A collection of resources aimed at students in their 2nd year of study, sitting the AQA A-level Psycholgy exam. Each statistical test is covered over 2 pages within the 21-page booklet and involves students working through each test. The 21-page booklet is student friendly and has step-by-step instructions as well as extra guidance on each PowerPoint dedicated to each statistical test.
PLEASE NOTE: This does not cover the sign test as this is taught in Year 1.
It covers the inferential statistics part of research methods, including:
Choosing a statistical test
Probability and significance (including type 1 and 2 errors)
Mann-Whitney
Wilcoxon
Unrelated t-test
Related t-test
Spearman’s rho
Pearson’s R
Chi-squared
To be used alongside the pink-haired girl book! Suitable for beginners to statistics, easy to follow along.
Work booklet given to students to complete independently. Makes an excellent summer project or revision resource. Students had some knowledge of the issues and debates content but had not covered it in any great depth. This booklet therefore contains enough detail for them to have a good understanding of the content but also leaves enough gaps for the students to use their existing knowledge and additional research skills to complete. Knowledge review questions are included at the end of every sub topic.
As always, I recommend students use the Tutor2u and Simply Psychology sites as a point of reference.
Levels of explanation picture credit to Tutor2U Psychology.
This is a 67 page revision booklet covering paper 1 of the new AQA GCSE Psychology [9-1] course. It contains:
Information about exams
Revision and exam tips
9-mark study templates
Evaluation guides
Each topic (memory, perception, development and research methods) has:
A content checklist with happy/neutral/sad faces for students to rate their confidence
Summaries of each page of the textbook with student friendly explanations
Exam practice questions at the end of each lesson
Hints throughout
Space for students to write keywords
This booklet is LOVED by my students - it is concise and covers the whole specification for unit 1. It is so student friendly!
This lesson is about learning how to compare the approaches for the AQA Specification A2 topic.
It has a few activities comparing the approaches and goes through how to write comparison paragraphs instead of standard strengths and weaknesses.
It has a powerpoint, applied activities, notes sheet for students to use and several sample essays.
A 32 page Word document booklet you can alter and adapt to suit your own teaching style. There are spaces for students notes which accompany FOURTEEN interactive PowerPoints, some with embedded video’s to aid understanding and guidance for activities to apply theory to practice case studies. Every aspect of the BTEC Level 3 Unit 11 Psychological Perspective A1 spec content has been covered, in detail, so students will have a hard coy of organised notes to refer to when they type up their Assignment 1. This is resource package will seriously save you a lot of time!
Big Bang Theory - Training Penny - to emphasis operant conditioning
Resources cover A1. Principal psychological perspectives as applied to the understanding of development and behaviour
• Behaviourist: role of reinforcement, conditioning, e.g. Pavlov (PowerPoint) and/or Skinner (PowerPoint)
• Social learning: effects of other individuals, groups, culture and society on behaviour of individuals, self-fulfilling prophecy, (PowerPoint) role theory, e.g. Bandura. (PowerPoint)
• Psychodynamic: importance of the unconscious mind, importance of early experiences, e.g. Freud. (PowerPoint)
• Humanistic: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, self-actualisation, self-concept, self-esteem, e.g. Rogers. (2 X PowerPoints)
• Cognitive: information processing, e.g. Piaget (PowerPoint and youtube clips)
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• Biological: maturational theory (PowerPoint), importance of genetic influences on behaviour (PowerPoint), influence of nervous and endocrine systems on behaviour (PowerPoint), e.g. Gesell.
• Theories of human development: nature versus nurture, continuity versus discontinuity, nomothetic versus idiographic. (PowerPoint)
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Who wants to be a millionaire game including variety of topics from AQA A-level paper 1.
Includes sound effects from the programme.
Can be edited to make your own :)
Detailed PSHE mental health lesson all about social anxiety, what it is and how to cope with it and support your friends.
Includes: 1 x hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, all well differentiated, suitable for KS3 / KS4.
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This is a 63 page revision booklet covering paper 2 of the new AQA GCSE Psychology [9-1] course. It contains:
Information about exams
Revision and exam tips
9-mark study templates
Evaluation guides
Each topic (social influence, language, brain and neuropsychology and psychological problems) has:
A content checklist with happy/neutral/sad faces for students to rate their confidence
Summaries of each page of the textbook with student friendly explanations
Exam practice questions at the end of each lesson
Hints throughout
Space for students to write keywords
This booklet is LOVED by my students - it is concise and covers the whole specification for unit 2. It is so student friendly!
I also have a revision guide on TES that covers paper 1.
Full topic summary for revision for AQA Psychology - Includes wundt, cognitive, biological, behaviourist, social learning theory, psychodynamic and humanism approaches.
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 I make them complete the slide independently first, to see what they know before going through the teacher version.
There is a similar resource but with loads of exam questions and advice for answering them throughout on this resource:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12814124
A 24 page word booklet for students to make notes and record findngs and activities which coveres the whle of the Learning AIm B part of the BTEC Level 3 Health and Social Care Unit 11 Psychological Perspective. There are seperate cae study activities and lots of reference to the assessment criteria for pass, merit and distinction.
The spec content covered, in detail is…
Learning Aim B: Examine the contribution of psychological perspectives to the management and treatment of service users’ specific behaviours
B1. Factors that affect human development and specific behaviours
• Physical.
• Social, cultural and emotional.
• Economic.
• Physical environment.
• Psychological.
B2. Contribution of psychological perspectives to the management of behaviours
• Cognitive behavioural therapy, e.g. treatment of phobias, mental illnesses, post-traumatic stress disorder, approaches to challenging behaviour, monitoring and improving behaviour.
