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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 - 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 - 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 (Working Memory Model)
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AQA A Level Psych - Memory (Working Memory Model)

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Lesson includes: Prep task for lesson Starter activity to illustrate WMM (PPT) Description of different parts of model, including activities (PPT and handout) Re-cap exercise - WMM multiple choice quiz (Worksheet) Evaluation with dual task performance exercise (PPT, handout and worksheet) Exam practice (PPT)
AQA A Level Psych - Psychopathology (Definitions of Abnormality)
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AQA A Level Psych - Psychopathology (Definitions of Abnormality)

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Lesson includes: Starter activities to define abnormality; including abnormality pictures, case studies, discussion and post-it note activites (abnormaility pictures, PPT and handout). Description and evaluation of the four definitions of abnormality, including application activities (PPT and handout). Extension activities (TED talks and newspaper articles). Exam questions with mark schemes
AQA A Level Psych - Issues and Debates (Reductionism and Holism)
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AQA A Level Psych - Issues and Debates (Reductionism and Holism)

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First lesson on Issues and Debates - Reductionism and Holism Lesson includes: Starter activity where students have to reduce explanations of a behaviour (e.g. crime, addiction, etc.) down to single units. Description of reductionism (including levels of explanation), holism and interactionism with application to the approaches (PPT and Handout). Group evaluation activity (PPT and Handout). Paired plenary discussion task (PPT). Exam questions with mark schemes (PPT). Levels of explanation sample 16 mark answer (handout).
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).
AQA A Level Psych - Issues and Debates (Gender bias)
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AQA A Level Psych - Issues and Debates (Gender bias)

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Fourth lesson on Issues and Debates - Gender bias Lesson includes: Description of gender bias (handout and PPT). Application activity to psychological studies (handout and PPT). Evaluation of gender bias using PEE activity with answers (handout, PPT and evaluation resource). Exam questions with mark scheme (PPT).
AQA A Level Psychology - Issues and Debates (Idiographic and Nomothetic approaches)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Issues and Debates (Idiographic and Nomothetic approaches)

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Sixth lesson on Issues and Debates - Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches Lesson includes: Reading task to introduce the issue (handout and pink haired girl textbook). Description idiographic and nomothetic approaches (PPT and handout). Application task to the approaches (PPT and handout). Application task to studies from the specification (handout). Evaluation of idiographic and nomothetic approaches (PPT and handout). Exam questions (PPT).
AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Behaviourist)
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AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Behaviourist)

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Lesson includes: Description of behaviourist approach, including activities (PPT and handout). Description of classical conditioning, including activities (PPT and handout). Description of operant conditioning, including activities (PPT and handout). Evaluation of behaviourist approach follwoing PEE structure (PPT and handout). Behaviourist approach homework worksheet (handout).
Intro lesson to Approaches topic
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Intro lesson to Approaches topic

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First lesson of the Approaches topic to introduce students to some of the key approaches - learning, cognitive and biological Lesson includes: Five case studies (athlete, criminal, daredevil, drug addict, addict) for students to explanations to (case studies). Introduction to three of the approaches (learning, cognitive, biological) using interactive tasks (PPT). Application of approaches to the case studies. Origins of Psychology mix and match. Homework task on Wilhelm Wundt.
AQA A Level Psychology - Approaches (Biological)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Approaches (Biological)

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Lesson includes: Introduction task using Phineas Gage (PPT). Assumptions of the biological approach (PPT and handout). Peer teach research task on the genetic basis of behaviour, the biological structures on behaviour, the influence of neurochemistry and evolution. PPT includes answers (PPT and handout). Application tasks (PPT and handout). Evalution of the biological approach (PPT and handout). 12 mark essay plan (PPT and handout)
AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Humanistic)
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AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Humanistic)

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Lesson includes: Description of the humanistic approach including free will and determinism (PPT and handout). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (PPT and handout). Roger’s ideas of the self, congruence and conditions worth including a test for congruence (PPT and handout). Application of humanistic approach to scenario (PPT and handout). The influence of counselling psychology, including role play (PPT and handout). Evaluation tasks (PPT and handout).