Currently Lead in Psychology and Child Development.
As I create lesson resources they are uploaded as a PowerPoint with all essential resources included.
Currently Lead in Psychology and Child Development.
As I create lesson resources they are uploaded as a PowerPoint with all essential resources included.
lesson presentation with activities included and past exam questions. Also includes planning for progress grid.
Follows aqa gcse psychology spec teaching from 2017.
MSM of memory lesson.
Includes power point, planning for progress grid, homework video and fill in the blank activity.
Lesson follows AQA GCSE specification, Cognition & behaviour: Teaching from 2017
lesson presentation, starter activity, worksheets and
planning for progress grid etc.
Follows AQA GCSE psychology Cognition & behaviour specification: Teaching from 2017.
Three lesson presentation with resources and progress grids.
Lessons covered are:
Multi store model of memory
evaluation of MSM
Information recall
aqa gcse psychology specification teaching from 2017. chapter 1.2 what are the structures of memory.
lesson presentation and resources for structures of memory
Multi store model of memory and its features
Follows AQA gcse psychology teaching from 2017.
Lesson PowerPoint and resources on:
What are sensation and perception
2.1 How do we perceive
2.2 What is direct perception
2.3 Can you believe what you see
2.4 What is constructive perception
2.5 What factors affect our perception
Activities, homework and planning for progress grids included. See individual lesson descriptions for full details of content for each lesson.
AQA GCSE psychology 8182 specification: Cognition & behaviour
Lesson Point which covers the second part of 2.6 from the AQA specification 8182 what factors affect our perception?
Recap activity on Bruner and Minturn’s perceptual set study (1955). Students to write down all inforamtion they can recall on the study with a 2 minute time allowance. Students pass work to the right and add any missing or additional information they can to the sheet with a 1 minute time allowance. The sheet is passed on twice and time reduced by half both times.
Students asked to draw a pig and then discuss their results. Slides then provide information for culture and perceptual set and drawing task cab be linked into learning. Students then apply learning to exam question (3 marks) based on culture and perceptual set.
State the emotions activity to introduce emotions and motivation and perceptual set. Slides then show information for emotion and motivation on perceptual set.
Descriptive information then shown to students for the key study and students to transfer information in their own words to a key study sheet (provided). Mini task linked to research methods in between for a three minutes.
Information is that shared for evaluation points for the study. Students continue to transfer the information to the key study sheet in their own words.
Design your own study on motivation activity. When designed study they are required to state the aim, hypotheses and method (to link in research methods)
Homework/extension choices are a possible exam question on Gilchrist and Nesberg’s perceptual set study for 9 marks or to create a revision mat on perception with required content stated.
Progress grid includes the following learning outcomes: Identify, Describe, Explain, Evaluate and Apply knowledge to answer exam questions accurately.
Follows AQA GCSE psychology 8182 LO: 2.6 what factors affect our perception?
Paper one: Cognition and behaviour
Summary pages for GCSE aggression.
Includes key points on each explanantion; biological, psychodynamic and social learning theory.
includes ways to reduce aggression for each theory and key studies Bandura 1965 and Huesmann et al (1983)
Sub headers included key studies which students should also know for each explanantion.
Lesson Point which covers the first part of 2.5 from the AQA specification 8182 what is constructive perception?
Recap activity on Gibson’s Direct theory of perception
Explanation for Gregory’s constructive theory: Ambiguity, including key terms: perceptual hypotheses, infer, visual cues and mistaken hypotheses and nuture.
Paired activity for students to demonstrate negative after affect. Students a timer (60 seconds timing), a sheet of A4 plain paper and a red piece of paper cut into a circle . (other bright coloured paper will work equally as well). After paired activity the link to Gregory’s theory and visual illusions is explained.
Students are then to describe/explain Greogry’s theory from the information provided. Ket terms included for students to include.
Test yourself exam style questions provided for students: 10 marks worth of apply it exam style questions.
Progress grid includes the following learning outcomes: Identify, Describe, Explain and Apply knowledge to answer exam questions accurately.
Follows AQA GCSE psychology 8182 LO: 2.5 What is constructive perception?
Paper one: Cognition and behaviour
Lesson Point which covers the latter part of 2.5 from the AQA specification 8182 what is constructive perception?
