This is a complete lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content for the Behaviorist Learning Theory as an Explanation of Attachment - it includes revision of key ideas surrounding classical and operant conditioning as well as a breakdown of how classical and operant conditioning explain attachment according to learning theorists. This lesson includes: Complete Lesson slides (.ppt) A01 CC and OC summary worksheet A03 Evaluation worksheet BONUS: 8 marker exam question sheet Worksheets are included on the powerpoint and can either be printed out or students can complete tasks off the slides. It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities and lots opportunities for AFL, exam practice, class feedback and discussion.

This A-level Psychology lessons covers the A01 and A03 content for ‘ways of studying the brain’/brain scanning techniques. It is an active lesson that includes lots of class discussions about each of the technique including: Post-mortems Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Electroencephalogram (EEG) Event-related potentials (ERP) This lesson also includes lots of exam practice with model answers. There is also a plenary quiz at the end to check AFL.

This is a complete high-quality ready-to-teach lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content for the multi-store model of memory by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968). It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities such as a video with accompanying questions, a labelling the diagram exercise and an essay plan. There are lots opportunities for class feedback and discussion. There are also two printable worksheets included.

LESSON UPDATED AND IMPROVED: 03/11/2020 This is a complete, high-quality, ready-to-teach lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content for explanations for CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS and the key research surrounding this topic: Siffre (1962; 1972), Ashoff & Wever (1976) and Folkard et al. (1985). It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities such videos with accompanying activities, class discussions and question prompts to check understanding. There are two worksheets included: An A01 Exam practice worksheet (along with slides that have suggested answers to go along with this on the slides) and an A03 Evaluation worksheet.

This is a complete ready-to-teach lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content for the behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of OCD. It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities such as a video with accompanying questions. There are lots opportunities for class feedback and discussion. There are also two printable worksheets included.

This is a complete high-quality ready-to-teach lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content for the retrieval failure as an explanation for forgetting, including and detailed slides on the encoding specificity principle (ESP) and context-dependent forgetting and state dependent forgetting. It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities including an A01 worksheet with exam practice and a printable evaluation worksheet. There are lots opportunities for AFL, class feedback and discussion.

This is a complete ready-to-teach lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content for Biological explanations of OCD. It covers genetic and neural explanations - There is a lesson focus on 16 markers with a STEM, a worksheet is included for this and feedback slides as well as a model paragraph. It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities and opportunities for class feedback and discussion. There is also a printable evaluation worksheet included in the powerpoint and accompanying feedback slides.

This is a complete ready-to-teach lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content for Cognitive treatments of depression - Cognitive behavioural therapy including Beck’s cognitive therapy and Ellis’ rational emotive behavioural therapy (REBT). It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities and opportunities for class feedback and discussion. There is also a printable evaluation worksheet included in the powerpoint and accompanying feedback slides.

This is an interactive A-level Psychology under the biopsychology unit covering Sperry and Gazzaniga’s 1968 split research (NEW SPEC). The lessons includes a video on Split brain research with a printable question slide to go along with it. It then breaks down Sperry’s research into really easy to understand chunks. There are a number of diagrams I’ve made which help to illustrate how visual and tactile processing works in a typical brain as opposed to how processing occurs in split brain patients. The experiment is broken down into aims, procedures, findings and conclusions for the 1) Describe what you see and 2) Recognition by touch experiments. There are printable worksheets for a study summary and an A03 group tasks. There are also evaluation slides for the teacher to go through with the class.

This is a complete lesson that is ready to teach! It covers the A01, A02 and A03 content. It includes activities and an printable evaluation worksheet. Slides are detailed, concise and engaging allowing for students to follow easily.

A-level Psychology lesson on the A01 and A03 Neural Plasticity. Breaks down the key research by Maguire et al. (2000), Draganski et al. (2006) and Mechelli et al. (2004) into simple, digestable chunks for students. This lesson also has a video activity and questions to go along with it which are ready to print. There is an A03 worksheet and feedback on the evaluation point for the teacher to go through with students. Plenary is a ‘link the keyterm from today’s lesson’ style quiz.

This lesson covers AQA A-level Psychology A01 and A03 content on the Localisation of Function in the brain (NEW SPEC). It illustrates the debate between Localisation vs. Holism theory and how lateralisation plays into this debate. There is an A03 worksheet whereby students have to decide whether evidence presented supports either localisation or holism and explain their reasoning; it also gets them to think about how to structure an essay for this topic. Plenary is a class quiz on the lesson.

This lesson a complete lesson covering A01, A02 and A03 content for the four definitions of abnormality (statistical infrequency, deviation from social norms, failure to function adequately, deviation from ideal mental health). The introduction activity presents students with differing scenarios and asks them to consider what abnormality is. The A01 slides for the four definition are detailed and include examples to illustrate how the definitions are used in the real world. There is a short activity about the DSM-V before students are asked to go over the scenarios they looked at for the starter and apply the definition discussed to them. The A02 activities involved application of the definitions to scenarios. There is also some short answer exam practice included with a markscheme. There is a printable A03 worksheet included which students can complete independently or in small groups. There are A03 slides that include answers to the worksheet and the A03 content for each definition of abnormality. Plenary included an activity where students are asked to come up with their own scenarios of abnormality and they can swap with other students and ask them to apply the four definitions to them.

This is a complete high-quality ready-to-teach lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content including the key research on coding, capacity and duration. It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities such as a video with accompanying questions. There are lots opportunities for class feedback and discussion. There are also two printable worksheets included.

This is a complete lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content for Resistance to Social Influence: Social Support and Locus of Control. This lesson includes: Lesson slides (.ppt) A01 and A02 Question worksheet Locus of Control questionnaire A03 Evaluation worksheet Worksheets are included on the powerpoint and can either be printed out or students can complete tasks off the slides. It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities and lots opportunities for AFL, class feedback and discussion.

This is a complete, high-quality, ready-to-teach lesson designed using the NEW AQA A-level Pscyhology specification. This lesson includes key content for The Endocrine System including the role of glands and hormones and processes behind the ‘fight or flight’ mechanisms. This lesson includes: Lesson slides with Fill in the blanks - Nervous System diagram activity Exam questions worksheet It is an interactive lessons and has lots of active learning activities and lots opportunities for AFL, exam practice and discussion.