Areas in Psychology Poster. In line with the OCR A level Psychology Specification. Relevant to unit 2 (core studies) Poster defines the key principle of the area.

Individual vs Situational debate in line with the OCR A level Psychology Specification. Debate can be referenced in all 3 units of the course. Powerpoint includes definitions, explanations of where various studies lie in the debate and strengths & weaknesses.

Ethical Considerations Debate in line with the OCR A level Psychology Specification. Can be referenced in all 3 units. Powerpoint includes defintions of the 6 ethical guidelines, definitions of the 4 wider ethical principles and strengths & weaknesses of being ethical.

Loftus & Palmer’s Core Study in line with the OCR A level Specification. Part of Unit 2 - Core Studies content. Powerpoint includes background, key terms, study summary and evaluation.

Levine’s C ore Study in line with the OCR A level Specification. Part of Unit 2 - Core Studies content. Powerpoint includes background, key terms, study summary and evaluation.

Bocchiaro’s core study in line with the OCR A level Specification. Part of Unit 2 - Core Studies content. Powerpoint includes background, key terms, study summary and evaluation.

Piliavin’s core study in line with the OCR A level specification. Lesson includes study summary, background, evaluation, videos and discussion points.

Experiments as part of unit 1 (Research Methods) in the OCR A level Specification. Powerpoint includes key terms and definitions, strengths and weaknesses, practical tasks, discussion tasks, exam questions with answers, guidance for revision etc. Content covers: what an experiment is (including criteria, conditions etc) types of experiments (with evaluation) designs of experiments (with evaluation) measures of central tendency (with evaluation) measures of dispersion (with evaluation and walk through of variance and standard deviation examples) sampling methods (with evaluation) extraneous variables types of data (with evaluation) blind procedures types of hypotheses (with reference to mark schemes and marking activity)

Observation Introduction Task in line with Unit 1 (Research Methods) of the OCR A Level Specification. Powerpoint outlines event and time sampling before setting students a practical using livestream cameras (links included). Students must complete a 30 minute observation using time sampling. They are given options for the livestream but must decide behavioural categories, record their data and summarise within a pie chart. Powerpoint gives clear guidelines, tips and example of raw data table and pie chart. I use this as an introduction so that the experience of conducting an observation enables students to pick up key terms (such as covert, participant observation etc) much easier and also gives them experience to refer to when evaluating.

Freewill vs Determinism debate in line with the OCR A level Psychology Specification. Debate can be referenced in all 3 units of the course. Powerpoint includes definitions, explanations of where various studies lie in the debate and strengths & weaknesses.

Moray’s Core Study in line with the OCR A level Specification. Part of Unit 2 - Core Studies content. Powerpoint includes background. key terms, study summary, evaluation and practical for students to try with headphones.

Simons & Chabris’ in line with the OCR A level Specification. Part of Unit 2 - Core Studies content. Powerpoint includes background, key terms, study summary, practice qs from unit 2 sec C with guidance and evaluation.

Psychological Areas Summary - Powerpoints and Packs. In line with the OCR A level Specification - can be used in unit 2 (core studies). Powerpoint runs through what you need to know for each area/perspective, example area/perspectives unit 2 questions and set up for flashcards for each area/perspective for students to complete. There are answers within the teacher version. I’ve also made this into a pdf pack for ease of use. Resources included: Powerpoint (student version) Powerpoint (teacher version) Pack (student version) Pack (answer version)

Powerpoint for introduction to unit 3 (Applied Psychology) of the OCR A level Psychology course. Powerpoint includes starter askings tudents to recap things from unit 1 and 2, recap of the 3 exams, similarities and differences between unit 2 and 3 as well as an overview of the unit topics/options.

Black Friday Attention Task. I used within my teaching of the OCR Psychology A level course but can easily be used in other courses when teaching attention. I personally used this on Black Friday before introducing the key theme of attention (Moray’s core study). Task gets students discussing what grabs attention before being given the role of a marketing executive who has to design either an email or social media advert to promote a Black Friday discount. At the end I got them to present to the class and describe the rationale behind the features of their email/advert. My students thoroughly enjoyed this task and was a great way to discuss psychological careers.

In line with the OCR A level Specification. Summaries of studies needed in unit 2 and unit 3. Poster outlines what a good summary includes. Can be used in many other subjects/levels!