AQA Psychology A level (new 2015 Specification) Shop
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Offering excellent tried and tested resources for the AQA Psychology Specification for A level. Including revision activities (summary powerpoints and revision cards) and also full interactive lessons. Any questions message me at psychologywithrebecca@gmail.com
Offering excellent tried and tested resources for the AQA Psychology Specification for A level. Including revision activities (summary powerpoints and revision cards) and also full interactive lessons. Any questions message me at psychologywithrebecca@gmail.com
Full lesson, activities and video links for Aqa Psychology new spec. It includes a powerpoint presentation, with notes sheet (the students use this to take notes from the ppt, rather than note into book/paper).
The lesson includes:
Discussion Starter
Evaluation Match Task
Exam Questions
3 video links
Activities inbedded in notes sheet
Two possible blank essay plans
The lesson should take 1 hr 30 - 2 hrs to complete.
This is a full lesson and homework for the year 1 statistics part of the course. It has a ppt covering significance and the 5% level of probability as well as how to do a sign test.
It includes 3 examples of sign test studies to practise on including one where the students carry out their own study and collate the data to show the whole process. Note: One is tricky so can be an extension for stretch and challenge.
It also includes a homework sheet to practise sign tests, drawing conclusions and maths bits and another document of past sign test questions for more practise.
Answers/teacher copies are provided for the examples and homework.
A2 Stats lesson has also been uploaded and this can be bought as a bundle of all my first year lessons for RM.
This is a full lesson resource for case studies and content analysis for AQA Psychology. It covers the description and strengths and weaknesses. It has an activity to carry out a quantitative content analysis on some made up lonely hearts ads. They can do an inter-rater check as well to ensure consistency between two observers.
It includes a ppt and a notes sheet with activities throughout to check learning. The students complete
the notes sheet as we work through the ppt so they have some bits to fill in and activities to complete.
A full lesson (1 hr 30-2 hrs) on Types of Observations for AQA Psychology. This includes:
-A powerpoint which outlines types of observations, evaluation of observations, sampling procedures, behavioural categories and inter-rater reliability.
-A summary table
-Activities on observations
-Exam Questions on Observations
-Ideas for designing their own observation
Includes powerpoint and activities for Types of Experiments lesson.
It includes Table for students (blank and partially filled in)
Sample exam questions and a simplified mark scheme for peer assessment
Identifying type of experiment
Also uploaded experimental designs full lesson
Year 1 and year 2 lessons. Revision and full lesson resources for all topics in AQA Psychology Biopsychology Topic.
This includes year 1 lessons:
-The nervous System
-Endocrine System & Fight or Flight Response
-Neurons and Synaptic Transmission
And Year 2 lessons:
-Localisation
-Investigating the Brain
-Split Brain
-Plasticity
-Biological Rhythms
This includes revision summary ppts for paper 3 A2 topics: Issues and Debates, Forensic, Gender, Schizophrenia.
Most topics are condensed to one manageable slide that can be turned into revision cards. Also included a key terms recap revision sheet as a bonus with some modules.
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 sections before I go through it.
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.
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 includes:
Revision powerpoint (teacher and student version)
48 revision cards
Exam Questions
Crossword
Summary sheets
Domino Cards
There is a similar set of resources for the Forensic Topic.
For AQA Psychology Forensic Topic. This is a full lesson on Atavistic form (Lombroso’s explanation). It includes a fun activity which can be done for open evening- serial killer or psychologist (the descriptions should be stuck on the back of the photos for each card).
After covering the features of Lombroso’s theory they examine their picture to see if their criminal has any of those features.
Full lesson bundle including powerpoint (26 slide) and 6 worksheets for AQA Biopsychology module. 2 Video links on ppt as well. Covers the structure of a neuron, types of neurons and synaptic transmission.
Can be combined in a bundle with other biopsychology AS lessons.
It includes diagrams to label, card sort activity, fun question run activity starter and back to back drawing activity.
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
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
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 powerpoint detailing notes for experimental designs. I usually only get them to take notes on the description of each design and then they do the card sort to get the evaluation for each.
I use the experiment resources to demonstrate the differences in the designs and also to get them thinking about the strengths and weaknesses. Words vs Pictures for repeated measures and then the long and short words memory test for independent groups (instructions on ppt and in notes under ppt slides).
2 sets of exam questions included - one can be for the lesson and one for homework. These assume some prior lessons have been completed on variables, pilot studies and types of experiments.
Also uploaded my types of experiments lesson
Full Lesson resources for Zimbardo lesson. This could cover 1.5-2 hours of time. I usually go over social roles, before getting them to watch the 30 min video and complete their notes sheet. Then I go over the study so they can add in any details they missed into their sheet. Then the students complete the evaluation tasks. Before ending the lesson with a true or false.
It includes a detailed powerpoint and a few activities. Activities include:
-Video link and notes sheet to complete with video
-Evaluation sheet
-Improving Evaluation of Zimbardo Sheet
-Implications of findings
This includes: A crossword, Key term cards, summary sheets, end of topic short answer exam question test (35 marks), summary sheets and a key studies sheet.
There are also summary sheets available for Schizophrenia and biopsychology.