• Social learning theory, e.g. use of positive role models, treatment of eating disorders. • Role of psychodynamic perspective in, e.g. psychoanalysis, exploration of factors influencing behaviour.
• Humanistic perspective, e.g. person-centred counselling.
• Biological perspective, e.g. drugs, biofeedback.
B3. Contribution of psychological perspectives to the treatment of behaviours
• Interventions: use of perspectives to inform development of therapeutic practices.
• Therapeutic practices as relevant to behaviour, e.g. group therapy, family therapy, addiction therapy, behaviour modification programmes.
• Ethical issues.
• How the therapies work.
• Reasons for attending therapy sessions.
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A 19 page word document booklet for students to make notes, carry our research and take part in activities, recording findings all in the same place. There are eight accompanying PowerPoints to keep interest during delivery, some with embedded videos, others with animation. The complete A2 and A3 spec is covered in this package and carries on from the A1 booklet.
A2. Application of psychological perspectives to health and social care practice
• Behaviourist, e.g. changing/shaping behaviour by operant conditioning.
• Social learning, e.g. promotion of anti-discriminatory behaviours and practices, use of positive role models in health education campaigns.
• Psychodynamic, e.g. conscious and unconscious mind
• Humanistic, e.g. client centred therapy, putting the service user at the centre of care planning
• Cognitive, e.g. understanding intellectual development and developmental norms, Therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy and neuro-linguistic programming
• Biological, e.g. understanding genetic predisposition to certain illnesses or health-related behaviours. The biology of emotion, impact of substances on behaviour – e.g. effects of drugs and medication.
A3. Contribution of psychological perspectives to the understanding of specific behaviours
Perspectives: application of complementary and contrasting psychological theories to the understanding of specific behaviours.
Specific behaviours associated with mental health and coping/ not coping strategies
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This is a GCSE psychology lesson which focuses on the sleeping and dreaming unit. The lesson is based upon a key study; Freud- Little Hans. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 17 slides on the power point. The lesson also comes with a worksheet with activities for students to fill in which go along with the power point. Challenge/ extension questions are provided throughout.
Included:
starter, criminal psychology recap.
title page- encouraging students to think about what they already know about Freud.
explanation of case studies- including strengths and weaknesses.
background to the study with a short video clip.
explanation of aims, procedure, results and conclusions. Tasks in the booklet for students to complete.
strengths and weaknesses of the study.
9 mark exam question. Question provided on the pp along with a brief outline of how to structure an answer. Mark scheme provided on the power point.
plenary- summary task. Students write a snapchat message using the key concepts on the power point.
This is a condensed revision notes with all the information for Edexcel Psychology Paper 1 section C.
This document includes:
Central Nervous System and Neurones
Structure and functioning of the brain
The Limbic system and aggression
The function of neurotransmitters
Raine et al (1997) – the classic study +Evaluation
Brendgen et al (20295) – the contemporary study + Evaluation
Evolution +Evaluation
Freud - Psychodynamic Explanation
Individual differences
Developmetal psychology
Biological Key Question "what are the implications for society of aggression is found to be caused by nature not nurture.
Biological Practical
With these notes I was able to feel confident with the content for psychology and achieve great grades.
These notes are made form lessons and also the textbook:
Edexcel AS/A Level Psychology Student Book + ActiveBook: (Edexcel GCE Psychology 2015)
By Karren Smith (Author), Elizabeth Barkham (Author), Anna Cave (Author), Susan Harty (Author), Annabel Jervis (Author), James Bailey (Author), Esther O’Neill (Author).
This is a revision guide for Issues & Debates (Approaches), suitable for Paper 3, which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015).
These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include bullet pointed notes for each Issue & Debate based on the 5 required approaches (Social, Cognitive, Biological, Learning, Clinical).
Issues & Debates include:
Ethics
Practical Issues in Design & Implementation
Reductionism
Comparisons using different themes
Psychology as a science
Culture / Gender Issues
Nature-nurture
How psychological knowledge has changed over time
Issues of Social Control
Use of Psychological knowledge in society
Socially Sensitive Research
I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.
Back by popular demand for a third year! Our heads of department have once again been hard at work to create a series of predicted exams for Summer 2024!
These questions are completely original and have been designed from scratch. There has been no reuse of previous exam questions.
This is for the following paper: AQA A Level Psychology Paper 1 (7182/1) - Introductory Topics in Psychology
Our predicted paper follows the format of the true AQA A Level Psychology Paper 1 closely. It is also the exact duration and mark-count. A detailed mark scheme is also attached.
The paper covers the following specification points:
• 4.1.1 - Social influence
• 4.1.2 - Memory
• 4.1.3 - Attachement
• 4.1.4 - Psychopathology
Disclaimer: This document was created by department heads with many years of experience teaching the AQA A Level Psychology course. We cannot however guarantee that it is an accurate representation of the 2024 examinations and students should not treat it as such. Please use this as an aid, alongside other methods of revision.
This PDF document contains guidance for AQA Psychology students at either AS or A-level
Information included:
Number of marks given for different elements of the question based on the question wording
How to structure a PEEL evaluation paragraph
What is expected of a top level answer
Acronyms to help think about a variety of evaluation points
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I created this resource to introduce Human Behaviours, how we learn and more importantly how we can utilise this in school. I plan to use this as a training resource for my behaviour team at school and to challenge their beliefs on behaviours.
The resource goes into the psychology of behaviour and the learning processes involved. The resource touches on the Behaviourist Perspective, Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning.
The outcome is for the users to 'understand key motivators to behaviour', 'develop a toolkit to use within schools' and 'gain knowledge in the ways we can influence others to behave the way we want.'
I hope you find this resource useful.