A student revision work booklet for Edexcel GCSE Psychology: Paper 2: Topic 11: Research Methods. *Recommended for use with my: ‘Edexcel GCSE Psychology Research Methods Revision Guide Topic 11’ resource.

Frameworks for revision sheets for students to complete for any study or theory. Suitable for any specification and GCSE or A Level.

This is a PLC (personalised learning checklist) for Edexcel A Level Psychology. Please note that you may need to edit the contemporary studies as relevant (as the specification offers choice of which to study). The optional unit included in this resource for Paper 2 is Criminological Psychology. The resource contains an Excel spreadsheet with each sub-topic and a column for a RAG rating from students each term, from year 12 term 1 to year 13 term 5 for Paper 1 topics (Sheet 1), and year 13 term 1 to year 13 term 5 for Papers 2 and 3 topics (Sheet 2). These can be printed for students and kept at the front of their folders/books throughout the course and coloured in, or they could of course be shared electronically and completed by changing the colour of the cells.

Unit checklists for Edexcel A Level (or AS) Psychology - can be given to students when beginning each unit, to be used as a checklist to cross off when they have studied each topic. Or could be used as a revision tracker. Includes unit checklists for: Social Cognitive Biological Learning Clinical Criminal

A Level (or could be used for GCSE) Psychology writing frames posters, for display in the classroom or for use in student exercise books/folders. Designed with Edexcel in mind, but could be used for any specification. The poster pack includes: Describing a study using APRC Evaluating a study using GRAVE Describing a theory using CC Evaluating a theory using SODA Writing a paragraph using PEEL Essay types (Edexcel A Level specific - remove if using other specifications) Concluding an essay

RAG checklists for students to use for Edexcel GCSE Psychology 9-1 specification: Paper 1: Memory Brain Development Psychological problems Social influence Paper 2: Research methods Criminal psychology Sleep and dreaming

A revision framework for students to complete (please note this is a revision booklet for students to complete, not a revision guide) - covering description and evaluation of all Research Methods topics required for Paper 3. The Word Document contains a title page, extract from the specification and revision framework pages with subtitles such as description, strengths, weaknesses and examples. This could be set as independent work for students to complete as a revision activity after being taught research methods in the classroom, and is a great resource for virtual learning/an extended homework project. It could also be completed as a group or whole-class activity in the classroom.

This is a PowerPoint to support a “taster” session with year 8 or 9 students, before they choose to study Psychology at GCSE level. This PowerPoint is suitable for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Psychology specification. The PowerPoint encourages students to define Psychology themselves, discusses a definition of Psychology, briefly overviews the course topics and structure and then supports students to engage with a brain hat creation activity. *Please note that the 3D brain hat worksheet is not included in this resource, as this is not my work - but it is readily available for free online from a quick search. * Please note that an extension activity directs students to use the Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Psychology textbook - this can easily be removed if you do not have the textbooks accessible for students.

This is the resources for an hour lesson based upon “Happiness” as part of the RSE/PSHE curriculum. This was designed for use with Key Stage 3 year 7 students, but could be adapted for other age groups and easily extended beyond an hour. Links have been made to mental health and GCSE Psychology. Contains: PowerPoint Card sort activity (one required per pair/small group) Session overview: Starter: Students to define happiness and create a list of things that make them happy Activity 1: Card-sort to list factors in order of their importance to happiness Activity 2: “Money can buy you happiness” class discussion Activity 3: Mental health quiz Activity 4: Students to create a wellbeing leaflet/poster for display around school Knowledge check: Discussion questions

This PowerPoint is a visual learning journey to display to students to help them to articulate their “learning journey” of Psychology. The resource covers KS3, 4 and 5 and can easily be adapted as required to suit your school’s programme of study. The individual topics covered in this resource relate to Edexcel GCSE and A Level Psychology, but again, these can be edited to suit different units for other specifications.

PowerPoint presentation for a brief overview of the course and student suitability for GCSE 9-1 Edexcel Psychology. This PowerPoint could be used for a year 8 or 9 assembly, or could be used at the beginning of a GCSE Psychology taster session.

This is a selection of printable pages to create a options evening display to advertise GCSE 9-1 Edexcel Psychology to year 8/9 students/parents thinking of studying the course. The document includes: An overview A4 page for each unit (criminal and sleep optional units included here) A4 brain image (or can be printed in A3) and unit titles (could be stuck around the brain image with string) QR code for the Pearson GCSE Psychology website Quotes about why students choose to study Psychology A4 page overview of what Psychology is A4 page about what the course requires A4 page about assessment GCSE Psychology labels Just print, laminate and you’re ready to go!

Question and answer revision quiz cards relating to content from Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 1 and/or Edexcel AS Psychology Paper 1 - Social Psychology. Can easily be adapted if you have studied different optional content.

A two-page document to define the command words used for Edexcel AS/A Level Psychology. The document contains the definitions provided by Edexcel alongside student-friendly breakdown of what this requires from them and examples. This could be printed and stuck at the front of students’ books/folders for easy reference.

Question and answer revision quiz cards relating to content from Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 2 - Clinical Psychology: Schizophrenia Anorexia Studies - Guardia, Carlsson, Rosenhan Other - four Ds of diagnosis, classification systems DSM/ICD, diagnosis reliability/validity/cultural impacts, research methods, Bradshaw (case study), Vallentine (interview), practical, key question Can easily be adapted if you have studied different optional content.

This PowerPoint will support an hour-long Psychology based extra-curricular session with key stage 3 students. No prior knowledge of Psychology is required from the students. The session introduces them to the weird and wonderful topics within Psychology through a true/false quiz format, with several varied activities, video links and discussion points. This PowerPoint was designed for a virtual Psychology Club session which took place via Zoom during the COVID-19 lockdown, however this could be used in the classroom too.

Question and answer revision quiz cards relating to content from Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 2 - Criminological Psychology: Theories of crime Understanding the offender Treatments for offenders Jury decision making Eye witness testimony Loftus and Palmer Howells Practical investigation Key question Can easily be adapted if you have studied different optional content.

Question and answer revision quiz cards relating to content from Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 3 - Research Methods

Question and answer revision quiz cards relating to content from Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 1 and/or Edexcel AS Psychology Paper 1 - Cognitive Psychology. Can easily be adapted if you have studied different optional content.

Question and answer revision quiz cards relating to content from Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 1 and/or Edexcel AS Psychology Paper 2 - Learning theories Can easily be adapted if you have studied different optional content.