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A-Level Psychology - LOCALISATION OF FUNCTION IN THE BRAIN [Biopsychology Topic]
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key questions
Early theories of the Brain: Phrenology
Theories of Localisation vs. Holism
Hemispheres in the Brain
The Motor, Somatosensory, Visual and Auditory Centres
The Motor Cortex
The Somatosensory Cortex
The Visual Cortex
The Auditory Cortex
Language in the Brain
Broca’s Area
Wernicke’s Area
Video: Wernicke’s Aphasia
Video Activity: Language in the Brain
Video question worksheet
Activity: Key term match
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Short answer question
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: 8 Mark Question
Student response with Examiner commentary
Plenary: Discussion Question
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A-LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY - FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY [COMPLETE TOPIC - Includes Slides and Worksheets]
This bundle was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
This bundle includes a complete lesson and activities for the A-Level Forensic Psychology Topic.
The 13 lessons are included in this bundle are:
Defining and Measuring Crime
The Top-Down Approach to Offender Profiling
The Bottom-Up Approach to Offender Profiling
Lombroso’s Atavistic Form
Genetic and Neural Explanations
Eysenck’s Theory of the Criminal Personality
Cognitive Theory
Differential Association Theory
Psychodynamic Explanations for Offending
Custodial Sentencing
Behavioural Modification in Custody
Anger Management
Restorative Justice
Please see individual lessons for further details of the content included.
A-Level Psychology - ENDOGENOUS PACEMAKERS AND EXOGENOUS ZEITGEBERS [Biopsychology Topic]
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Key content included:
Key Questions
Video: How body clocks rule our lives.
Endogenous Pacemakers
The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)
The SCN and the Optic Nerve
The Pineal Gland and Melatonin
Animal Studies and the SCN
DeCoursey et al.'s chipmunk study (2000)
Ralph et al.'s mutant hamster study (1990)
Exogenous Zeitgebers
Light as an Exogenous Zeitgeber
Social cues as an Exogenous Zeitgeber
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application Question
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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A-Level Psychology - CORRELATIONS [Year 1 Research Methods]
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Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
What is Correlation?
Positive Correlation
Negative Correlation
Zero Correlation
Activity: Positive or Negative Correlation?
Correlation Coefficients
Activity: Matching Correlation Coefficients & Scattergrams
Correlations vs. Experiments
Evaluation Points
Exam Question with Mark Scheme: Correlations
Plenary: Consolidation Question
A-Level Psychology - THE BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH TO EXPLAINING PHOBIAS [Psychopathology Topic]
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Key assumptions from the Behaviourist Approach
Mowrer’s Two-Process Model (1960)
Activity: Classical Conditioning
Fear Acquisition via Classical Conditioning
Phobia Maintenance via Operant Conditioning
Activity: Concepts - Zelda’s Fear of Dogs
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application Question
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Video: How fear drove human evolution
Plenary: Consolidation question
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EXPLANATIONS FOR FORGETTING LESSON BUNDLE [A-Level Psychology - Memory Topic]
This bundle was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
This bundle includes two complete lessons (.ppt) with activities:
Interference Theory as an Explanation for Forgetting
Retrieval Failure as an Explanation for Forgetting
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A-Level Psychology - PSYCHODYNAMIC EXPLANATIONS FOR OFFENDING [Forensic Psychology]
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Activity: Recap Quick Quiz
Psychodynamic Explanations
Activity: Psychodynamic Approach Recap Questions with Answers
The Inadequate Superego
Blackburn’s three types of Superego to explain criminality
The weak superego
The deviant superego
The over-harsh superego
Activity: Concepts – Harry, Barry and Gary
Video: Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment
Maternal Deprivation Theory
Affectionless Psychopathy
Bowlby’s 44 Thieves Study
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Short Answer Question
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
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DEALING WITH OFFENDER BEHAVIOUR LESSON BUNDLE (A-Level Psychology - Forensic Psychology)
This bundle was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
The four lessons included in this bundle are:
Custodial Sentencing
Behaviour Modification (in Custody)
Anger Management
Restorative Justice
Please refer to individual lessons for further details of included content.
A-Level Psychology - BRAIN PLASTICITY AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY AFTER TRAUMA [Biopsychology Topic]
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Brain Plasticity
Maguire et al.'s London Taxi Driver Study
Learning-induced Changes in The Brain
Structural Plasticity in the Bilingual Brain
Functional Recovery in the Brain
Video: Jody’s story
Video question sheet
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Short answer questions
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Activity: Concepts - The Case of Gabby Giffords
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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A-Level Psychology - BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR OBESITY [Eating Behaviour Topic]
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Key content included:
Key questions
Video: What is Obesity?
Genetic Explanations
Family Studies
Polygenic Determination
Neural Explanations
Serotonin
Dopamine
Exam practice: 16 Mark Questions - A01 Paragraph
Mark scheme
Possible content
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam practice: 16 Mark Questions - A03 Paraagraph
Mark Scheme
Possible Evaluation
Plenary: Discussion prompt
A-Level Psychology - CODING, CAPACITY AND DURATION [Memory Topic]
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Video: How does memory work?
