This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on revising the whole of the social approach- including: obedience and prejudice. The lesson is designed to last 100 minutes (could last longer). There is a total of 16 slides on the power point. All resources are attached. Included: Starter: social psychology bingo. Key words provided on the pp slide. Mind map which covers all content from the obedience side of the course. Key studies include: Milgram and Burger. Mind map which covers all content from the prejudice side of the course. Key studies include: Sherif. Key psychologists names from the social approach. What can students remember? - answers provided on the power point. A3 worksheet which covers the three key studes: Milgram, Burger and Sherif. Students to fill in. Sheet could easily be changed to include what ever studies have been covered. Pp slides which go through Milgram’s obedience to authority study. Variation studies also included. Students to fill in their A3 sheet. Students independently do the other two studies. Short answer exam style question- mark scheme included.

This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on evaluating the three key learning theories. Social learning theory, classical conditioning and operant conditioning. There are also links made to individual differences and developmental psychology. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 13 slides on the power point. Included: Starter, social psychology recap. Students to review what they can remember about Milgram and Burger. Bandura Bobo doll experiment recap- quiz questions. Answers provided. Title page- students to name the learning theorists. Three exam questions based on evaluating learning theories - introduce to students to highlight the importance of evaluation. Two slides explaining links to developmental psychology and individual differences. Recapping learning theories, fill in the blanks. Three slides outlining the main strengths and weaknesses of each learning theory. Summary sheet for students to complete. Based on evaluating each theory referring to evidence, application and reductionism. In order to complete this task successfully students will need to use their notes or have access to the A-Level textbook. Plenary- Students to plan/ complete one of the 8 mark questions on evaluating one of the key learning theories.

This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on learning theories. This lesson specifically focuses on operant conditioning put forward by Skinner. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 16 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity which focuses on reviewing the social psychology unit, unscramble the words. Answers provided. Title page- brief introduction to what operant conditioning means. Video clip introducing students to operant conditioning, link on pp slide. Key terms sheet. Explanation of the skinner box. Explanation of key terms: positive & negative reinforcement, along with positive and negative punishment. Short video from the big bang theory- students to apply key concepts. Explanation of primary and secondary reinforcers. Example 2 mark question. Application task- students apply key concepts to the statements on the pp slide. Strengths and weaknesses of operant conditioning. Recap of using animal research in psychology- short answer exam question (4 marks). Question and mark scheme included. Plenary- watch video clip of super nanny, students to identify the types of reinforcement and punishment used.

This is an A-level psychology lesson which focuses on classical conditioning. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there is a total of 16 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity which focuses on recapping the social approach. True or false task- answers included. Title page- encouraging students to think about what they already know about classical conditioning. Key terms sheet for students to fill in- all terms based around classical conditioning. These key terms are provided throughout the lesson. Short youtube clip introducing the theory. Link provided on the slide, questions for students to think about. The process of classical conditioning explained. Evaluation of the theory. Pavlov’s dogs fill in the blanks- students apply their understanding of key concepts. Pavlov’s experiment explained- aims, procedure, findings and conclusion. Evaluation of Pavlov’s experiment. How classical conditioning links to phobias. Reading task- from the edexcel textbook- pages are not attached. Plenary short answer exam question based on classical conditioning.

This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on Milgram’s obedience experiment. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 15 slides on the power point. There are a few documents which are not attached as these were not created by me. If you would like these, please email me at amyfo7@live.co.uk and I can send you over scanned copies. Included: Starter, methods recap on primary and secondary data. Recap of the social psychology approach. Encouraging student to think about how social psychologists would explain certain behaviours. Title page- encouraging students to think about what is meant by the term obedience. Recap of homework which students were/ could be set. This goes over a wider reading article about Milgram. Please email me if you would like this, article is not attached. Background information on Milgram. Video of some of the original footage, questions for students to think about. Video link attached on the power point. Explanation of Milgram’s experiment in a nutshell. Milgram reading task. The reading has been taken from the A-level edexcel textbook- please email me if you would like the scanned copy of this reading. Milgram fill in the blanks. Answers and student copy of the worksheet has been attached. Introduction and explanation of blind obedience. Introduction to ethical issues in methods. Encouraging students to link the ethical guidelines to Milgram’s research. Overview of the strengths and weaknesses of Milgram’s research. Strengths and weaknesses reading task. Short answer exam questions for students to complete- these are included on the power point. Textbook reading has been taken from the edexcel textbook (with the eye image on the front). This has not been attached but I can send over if you drop me an email. Other examples of Milgram- Derren brown video clip. Link included on the power point slide. Questions for students to think about on the slide. Homework- Milgram’s variations. Students to complete a flipped learning task where they learn about the variation experiment’s themselves. This lesson can be purchased on my shop separately. Alternatively, the homework slide can be removed if not needed.

