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).

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).

Third lesson on Issues and Debates - Nature vs Nurture Lesson includes: Brainstorm starter activity (PPT). Description of nature and nurture with examples (PPT and handout). Application task to a newspaper article about whether we are born evil (additional handout). Description of the interaction between nature and nurture with examples (PPT and handout). Application task to specific studies and approahces (PPT and handout). Evaluation of debate (PPT and handout). 16 mark essay structure on the debate (additional handout). Extension ideas (PPT).

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).

Sixth lesson on Attachment - Ainsworth’s Strange Situation - Types of Attachment Lesson includes: Description of Ainsworth’s Strange Situation (PPT, YouTube clip and handout) Activities on the Strange Situation including application task and a role play. Differentiated group evaluation task (PPT and handout). 16 mark sample essay (handout) Plenary re-cap task (handout).

First lesson on Attachment - Caregiver infant interaction Lesson includes: Introduction to attachment using discussion activities, defining attachment, and application activity to Christian the Lion (PPT, handout and YouTube clip). Caregiver-infant interaction - description of reciprocity with paired activity task and YouTube clip (PPT and handout). Caregiver-infant interaction - description of interactional synchrony with observation task (PPT and handout). Evaluation task (PPT and handout). Exam practice (12 mark essay plan handout). Plenary task.

Second lesson on Attachment - Stages of Attachment and role of the Father Lesson includes: Re-cap of caregiver-infant interaction key words (PPT and handout). Description of study by Schaffer and Emerson using mix and match activity with application task (PPT and handout). Evaluation of Schaffer and Emerson using PEE structure (PPT and handout). Homework task into the role of the father with answers (PPT and handout). Exam questions on lesson one and two with mark scheme (handout).

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).

Eighth lesson on Attachment - Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation Lesson includes: Starter activity about the possible causes of seperation between primary caregiver and infant (PPT). Description of Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation and Bowlby’s 44 juvenile thieves study (PPT and handout). Evaluation of Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation by writing in PEE paragraphs (PPT and handout). Extension acitivity using Mum and baby units in prison and Genie (PPT and handout). Homework for Romanian orphan studies - the effects of institutionalisation (PPT).

Seventh lesson on Attachment - Cultural variations in Attachment Lesson includes: Description of culture, individualist and collectivist cultures, cross cultural variation (PPT and handout). Description of cultural variations of attachment studies using Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg and poster activity for other studies (PPT and handout). Evaluation of cultural variations of attachment using guided questions (PPT and handout). Exam practice activity.

Tenth lesson on Attachment - Influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships Lesson includes: Video summarising Bowlby’s research and the effect early attachments have on later relationships (PPT). Description of influence of early attachment (PPT and handout). Hazan and Shaver’s Love Quiz (handout). Evaluation of influence of early attachment (PPT and handout). 12 mark model answer.

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).

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.

Lesson includes: Summary of the approaches (handout) Approaches revision (PPT and handout) Comparison of approaches using detailed comparison table (PPT and handout) Exam question guidance (PPT and handout) Sample answers Approaches dinner party homework

Fifth lesson on Issues and Debates - Cultural Bias Lesson includes: Description cultural bias, universality, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism with examples (PPT, handout, YouTube clips). Evaluation of cultural bias (PPT and handout). Exam questions with mark scheme.

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).

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).