Ethnocentrism - in line with OCR A Level Psychology specification. Powerpoint outlines definition, common mistakes, example, past paper questions (with model answers/paragraphs). This covers both unit 2 (core studies) and unit 3 (applied psychology).

Guidance on how best to consolidate content from all 3 units of the OCR A Level Psychology specification. Each unit has several suggestions of what to create, what to include and the level of detail to include. There are examples of each. This resource includes guidance on: Unit 1 : Research Methods Statistical Tests Unit 2: Core Studies Areas & Perspectives Debates Methodological Issues Unit 3: Options Issues in Mental Health Debates & Issues

Question Race Activity in line with the OCR A Level Psychology specification. Students are given 5 questions to complete and cannot leave the lesson until they score 80% on each question. I release screenshots to each team when they’ve passed the previous question. Slides include question with structure guidance to helps students and teacher marking. Great motivating activity - can be edited for different scaffolding levels. Brings out common misconceptions on reliability vs validity, what counts as a comparison point for areas, operationalising variables within hypotheses etc.

Unit 1 Section A Guidance in line with the OCR A level Psychology Specification. Outlines structure of the exam, format of questions, content covered and hints/tips for success.

New year’s resolutions task in line with unit 1 (research methods) of the OCR A level psychology specification. Task outlines the research investigating new year’s resolutions and how often they’re kept to. Questions ask about topics such as level of data, evaluating self report, writing hypotheses, calculating chi square etc. I’ve split it into year 1 and year 2 based on our scheme of work (same scenario used) so it can be adapted based on what you’re students know. Great recap task for the new year!

Christmas Task inspired by a cheeky elf who likes to visit! Students will be tasked with designing a scene for the elf to be discovered in. The scene must be based on a core study and have a purpose of getting the children to do something (such as tidying their room). The rationale behind the scene must be explained next to their design. I have given 6 suggestions (Milgram, Piliavin, Bandura, Kohlberg, Loftus & Palmer and Moray) but any study may work. I’ve also added an example of a design inspired by Chaney’s study. Great activity as an end of term treat for students in line with Unit 2 of the OCR A Level Psychology course. Helps with creativity needed in applying research for suggestions in unit 2 section C and unit 3 section B.

Task to introduce reconstructive memory prior to learning Loftus and Palmer’s study. In line with Unit 2 (Core Studies) of the OCR A Level Psychology specification. Students are given a story to read and asked questions one week later. Half the students get extra information from another point of view, to see if this changes their answers in the memory test to promote discussion on believing rumours and taking this into our memories. Powerpoint and worksheets included.

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.

Child Psychology Topic 6. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification. Powerpoint includes background, videos, key terms & definitions, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.

Child Psychology Topic 5. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification. Powerpoint includes background, videos, key terms & definitions, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.

Child Psychology Topic 4. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification. Powerpoint includes background, videos, key terms & definitions, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.

Child Psychology Topic 3. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification. Powerpoint includes background, videos, key terms & definitions, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.

Child Psychology Topic 2. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification. Powerpoint includes background, videos, key terms & definitions, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.

Child Psychology Topic 1. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification. Powerpoint includes background, key terms & definitions, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B. Also gets students drawing a person before going into the ‘draw a person’ test.

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.

Levine pre-reading task in line with the OCR A level psychology specification (unit 2). Students are required to read and watch information from The Human Empathy Project before picking a country from Levine’s sample, doing research on how their culture’s values may influence kindness plus predict the result from that country. I tuned this into a contest by handing out rewards to the 3 closest students in each class. Gets students engaging in the core study’s focus of culture influencing helpfulness.

Core Studies Island Challenge in line with unit 2 of the OCR A level psychology specification. Students are given the task to defend their core study from being banished from the island and choose to attack another core study researcher (using evaluation of course!). Slide includes set up, task guidance and criteria. Great way to revise unit 2 and evaluating/discussing skills.

Guidance for the smaller questions from Unit 1 Section B (Research Methods) from the OCR A level psychology specification. Slides include guidance on hypotheses, aims, open/closed questions, evaluate and strength/weakness questions. Slides include structure and example answers as well as hints and tips using the 2023 unit 1 paper as a guide.