Looking for a new test or assessment your students won’t have seen? This is the third in a series of original exam papers, completing the set! This is an original 2 hour 96 marks practice paper written for students studying AQA A Level Psychology. It is an unofficial Paper 3 - Issues and Options in Psychology, and so covers 24 marks in Issues and Debates and then 24 marks in each of the nine optional topics, set out in the way you expect from a Paper 3. It has been written to match closely AQA’s material, in terms of style of questions. Mark scheme included.

Looking for a new test or assessment your students won’t have seen? This is the second in a series of original exam papers! This is an original 2 hour 96 marks practice paper written for students studying AQA A Level Psychology. It is an unofficial Paper 2 - Psychology in Context, and so covers 24 marks in each of Approaches and Biopsychology, with then a 48 mark section in Research Methods. It has been written to match closely AQA’s material, in terms of style of questions. Mark scheme included.

Looking for a new test or assessment your students won’t have seen? This is an original 2 hour 96 marks practice paper written for students studying AQA A Level Psychology. It is an unofficial Paper 1 - Introductory Topics in Psychology, and so covers 24 marks in each of: Social Influence Memory Attachment Psychopathology It has been written to match closely AQA’s material, in terms of style of questions and embedded research methods. Mark scheme included.

This resource was developed to support students’ understanding and application of the theories of Beck and Ellis in explaining depression (cognitive approach, as studied on the AQA spec). It includes some scenarios for discussion, and some frames/flowcharts to complete to support the concepts/steps involved. Ideal for consolidation/application once students have had some reading or teacher input on the theories.

This set of exam-style questions comprises data analysis and hypotheses, and touches on understanding of issues in drug research and treating OCD. Ideal as a homework or in-class activity. Total 15 marks (19 mins). NOTE: there is currently no mark scheme attached to this.

This resource comprises a set of research methods exam-style questions in the context of depression. It included simple data/table questions (e.g. mean), and builds to include a graphical display and interpretation question. Ideal as a homework or in-class activity. Total 15 marks (19 mins). NOTE: there is currently no mark scheme attached to this.

This worksheet for students comprises a set of exam questions on research methods in the context of depression. Total 16 marks (20 mins), covering concepts like case studies/interview/questionnaire, types of data, and a graph-drawing question. Works as a homework or in-class activity. NOTE: there is currently no mark scheme included. Trialled with several classes before publication.

This resource introduces students to some ‘further evaluation’ for the topic of drug therapy. It has been used mainly with students studying the biological approach to treating OCD, but would work in other topics such as schizophrenia. This is recommended as extension or discussion material to stretch your students, and includes issues such as publication bias, resistance vs pseudoresistance, and conflicts of interest/Big Pharma. Trialled with several classes before publication.

This resource introduces students to two ‘culture-specific’ disorders; one from Japan and one from Cambodia. While not required content, this has been very useful for provoking discussion (hence the inclusion of a few questions that have developed afterwards) about mental illness and culture. This has been particularly good when delivering material on definitions of abnormality. Trialled with several classes before publication.

This resource focuses on behaviourist explanations for phobias (the two-process model), as studied on the AQA spec. It is a collection of evaluation paragraphs, written in essay-style, and can be used in a variety of ways: given to students as notes used as a read-highlight-annotate activity to develop knowledge and understanding of the material used to focus on and discuss the structure (e.g. PEEL) and language used in evaluation paragraphs given to students as the starting point of an essay Trialled with several classes before publication.

This worksheet uses the well-known GRAVE mnemonic to give students some prompts for evaluating the ‘Little Albert’ study encountered during study of phobias in the AQA spec. Trialled with several classes before publication.

A set of codebreakers that reveal some poor (as appropriate for the festive period) puns loosely psychology- and Christmas-themed! Students have to match up the clues to the lettered answers (instructions on sheet). Perfect end-of-term light-hearted Paper 1 / AS revision! Has taken my classes anywhere from 15-25 mins, as a guide. Happy Holidays!

This worksheet for students focuses on Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment, and is typically used alongside a video (there are several great videos available on Youtube, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_LKzEqlPto). Although the detail is in places more than students need, the SPE is a named key study for AQA, and students tend to be very interested in this anyway. This is also useful for provoking discussion after wards, e.g. about validity, research methods and ethics. Trialled with several classes before publication.

This is a fun consolidation activity for students - I always use this as revision, sometimes as a starter. Designed with the AQA specification in mind, typically used with Cardwell and Flanagan’s ‘Year One and AS’ cat book. Trialled with several classes before publication.

This worksheet for students focuses on ithe real-life application of social change theories, such as to the suffragettes and Ghandi’s salt march (information adapted from sources such as Wikipedia). It could be used as a homework task or as consolidation/application is class. It also contains an exam-style question on healthy schools. Designed with the AQA specification in mind. Trialled with several classes before publication.

This worksheet for students focuses on evaluating the two key explanations for resistance (social support and locus of control), is ideal for supporting evidence-based discussion, and could be used as a basis for essay-writing as it uses the PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explanation-Link) structure. Designed with the AQA specification in mind, typically used with Cardwell and Flanagan’s ‘Year One and AS’ cat book. Trialled with several classes before publication.

This worksheet for students introduces the classic study by Moscovici, as well as some further research that students could use to evaluate elements of ‘behavioural style’ (i.e. commitment, consistency, etc.). This was intended as a reading task, but has been turned into a cloze/gap fill task to be more interactive. Designed with the AQA specification in mind and typically used with Cardwell and Flanagan’s ‘Year One’ cat book. Trialled with several classes before publication.

This worksheet for students focuses on internal and external validity in the context of Milgram’s obedience work, and is ideal for supporting evidence-based discussion in class. It could be used as a homework/independent task before the lesson, in order to stimulate debate in class, or used within the lesson (independent work or with/following teaching). Designed with the AQA specification in mind, typically used with Cardwell and Flanagan’s ‘Year One and AS’ cat book. Trialled with several classes before publication.