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McAllister’s AQA A-Level Psych Shop

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I have been teaching A-Level Psychology for 12 years to very mixed ability cohorts so my resources appeal to both A* and E grade candidates. Each lesson covers a double page spread from the textbook and would take approximately 1 to 1.5 hours to teach. Every lesson includes a PPT presentation, a handout for students to complete throughout the lesson, and lots of interactive activities. Each lesson is comprehensive and includes everything a student needs, no need to go elsewhere.

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I have been teaching A-Level Psychology for 12 years to very mixed ability cohorts so my resources appeal to both A* and E grade candidates. Each lesson covers a double page spread from the textbook and would take approximately 1 to 1.5 hours to teach. Every lesson includes a PPT presentation, a handout for students to complete throughout the lesson, and lots of interactive activities. Each lesson is comprehensive and includes everything a student needs, no need to go elsewhere.
AQA A Level Psychology - Issues and Debates (Ethical implications)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Issues and Debates (Ethical implications)

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Seventh lesson in Issues and Debates - Ethical implications Lesson includes: Re-cap of ethical guidelines (PPT and handout). Description of socially sensitive research and how to deal with socially sensitive research (PPT and handout). Discussion activity on socially sensitive research (PPT and additional handouts). Ethical implications of socially sensitive research with application task (PPT and handout). Evaluation points for the debate (PPT and handout). Exam questions and mark scheme (PPT).
AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Year 2 Experiment revision, practical and statistics)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Year 2 Experiment revision, practical and statistics)

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Lesson includes: Revision and activities on: ethics, sampling, hypotheses, experimental designs, types of experiments and descriptive statistics (PPT and handout) Reporting psychological investigations (PPT) Levels of measurement, including activities (PPT and handout) Choosing a statistical test, including activities (PPT and handout) Probability and significant, including activities (PPT and handout) Type I and Type II errors (PPT and handout) Reliability and validity of experiments, including activities (PPT and handout) Experiment practical project (Practical project brief form)
AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Offender profiling)
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AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Offender profiling)

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Resources to cover at least two 1.5 hour lessons worth of teaching include: Description of top-down approach, with clips, examples and evaluation (PPT and handout) Description of bottom-up approach with clips, examples and evaluation (PPT and handout) Comparison of the two approaches (PPT and discussion)
AQA A Level Psych - Memory (Multi-Store Model)
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AQA A Level Psych - Memory (Multi-Store Model)

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Lesson includes: Description of model with activity (PPT and handout) Exam practice on the description of the model (PPT) Re-cap of model fill in the gaps (worksheet) Evaluation of model with links to relevant clips (PPT and handout) Exam practice on the on the evaluation of the model (PPT and handout)
AQA A Level Psych - Forensic Bundle
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AQA A Level Psych - Forensic Bundle

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Everything you need to teach Forensic Psychology in AQA A Level Psychology. Includes enough resources for at least 13 one hour and a half lessons. All lessons are highly interactive with lots of activities.
AQA A Level Psych - Issues and Debates (Determinism and Free Will)
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AQA A Level Psych - Issues and Debates (Determinism and Free Will)

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Second lesson on Issues and Debates - Determinism vs Free Will Lesson includes: Starter activity on where causes for a crime are developed within a wider context of the determinism vs free will debate (PPT and starter handout). Description of hard and soft determinism, and free will (PPT and handout). Application tasks of the debate to relevant behaviours (PPT). Types of determinism (biological, environmental and psychic) (PPT and handout). Scientific emphasis on causal explanations (PPT and handout). Evaluation of the debate (PPT and handout). 16 mark exam question with mark scheme (PPT).
AQA A Level Psych - Attachment (Animal Studies)
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AQA A Level Psych - Attachment (Animal Studies)

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Third lesson of Attachment - Animal Studies Lesson includes: Description of animal studies into attachment (Lorenz and Harlow) using discussion tasks and YouTube clips (PPT, YouTube clips and handout). Evaluation task with answers (evaluation handout). Debate activity regarding the usefulness of animal studies into attachment (PPT). Mix and match plenary activity (PPT and mix & match cards).
AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Experiments)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Experiments)

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Lesson includes (more than enough for 4-5 hours of teaching): Aims (PPT and handout) Description of experiments, including Stroop Test activity (PPT and handout) IV and DVs, including activities (PPT and handout) Hypotheses, including activities (PPT and handout) Levels of the IV, including activity (PPT and handout) Operationalising variables, including activity (PPT and handout) Controls, confounding and extraneous variables, including activities (PPT, handout and resources needed for practical) Experimental design, including activities (PPT, handout and resources needed for practical) Types of experiments, including activity (PPT and handout) Re-cap activity (handout) Exam practice (PPT) Evaluation of experiments, including activities (PPT and handout) Practical project on experiments (Practical project brief form)
AQA A Level Psych - Social Influence (Resistance to social influence)
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AQA A Level Psych - Social Influence (Resistance to social influence)

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Lesson includes: Intro to resistance of social influence (PPT) Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale (Rotter’s scale) Description of internal and external locus of control, with activities (PPT and handout) Evaluation in the form of research studies (Handout) Description of social support (PPT and handout) Evaluation in the form of research studies (Handout)
AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Psychological explanations of offending behaviour)
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AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Psychological explanations of offending behaviour)

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Resources for at least four 1.5 hour lessons, which include: Description of Eysenck’s theory, including Eysenck’s Personality Inventory activity and evaluation task (PPT, handout, Eysenck’s Personality Inventory) Description of cognitive explanations, including Heinz dilemma activity, description of cognitive distortions and evaluation for both (PPT and handout) Description of differential association, including activities, evaluation and differentiated essay plans (PPT, handout essay plan) Description of psychodynamic explanations, including inadequate superego and Bowlby’s maternal deprivation theory, with activities and evaluation for both (PPT and handout) Research task using information covered in the topic so far (PPT)
AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Dealing with offending behaviour)
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AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Dealing with offending behaviour)

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Enough resources for at least four 1.5 hour lessons, which include: Intro to custodial sentencing, aims of custodial sentencing, psychological effects of custodial sentencing and evaluation - all include interactive activities (PPT, handout, psychological effects activity, sentencing activity) Intro to behavioural modification, and description and evaluation of token economy - all include interactive activities (PPT and handout) Description and evaluation of anger management - both include interactive activities (PPT, handout, stages of anger management activity) Description and evaluation of restorative justice - both include interactive activities (PPT, handout, restorative justice role play, restorative justice example)
AQA A Level Psych - Memory (Capacity, duration and coding)
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AQA A Level Psych - Memory (Capacity, duration and coding)

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Lesson includes: Capacity of STM using the digit span technique and chunking exercise (PPT, handout and activity sheet) Evaluation of capacity research (PPT and handout) Duration of STM and LTM using Peterson and Peterson research (PPT and handout) Evaluation of duration research (PPT and handout) Coding of STM and LTM using class practicals (PPT, handout and activity sheet) Evaluation of coding research (PPT and handout) Capacity, duration and coding mix and match (Activity sheet)
AQA A Level Psychology - Attachment (Learning theory explanation of attachment)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Attachment (Learning theory explanation of attachment)

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Fourth lesson on Attachment - Explanations of Attachment (Learning Theory) Lesson includes: Revision of behaviourist theories including operant and classical conditioning (PPT and handout). Classical and operant conditioning applied to attachment (PPT and handout). Evaluation of theory using guided questions (PPT and handout). Exam question practice with mark scheme (handout).