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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 Psych - Approaches (SLT)
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AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (SLT)

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Lesson includes: Behaviourist exam questions with mark scheme revision task of previous learning (PPT and handout). Description of Social Learning Theory including application tasks (PPT and handout). Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment with YouTube clips (PPT and handout). Evaluation of SLT using Green Haired Girl textbook (PPT and handout). Homework task to apply SLT concepts to a scenario.
AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Psychodynamic)
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AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Psychodynamic)

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Lesson includes: Assumptions of the approach (PPT and handout). Description of Freud (PPT and handout). Description of the theory of mind (PPT and handout). Description of the structure of the personality, including defence mechanism role play (PPT and handout). Description of the psychosexual stages of development (PPT and handout). Evaluation of the psychodynamic approach including practical activities of psychoanalysis (PPT and handout). Exam questions and mark schemes (PPT). 16 mark sample answer.
AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Origins of Psychology)
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AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Origins of Psychology)

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Follows on from ‘Intro to Approaches lesson’ Lesson includes: Mix and match revision task on the origins of Psychology (mix and match task). Prep check task on Wilhelm Wundt including practical tasks on intropsection and evaluation. (PPT and handout) Key features of Psychology as a science (PPT and handout) Exam question practice with mark scheme (PPT). Homework for the behaviourist approach (PPT).
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).
AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Cognitive)
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AQA A Level Psych - Approaches (Cognitive)

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Lesson includes: Key assumptions of the cognitive approach (PPT and handout). Theoretical and computer models (PPT and handout). The role of schemas with a class experiment (PPT and handout). The emergence of cognitive neuroscience (PPT and handout). Evaluation of the cognitive approach with structured activity to demonstrated fully developed PEE paragraphs (PPT and handout).
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 (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).
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 Psychology - Research Methods (Types of Data)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Types of Data)

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Lesson includes: Description and evaluation of qualitative and quantitative data, including activities (PPT and handout) Description and evaluation of primary and secondary data, including activities (PPT and handout) Description and evaluation of meta-analysis (PPT and handout) Re-cap quiz (PPT)
AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Self-Report)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Self-Report)

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Lesson includes: Description and evaluation of self-report (PPT and handout) Description and evaluation of questionnaires, including activities (PPT and handout) Description and evaluation of types of question, including activities (PPT and handout) Questionnaire construction, including activities (PPT and handout) Description and evaluation of interviews, including activities (PPT and handout) Re-cap activity quiz (handout) Self-report practical project (Practical project brief form)
AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Mathematical content)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Mathematical content)

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Lesson includes: Significant figures, with examples and questions (PPT and handout) Order of magnitude, with examples and questions (PPT and handout) Fractions, with examples and questions (PPT and handout) Percentages, with examples and questions (PPT and handout) Decimals, with examples and questions (PPT and handout) Ratios, with examples and questions (PPT and handout) Mathematical content test (handout)
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)