This is lesson 6 of the series of development unit lessons. This lesson focuses on Dweck’s mindset theory. This lesson goes alongside the development workbook which is available in my shop. The powerpoint consists of 16 slides and is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. Included: a starter activity on the psychological problems topic, this acts as a retrieval practice task. explanation of the background of the theory what is fixed and growth mindset? a short video to explain this, students are encouraged to write the definitions to key concepts whilst watching the clip. - answers included. mindset quiz. Students have to answer a series of questions to work out their mindset- quiz included on a separate document. two slides explaining the key points of the mindset theory, key terms used and explained. activity- 2 mark exam style question. Students have to apply their knowledge of fixed and growth mindsets to specific scenarios. poster task- extension activity included. application task- scenario and question on the power point. Challenge question included. fill in the blanks activity outlining experimental evidence. strengths and weaknesses of mindset theory. Students need to work out which ones are strengths and which are weaknesses. May wish to use the textbook to offer support. key question- students to answer in their booklet or exercise book. Assessing their understanding of the lesson’s content. plenary- mini quiz. Students have to allocate a key term to a key statement.

This is lesson 2 of the memory topic (topic 2). This lesson is focused on the multi store model of memory. It contains a total of 19 slides, and is designed to fill a 100 minute lesson. I would highly recommend using this lesson along with the booklet also included on my shop. The starter activity for this lesson is based on the social influence topic which acts as a retrieval practice activity. By the end of this lesson students will be able to explain and label the multi store model of memory. A short memory experiment is included in this lesson, which requires students to recall objects. The plenary for this lesson is a quick quiz on the lessons content.

This is lesson 3 of the memory topic (topic 2). This lesson goes along with the booklet which is also available in my shop. This lesson focuses on the evaluation of the multi store model. It has a total of 35 slides and it made to fill an 100 minute lesson. By the end of this lesson all students will be able to evaluate the MSM. The starter activity of this lesson is a recap of the social influence topic (a quiz on Milgram’s experiment) this acts as a retrieval practice activity. The plenary requires students to write down and think about what they have learnt from the lesson. Included is a work sheet which requires students to fill in the blanks, this covers all of the strengths and weaknesses student need to know. Students are required to complete a memory experiment during this lesson- this introduces students to the serial position effect.

TOPIC 2- MEMORY. This is a booklet which takes students through the whole of the memory topic. The booklet goes along with the lessons which are also in my shop. The booklet contains all of the information students need to know, included is also spaces for students to complete activities- these are detailed with instructions in the lesson powerpoint. It is a total of 40 pages, which also includes a check list for students.

This is a GCSE psychology (Edexcel) revision lesson. The session is based on the psychological problems topic. The lesson focuses on theories of addiction and treatments. It is designed to fill an hour session, with 9 slides in total and two worksheets. included: -starter students to match up key terms from the addiction topic with their definitions. -outline of the genetic explanation of addiction with strengths and weaknesses. -worksheet explaining the social learning theory of addiction. Students should fill in the blanks and then read through the strengths and weaknesses. -explanation of cognitive behavioural therapy as a treatment for addiction with strengths and weaknesses. -drug therapy as a treatment for addiction. Worksheet for students to complete- match the statement to the correct heading to explain how drug therapy works. Answers included on the power point. -explanation of the strengths and weaknesses of drug therapy.

This lesson is designed to be a mock preparation lesson for year 11 students. However, the lesson focuses on revising the social influence unit, therefore it could be used as a revision lesson for year 10 students. The lesson includes: -a bingo starter activity which includes key concepts from psychology units: social influence, memory, brain, development. Definitions to key concepts are included on a separate document. -key concept match up task from the social influence unit. -an outline of what topics will be in the mock exam. -main activity. This lesson focuses around students completing a large mind map which will contain key concepts and key studies from the social influence unit. A template for the mind map is included, students should be encouraged to write down as much as they can remember (they may need to use the Edexcel psychology textbook to support them). -after students have written down everything they can remember, the rest of the power point focuses on going through the definitions to key concepts and outlining the details of the key studies: Piliavin et al and Zimbardo et al. Challenge questions are included throughout to push higher ability students. -the final activity focuses on students starting to complete a mind map for the memory unit- a template is included. The textbook may be needed to support students.