* rated lesson on biological rhythms for the biopsychology module.
A really interactive session on Eye Witness Testimony with lots of activities and videos throughout the session. Includes having the students become “real” eye witnesses as well.
Designed for year 10/year 11 students as a taster for A level Psychology - could really be used with any exam board but was made with AQA in mind.
All instructions are in the notes sections of the ppt slides.
Adaptable in length - can last anywhere from 30 mins - 60 mins really depending on how many of the activities are done in the session.
Designed to recap the whole attachment topic for new spec AQA Psychology. Includes shorten notes for interactions, role of father, animal studies, strange situation, explanations, maternal deprivation, institutionalisation and influence of childhood attachment.
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.
If you like this the same revision powerpoints are available for the following topics and can be bought as bundles:
Memory
Social Influence
Psychopathology
Approaches
Biopsychology
Forensic
Schizophrenia
Gender
Issues and Debates
This includes lessons designed to recap the 3 topics in paper 2 for new linear aqa psychology.
For approaches and Biopsychology - It has a condensed ppt - most topics are condensed to one manageable slide that can be turned into revision cards - often more detail is included in the notes of the powerpoint. 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 sections before I go through it.
Research Methods - It includes a booklet of activities and a powerpoint to guide the students through completing it.
Resources for two-three lessons on the cognitive approach, includes vidoes, worksheets, activities and powerpoint.
Students have a notes sheet that they complete while going through the ppt.
1. Mental processes, including inferences and schema’s. This is packed with fun activities for students to try out to show them their mental processing (including loads of videos).
2. Comparing the mind to computers, cognitive neuroscience and evaluation of the cognitive approach (using the GHG book) and a match task to consolidate PEEL paragraphs.
Also included is some exam questions to use as a test for students and some good student responses and a summary crossword with answers. Plus a sample 16 mark answer essay.
Full topic summary for revision for AQA Psychology - Includes wundt, cognitive, biological, behaviourist, social learning theory, psychodynamic and humanism approaches.
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 I make them complete the slide independently first, to see what they know before going through the teacher version.
There is a similar resource but with loads of exam questions and advice for answering them throughout on this resource:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12814124
A taster session designed to give to year 10/year 11 students thinking of A-level Psychology.
Covers Lombroso and biological causes of murder so not really suitable for young children.
Included is the popular resource - serial killer or Psychologist card sort to see whether there is anything in the faces of serial killers that gives them away.
Lesson has video links and lots of discussion points and takes me around 45 mins.
This is a very detailled presentation (47 slides) about approaching AQA exam questions.
It covers:
Evaluation
Comparison
Application
Terminology (e.g use of the words reliability and validity)
It gives advice and examples to demonstrate how to succeed in AQA exams. Great for a revision lesson with students.
This is a full lesson resource for case studies and content analysis for AQA Psychology. It covers the description and strengths and weaknesses. It has an activity to carry out a quantitative content analysis on some made up lonely hearts ads. They can do an inter-rater check as well to ensure consistency between two observers.
It includes a ppt and a notes sheet with activities throughout to check learning. The students complete
the notes sheet as we work through the ppt so they have some bits to fill in and activities to complete.
A full lesson (1 hr 30-2 hrs) on Types of Observations for AQA Psychology. This includes:
-A powerpoint which outlines types of observations, evaluation of observations, sampling procedures, behavioural categories and inter-rater reliability.
-A summary table
-Activities on observations
-Exam Questions on Observations
-Ideas for designing their own observation
This is a set of short revision cards for all of AQA Psychology Paper 1. They include: Social Influence, Memory, Attachment, Psychopathology
Print them double sided and they have questions on the front and answers on the back. Perfect for independent or pair revision and quick recall of all the key content for exams.
For AQA Psychology. Full lesson and homework exam questions for the working model of memory, which takes me 1 hour 30 mins - 2 hours to complete. It covers all the key elements on the ppt and included is a notes sheet which the students complete as we work through the lesson to save on note taking.
Also included are ideas and resources for at least 4 experiments to try with the students to show them elements of the model (e.g word length effect, dual performance task, visual spatial sketchpad and articulatory suppression).
Numerous activities also included:
- A Match Task of Key Terms
- An Evaluation Card Sort/Match Task
- A Gap Fill
- Homework short answer Questions
- An Essay Plan for an Applied Essay
Full lesson resources for a challenging part of research methods - Features of science.
There is a detailed 40 slide powerpoint and activities included.
Activities:
-An essay plan structure to help students plan this as an essay
-A table activity which is good for revision
-A notes sheet - I get students to fill this is out while I go through the powerpoint so they aren’t taking too many notes.
Designed to recap the whole Forensic module for AQA Psychology. It includes measuring crime, explaining crime, offender profiling and dealing with offending behaviour. 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.
I have uploaded a series of revision activities for Forensic too.
I have also uploaded some revision powerpoints for first year topics too (Psychopathology, memory, attachment)
This is a set of 60 revision cards for the ISSUES & DEBATES Topic. They were designed for AQA new spec (2015). They use examples from year 1 and 2 (topics including forensic, schizophrenia & gender). Some have evaluation points on using P.E.E structure (Point, Example, Explain, However)
They have questions on one side and answers on the back - so perfect for independent revision or testing in pairs. They need to be printed DOUBLE SIDED and cut up. Print on different colour paper for each set to help you keep each set separate.
I also have sets for both first year and second year topics and they can bought as a bundle for a discount.
This is a set of 48 revision cards on SCHIZOPHRENIA. They were designed for AQA new spec (2015).
They have questions on one side and answers on the back - so perfect for independent revision or testing in pairs.
I also have sets for both first year and second year topics and they can bought as a bundle for a discount.
Includes a couple of resources I use on open evenings for promoting Psychology.
Serial Killer or Psychologist - I made these into cards with a photo on the front and descroption of who the person is on the back them laminated them. The idea is that the students have to sort the cards into two piles based on appearance alone. I then discuss things like lombroso theory, nature nuture of offending, biological causes (because if there are similarities in faces of criminals it could mean similarities in DNA etc), and offender profiling with them.
True or false statements - I put these in a jar and they pull out one and we discuss it.
A display poster of the topics we cover
Interesting Conditions - just some more unusual conditions that can be discussed
A mirror task shapes - if you buy a couple of small mirrors (the small mirror tiles work well from Ikea) then the students have to do the mirror task done by HM. Draw a line in the small 1cm gap between the lines of the shapes by only looking in the mirror. I do this by blocking their vision to their hand using another sheet of paper (or can use a card board box cut out.
Designed to recap the whole of social influence for AQA Psychology. This includes, obedience, conformity, minority influence and resisting social influence. Most topics are condensed to one manageable slide that can be turned into revision cards - often more detail is included in the notes of the powerpoint.
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 sections before I go through it.
I have uploaded a similar thing for most first year topics and Forensic, Gender, Schizophrenia & Issues and Debates for the second year topics.