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.
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.
Psychology as a Science 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, discussion activities and strengths & weaknesses.
Powerpoints for each of the 8 debates 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, videos, discussion activities and strengths & weaknesses.
Poster overview of the OCR A level Psychology Specification. Outlines the 3 units and what is learned within each one. Would be good to show parents and/or students.
Psychological Debates Poster in line with the OCR A level Psychology Specification. Primarily to be used in unit 2 (core studies), but also can be referenced in unit 3 (applied psychology) and unit 1 (research methods).
Poster outlines the 8 debates and the key question for each.
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)
Issues in Mental Health Topics Summary Poster. In line with the OCR A level Specification.
Poster outlines what students will learn in each of the 3 topics.
Reliability & Validity posters in line with the OCR A level Psychology specification. May work for other courses too!
Covers face, concurrent, criterion, population, construct and ecological validity as well as internal, external, split-half, test-retest and inter-rater reliability.
Cognitive Area resources in line with Unit 2 (Core Studies) of the OCR A level Psychology Specification.
Resources include:
Cognitive Area
Moray
Loftus & Palmer
Grant
Simons & Chabris
Powerpoints of core studies include summary and evaluation as a minimum. Other activities such as videos, discussion tasks etc will vary from study to study.
Area summary includes principles/concepts, studies within and why plus evaluation.
Guidance for unit 2 section C (Core Studies) of the OCR A Level Psychology Specification.
Talks through likely questions with structure guidance and example answers. Uses the 2023 paper as guide with hints and tips along the way.
Bundle of both Unit 3 section A and section B guidance from the OCR A level psychology specification.
Powerpoint gives guidance on timings, structure, examples of questions and answers.
Environmental Psychology Topics 1-6. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoints includes background, videos, discussion tasks, key terms & definitions, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B. Template also included for revision.
AI Core Study Quiz - Relevant to OCR A level Psychology Unit 2.
I put the titles of all 20 core studies into an AI image generator and made it into this quiz. Good take home point of not using AI as it’s rubbish and plagiarism. Extension task to get students adding lots of detail to prompts to get better images out of the AI image generators.
The Cognitive Area in line with unit 2 of the OCR A level Specification.
The powerpoint includes principles and concepts, explanations of how studies link to the area as well as strengths & weaknesses of the area.
Blakemore & Cooper’s study in line with the OCR A level Specification. Used within the unit 2 - Core Studies exam.
Powerpoint includes background, key terms, study summary and evaluation. Link to study summary in the slide notes.
Chaney’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.
Bandura’s Core study in line with unit 2 from the A level OCR specification.
Includes full study summary, evaluation, discussion points and clear examples of matched participants design.
Core Study Wheel of Doom. In line with unit 2 of OCR A level Psychology but can be used with other courses that require knowledge of key research. Can also be adapted to unit 3 options.
Simple powerpoint with visual of wheel and core study name. I display this on the board as students enter the classroom and get them to write as much as they can remember about that core study on a blank piece of paper. The ‘wheel of doom’ then selects someone to tell me something from the core study. It is the wheel of doom as their name does not get removed from the wheel and so they could get picked again!
Class tools is the website I use that enables you to save a list of class names but I know some people have lollipop sticks etc that they use!