Recap activity on description/explanantion of Gregory’s Direct theory of perception and paired activity for students to demonstrate negative after affect. Students a timer (60 seconds timing), a sheet of A4 plain paper and a green piece of paper cut into a circle . (other bright coloured paper will work equally as well). After paired activity the link to Gregory’s theory and visual illusions is explained.
Explanation for culture and perception as a strength of Gregory’s constructive theory of perception. Then explanations of limitations. First, visual illusions not a usual example on everyday life, explanantion on Muller-Lyer illusion questioned and Gregory’s theory not explaining how perception started.
PowerPoint then focuses on the exam question Describe and evaluate Gregory’s constructive theory of perception (9 marks). The slide shows annotation of the exam question breaking the marks down to A01 and A03 and descriptions for each of the two LO are included. Mark scheme for A01 and A03 features are included. Top tips shared with students on how to achieve higher marks.
Example answers are included. I print one copy out for students to annotate and discuss with an agreed mark in pairs using the mark scheme provided, then I provide an the annotated version and discuss the answers with them suggesting areas for improvement.
Students are to plan what content they will put in the 9 mark answer and separate it into the A01/A03 features.
Students then have 9 minutes in assessment conditions to answer the question using the plan they made previously. I then get students to peer assess each others work using the mark scheme provided.
Compare and contrast activity of Gibson’s direct theory and Gregory’s constructive theory activity at the end of powerpoint is useful for students to understand the differences between them.
Homework activity included: Explain what a top-down and bottom up theory is. Link these to Gibson’s direct theory of perception and Gregory’s constructive theory of perception.
Progress grid includes the following learning outcomes: Evaluate and Apply knowledge to answer exam questions accurately.
Follows AQA GCSE psychology 8182 LO: 2.5 What is constructive perception?
Paper one: Cognition and behaviour
Lesson PowerPoint which covers 2.3 from the AQA specification 8182 Direct perception.
Introduction video, learning objectives shared through progress grid, key terms included, explanation of Gibson's direct theory of perception
Recap of information on monocular depth cues and motion parallax introduced through information and video.
Information on combining cues and a 3 mark exam question based on the information.
Information on the importance of nature.
I then ask students to describe/explain Gibson's direct theory and provide with key terminology to include in their explanation.
Ten minutes worth of exam style questions and worksheet based on Gibson and Walk's cliff research with young children. Can also be used as homework if required.
Progress grid includes the following learning outcomes: Identify describe and explain Gibson's theory of perception with reference to motion parallax and nature
Apply knowledge to answer exam questions accurately.
Follows AQA GCSE psychology 8182 LO: 2.3 Direct perception.
I cover affordances and evaluation of Gibson in a separate PowerPoint as altogether it takes more than one lesson.
Paper one: Cognition and behaviour
Lesson PowerPoint which covers the latter part of 2.3 from the AQA specification 8182 Direct perception.
Recap of motion parallax and combining cues and a 5 minute activity for students to recap information on monocular depth cues.
Scenic drive video shown to students for a set time and students are to identify types of cues that they can see during the video being played. I recommend
Teacher then can question students on examples and get them to explain why it shows particular depth cues.
Information on affordances and examples provided to students. Students then to create their own example of an object and its possible affordances.
Information provided for a strength of Gibson’s direct theory of perception being that it was based on pilots and has ecological validity. Another strength visited being Gibson and Walks supporting research and the role of nature.
PowerPoint then focuses on the exam question Describe and evaluate Gibson’s direct theory of perception (9 marks). The slide shows annotation of the exam question breaking the marks down to A01 and A03 and descriptions for each of the two LO are included. Mark scheme for A01 and A03 features are included. Top tips shared with students on how to achieve higher marks.
Example answers are included. I print one copy out for students to annotate and discuss with an agreed mark in pairs using the mark scheme provided, then I provide an the annotated version and discuss the answers with them suggesting areas for improvement.
Students are to plan what content they will put in the 9 mark answer and separate it into the A01/A03 features.
Students then have 9 minutes in assessment conditions to answer the question using the plan they made previously.
Progress grid includes the following learning outcomes: Evaluate Gibson’s theory of perception using key terminology, clear points, explanations and paragraphs.
Apply knowledge to answer exam questions accurately.
Follows AQA GCSE psychology 8182 LO: 2.3 Direct perception.
I cover the basics of Gibson’s direct theory of perception in a separate PowerPoint as altogether it takes more than one lesson. Depending on how much time you spend covering the exam technique will depend on how long the content will cover.
Paper one: Cognition and behaviour