Individual Differences Area resources in line with Unit 2 (Core Studies) of the OCR A level Psychology Specification.
Resources include:
Individual Differences Area
Gould
Freud
Baron-Cohen
Hancock
Powerpoints of core studies include summary and evaluation as a minimum. Other activities such as videos, discussion tasks etc will vary from study to study.
Area summary includes principles/concepts, studies within and why plus evaluation.
Biological Area resources in line with Unit 2 (Core Studies) of the OCR A level Psychology Specification.
Resources include:
Biological Area
Sperry
Blakemore & Cooper
Casey
Maguire
Powerpoints of core studies include summary and evaluation as a minimum. Other activities such as videos, discussion tasks etc will vary from study to study.
Area summary includes principles/concepts, studies within and why plus evaluation.
Cognitive Area resources in line with Unit 2 (Core Studies) of the OCR A level Psychology Specification.
Resources include:
Cognitive Area
Moray
Loftus & Palmer
Grant
Simons & Chabris
Powerpoints of core studies include summary and evaluation as a minimum. Other activities such as videos, discussion tasks etc will vary from study to study.
Area summary includes principles/concepts, studies within and why plus evaluation.
Developmental Area resources in line with Unit 2 (Core Studies) of the OCR A level Psychology Specification.
Resources include:
Developmental Area
Bandura
Chaney
Lee
Kohlberg
Powerpoints of core studies include summary and evaluation as a minimum. Other activities such as videos, discussion tasks etc will vary from study to study.
Area summary includes principles/concepts, studies within and why plus evaluation.
Social Area resources in line with Unit 2 (Core Studies) of the OCR A level Psychology Specification.
Resources include:
Social Area
Milgram
Piliavin
Levine
Bocchiaro
Powerpoints of core studies include summary and evaluation as a minimum. Other activities such as videos, discussion tasks etc will vary from study to study.
Area summary includes principles/concepts, studies within and why plus evaluation.
Issues in Mental Health (all topics) in lie with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoints include key terms & definitions, key research summaries, explanations summaries, application summaries, videos and evaluation prompts throughout. Template for revision also included.
Issues in Mental Health Topic 3 in line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) within the OCR A Level Psychology Specification.
Powerpoint includes key terms & definitions, key research summary, explanation summaries (behaviourist, cognitive and humanistic), treatment summaries, videos and prompts for evaluation throughout.
Issues in Mental Health Topic 2 in line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) in line with the OCR A Level Psychology Specification.
Powerpoint includes key terms/definitions, summary of explanations (biochemical, genetic and brain abnormality), summary of key research, explanations of treatments (SSRIs, ECT and TMS) with prompts for evaluation throughout.
Issues in Mental Health Topic 1 in line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) of the OCR A Level Psychology Specification.
Powerpoint includes historical views (x4), videos, key research summary, summary of Rosenhan & Seligman’s definitions of abnormality, DSM 5 summary, summary of characteristics of disorders (depression, schizophrenia and phobias) with prompts for evaluation throughout.
All four research methods in line with Unit 1 of the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoints include key terms and definitions, evaluation, discussion tasks, practicals, exam questions, common misconceptions etc.
Experiments as part of unit 1 (Research Methods) in the OCR A level Specification.
Powerpoint includes key terms and definitions, strengths and weaknesses, practical tasks, discussion tasks, exam questions with answers, guidance for revision etc.
Content covers:
what an experiment is (including criteria, conditions etc)
types of experiments (with evaluation)
designs of experiments (with evaluation)
measures of central tendency (with evaluation)
measures of dispersion (with evaluation and walk through of variance and standard deviation examples)
sampling methods (with evaluation)
extraneous variables
types of data (with evaluation)
blind procedures
types of hypotheses (with reference to mark schemes and marking activity)
Self Report in line with Unit 1 (Research Methods) of the OCR A Level Psychology Specification.
Powerpoint includes key terms & definitions covering questionnaires (including question types), interviews, extraneous variables, types of reliability and more! Also includes evaluation of techniques, discussion activities and group practical project task at the end.
Criminal Psychology Topics 1-6. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoints includes background, key terms & definitions, discussion tasks, videos, practicals, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B. Template for revision also included.
Criminal Psychology Topic 6. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoint includes background, key terms & definitions,discussion tasks, videos, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.
Criminal Psychology Topic 5. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoint includes background, key terms & definitions, discussion tasks, video, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.
Criminal Psychology Topic 4. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoint includes background, key terms & definitions, discussion tasks, practical activities, video, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.
Criminal Psychology Topic 3. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoint includes background, key terms & definitions, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.
Correlation in line with Unit 1 (Research Methods) in line with the OCR A Level Psychology Specification.
Powerpoint includes discussion activities, key terms & definitions and examples of key terms. Misconceptions addressed clearly such as terminology differences between experiments and correlations.
Environmental Psychology Topics 1-6. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoints includes background, videos, discussion tasks, key terms & definitions, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B. Template also included for revision.
Environmental Psychology Topic 6. In line with Unit 3 (Applied Psychology) from the OCR A Level Specification.
Powerpoint includes background, key terms & definitions, video, key research summary, additional study summaries and guidance on structure for the evaluate and apply questions within Unit 3 Section B.
Another activity I use but could not include for GDPR reasons is guess the desk. Take pictures of your colleague’s desks and get students to guess which desk belongs to who.