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
2x one hour lessons on Milgram’s study for the Social Influence topic for Psychology.
It includes:
A detailled ppt
Activities
Lesson Plan
Video Links
Starter and plenary activity
There are other lessons available for social influence
AQA Psychology, Research Methods topic. This is a full 1 hour 30 min lesson on sampling methods. This includes Random, Systematic, Stratified, Opportunity, Volunteer.
It includes:
Presentation including each sampling method
Identify the sampling method task
Exam questions
Summary Table for revision
Plenary using sweets
This includes revision summary ppts for all paper 1 A2 topics.
Most topics are condensed to one manageable slide that can be turned into revision cards. Also included a key terms recap revision sheet as a bonus.
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.
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.
Full lesson, activities for Aqa Psychology new spe c issues and debates. It includes a powerpoint presentation, with notes sheet (the students use this to take notes from the ppt, rather than note into book/paper). This notes sheet has some activities inbedded in it.
Activities include:
A card sort
A match task for evaluation
Exam Questions
Lesson is designed to last about 90 mins.
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.
Designed to recap the whole psychopathology topic for new spec AQA Psychology. Includes shortened notes for definitions of abnormality, OCD, Depression and Phobias
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. Or I get them to complete bits before we go through it. Another idea - You could delete more text off the student version and they could complete it all themselves for homework before you go through it.
I have also included a set of exam questions on psychopathology and some blank boxed for short plans for essays on the topics for second years.
I have also uploaded an attachment, Memory and some A2 topics (like Sz and Forensic).
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.
Year 1 and year 2 lessons. Revision and full lesson resources for all topics in AQA Psychology Biopsychology Topic.
This includes year 1 lessons:
-The nervous System
-Endocrine System & Fight or Flight Response
-Neurons and Synaptic Transmission
And Year 2 lessons:
-Localisation
-Investigating the Brain
-Split Brain
-Plasticity
-Biological Rhythms
AQA Psychology Detailled Scheme of Work
Has links to literacy, Numeracy, EDI and Employability where appropriate.
Video links and activity ideas. Lots of the lessons mentioned on this are on TES as well.
Covers A2 and AS - Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 (topics Gender, Forensic and Schizophrenia).
It is for the dates 2021-2022.
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)
Full lesson, activities and video links for Aqa Psychology new spec Issues and Debates. It includes a powerpoint presentation, with notes sheet (the students use this to take notes from the ppt, rather than note into book/paper).
There is also some, exam questions, video links to gender biased adverts and a gap fill which can make up a sample essay on the topic.
A full lesson for the AQA Approaches topic Origins of Psychology
Has a powerpoint and notes sheet that is completed as the powerpoint is worked through.
Several applied activities and videos included
Also has some exam questions and simplified mark schemes so the students can have a go at marking them themselves.
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.
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.
A couple revision lessons on the approaches - would take me at least 2-3 hours probably to cover this as its a 66 slide ppt with 10 documents in total. Couldlast even more if you get them to try out some of the exam questions and do all the worksheets.
PPT: Has short summaries of each of the approaches and then a series of exam questions, on each approach, to show key exam technique, advice for answering and sometimes sample answers.
Included is a student version with blanks to fill in, or to use to test their knowledge before going over each topic.
Documents: Includes a couple essay answer samples as well and lots of summary quick recall activities (blank table, key word knowledge check, crossword etc).
Revision carousel activity independent lesson on Biopsychology. I print out the instructions for each station and then print the worksheets. I then instruct the students to work their around the room from station to station completing the activities. They should start with the area they are least confident with.
Activities are mostly summary tables but also includes playdough and making a localisation brain hat (link is here and on ppt for the brain resources - http://ellenjmchenry.com/brain-hemisphere-hat/)
Also available separately is a summary ppt covering the whole biopsychology module.
This is a full lesson - suitable for 1.5-2hrs worth of teaching time on Correlations for AQA Psychology Research Methods.
It includes:
Correlation definitions
Differences between correlations and experiments
Coefficients
Strengths and weaknesses
The activities included are:
A sheet showing the difference between correlations and experiments
Exam questions (on correlations and experimental designs - previous lesson before this recap)
Sheet showing the issue of cause and effect
A correlation example for them to carry out on celebrity attractiveness
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
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.