A full lesson for Family Dysfunction and Cognitive Explanations of Schizophrenia. Includes a powerpoint, notes sheet. Also has an essay activity. If the students cut up the essay where there is a line break between sections then try and stick it back together as a complete essay. Answers are provided for this task on the 3rd page of the document.

This is a full lesson - suitable for 1.5-2hrs worth of teaching time on Correlations for AQA Psychology Research Methods. It includes: Correlation definitions Differences between correlations and experiments Coefficients Strengths and weaknesses The activities included are: A sheet showing the difference between correlations and experiments Exam questions (on correlations and experimental designs - previous lesson before this recap) Sheet showing the issue of cause and effect A correlation example for them to carry out on celebrity attractiveness

Quick Short fire revision activity. Good for a points test. Includes short answer, gap fills, true false for the whole of the memory topic. I have also included some exam questions and mark schemes for some memory questions and a sheet where they say what key research has supported/contradicted in the memory topic. Also uploaded similar one for biopsychology/biological approach and one for attachment.

Full lesson and activities for Aqa Psychology new spec issues and debates. It includes a powerpoint presentation, with notes sheet (the students use this to take notes from the ppt, rather than note into book/paper). Includes some activities: Topic sort (based on Forensic, Gender and Schizophrenia topics - though could be adapted) Exam Questions Essay Plans Video Links

Designed to recap and revise the whole Gender module for AQA Psychology. It includes Sex, Gender, Androgyny, Explanations of Gender, Culture and Media Influences and Gender Identity Disorder. Most topics are condensed to one manageable slide that can be turned into revision cards. I give the students a copy of the student version (usually 2 slides to page) to complete and annotate while I go through the teacher version as a class. Sometimes asking them to complete it before I go through it. I have included a bonus key terms check. I have uploaded a similar thing for some first year topics and Forensic and Schizophrenia in second year topics.

This includes a worksheet to summaries the implications for the economy for the topics in first year. Also includes a short lecture on peer review and a worksheet to complete using the Cat Psychology book.

This includes a powerpoint of notes and activities. I get them to complete the note sheet while going through the ppt to save taking too many notes. There are then activities to complete once the definitions have been covered including a card sort, applied case study and an essay plan. There are sometimes answers or instructions on the notes part of the powerpoint. There are also video links on the powerpoint. This takes me two lessons (1 hr and 30 mins each) to complete the full set of activities.

A taster session designed to give to year 10/year 11 students thinking of A-level Psychology. Covers Lombroso and biological causes of murder so not really suitable for young children. Included is the popular resource - serial killer or Psychologist card sort to see whether there is anything in the faces of serial killers that gives them away. Lesson has video links and lots of discussion points and takes me around 45 mins.

Full Lessons (2x 90 mins) for Classical and Operant Conditioning in the Behaviourist approach. It includes work sheets and powerpoints (with lots of video links). Designed for AQA Psychology. It covers all key information needed for AQA spec including behaviourist assumptions and evaluation of the two conditioning theories. Classical conditioning activities include: PPT with many video links -Worksheet examples of classical conditioning (including simpler answer sheet for differentiation) -Notes sheet for students to take notes into for classical conditioning (matches ppt) -Example activity for students to try classical conditioning on themselves -Sample exam question Operant Conditioning activities include: -PPT with some video links -Examples to understand the different types of reinforcement and punishment -Evaluation of CC and OC on a work sheet (and discussion of how to evaluate using P.E.E structure) -Crossword & Answers

This is a set of 60 revision cards for the ISSUES & DEBATES Topic. They were designed for AQA new spec (2015). They use examples from year 1 and 2 (topics including forensic, schizophrenia & gender). Some have evaluation points on using P.E.E structure (Point, Example, Explain, However) They have questions on one side and answers on the back - so perfect for independent revision or testing in pairs. They need to be printed DOUBLE SIDED and cut up. Print on different colour paper for each set to help you keep each set separate. I also have sets for both first year and second year topics and they can bought as a bundle for a discount.

This is a full lesson of resources for the first two lessons (2-3 hours of teaching) for the Psychodynamic Approach. It includes Levels of Consciousness, Defence mechanisms and Id, Ego and Superego. There are numerous activities and lots of video links throughout and a fun plenary desert island discussion activity which demonstrates the conflicts of Id, Ego and Superego. I teach using the ppt and students make their notes into the provided “notes sheet” to save them copying too much from the board which has the activities inbedded throughout it. The Psychosexual stages is a separate resource uploaded.

2x one hour lessons on Milgram’s study for the Social Influence topic for Psychology. It includes: A detailled ppt Activities Lesson Plan Video Links Starter and plenary activity There are other lessons available for social influence

This is a full lesson for OCD Explanations (including genetic and neural explanations). It is designed to take 1.5-2 hours. It includes: Powerpoint for teaching Notes sheet - for students to complete while working through the powerpoint Match task for evaluation Essay Plan Blank for students Sample Essay to show students

Full lesson (1 hour 30 mins) on hypotheses and aims for Year 1 AQA Research methods. It goes through what null and alternative hypotheses are. It also shows the differences in structure of experimental and correlational hypotheses. A homework sheet with sample exam questions on aims and hypotheses is included as well.