Activity: Memory test
What is coding?
Research on coding: Baddeley’s Research (1966a, 1966b)
Activity: Digit span test
Capacity of STM
Jacob’s research (1887)
Video: The Magical number 7, plus or munis 2
Miller’s Research (1956)
Capacity of LTM
Duration of STM
Peterson and Peterson’s Research (1959)
Duration of LTM
Bahrick’s Research: Yearbook study (1975)
Exam Practice: Short answer question, MCQ with Mark Scheme
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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A-Level Psychology - SPLIT-BRAIN RESEARCH INTO HEMISPHERIC LATERALISATION [Biopsychology Topic]
This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Hemispheric Lateralisation
Sperry’s Split-Brain Research (1968)
Video: Split-Brain Behavioural Experiments
Sperry et al.'s Procedure
Experiment 1: Describe what you see
Experiment 2: Recognition by touch
Activity: Summary Worksheet
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Short Answer Question
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Evaluation Question
Plenary: Discussion question
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A-Level Psychology - PARASOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS [Relationships Topic]
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Key content included:
Key Questions
Parasocial Relationships
Video: Understanding Parasocial Relationships
Activity: Case Study - Justin Bieber Obsession
Levels of Parasocial Relationships
Entertainment-social
Intense-personal
Borderline Pathological
The Absorption-Addiction Model
The Attachment Theory Explanation
Evaluation Worksheet
Evaluation Points
Exam Practice: 8 Mark Question with Mark Scheme
Plenary: Discussion prompts
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A-LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY - AGGRESSION [COMPLETE TOPIC]
This bundle includes a complete lesson and activities for the A-Level Topic AGGRESSION TOPIC:
The 10 lessons are included in this bundle are:
Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms in Aggression
Genetic Factors in Aggression
Ethological Explanations of Aggression
Evolutionary Explanations of Human Aggression
The Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis
Social Learning Theory
De-individuation
Institutional Aggression in the Context of Prisons
The Effects of Computer Games
Desensitisation, Disinhibition and Cognitive Priming
*Please see individual lessons for further details of included content.
A-Level Psychology - THE INTERACTIONIST APPROACH TO SCHIZOPHRENIA [Schizophrenia Topic]
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Key content included:
Key Questions
The Interactionist Approach
The Diathesis-Stress Model
Video: How does the diathesis-stress model explain Sz?
Meehl’s Model
Modern Understanding of Diathesis
Modern Understanding of Stress
Treatment According to the Interactionist Model
Activity: Check Your Knowledge Questions
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam practice: Structuring 16 Mark Essay Questions
Mark Scheme
Example Structure
Plenary: Topic Review
A-Level Psychology - PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA [Schizophrenia Topic]
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Key content included:
Key Questions
Video: Treating Schizophrenia with CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
How does CBT help sufferers?
CBT - A Case Example
Family Therapy
How does Family Therapy help Sufferers?
Token Economies
Tokens
Rewards
Activity: Check Your Knowledge Questions
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam practice: 8 Mark Question with Mark Scheme
Plenary: Consolidation Question
A-Level Psychology - ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH STUDIES AND THEORY [Issues and Debates]
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Key content included:
Key Questions
Video: IQ and Racism
Ethical Implications
Socially Sensitive Research
Conducting Socially Sensitive Research
Examples of Socially Sensitive Research
The Intelligence Fraud (Burt, 1955)
Bowbly’s Attachment Theory
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam Practice: Short answer question, Application Question with Mark Scheme and Model Answer
Plenary: Topic Review
A-Level Psychology - KINDS OF DATA: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS [Year 1 Research Methods]
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Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Measures of Central Tendency
The Mean, Median and Mode
Activity: Calculating and Interpreting the Mean
Measures of Dispersion
The Range
Standard Deviation
Activity: Drawing Conclusions from a Table of Results
Exam Practice Question with Mark Scheme: Descriptive Statistics
Plenary: Consolidation Question
A-Level Psychology - FEATURES OF SCIENCE [Year 2 Research Methods]
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Key content covered in this Lesson:
Key Questions
Thomas Kuhn’s Theory of Paradigms and Paradigm Shifts (1962)
Activity: Concepts - Psychology as a Science
Theory Construction and Hypothesis Testing
Video: Karl Popper, Science & Pseudoscience
Popper’s Theory of Falsifiability (1934)
Replicability
Objectivity and The Empirical Method
Exam Practice Questions with Mark Scheme: Features of Science
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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A-LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY - COGNITION AND DEVELOPMENT [COMPLETE TOPIC]
This bundle includes a complete lesson and activities for the A-Level Topic Cognition and Development:
The 7 lessons are included in this bundle are:
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Piaget’s Stages of Intellectual Development
Vygotsky’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Baillargeon’s Explanation of Infant Abilities
Selman’s Levels of Perspective-taking
Theory of Mind
The Mirror Neuron System
*Please see individual lessons for further details of included content.