Resources for two-three lessons on the cognitive approach, includes vidoes, worksheets, activities and powerpoint.
Students have a notes sheet that they complete while going through the ppt.
1. Mental processes, including inferences and schema’s. This is packed with fun activities for students to try out to show them their mental processing (including loads of videos).
2. Comparing the mind to computers, cognitive neuroscience and evaluation of the cognitive approach (using the GHG book) and a match task to consolidate PEEL paragraphs.
Also included is some exam questions to use as a test for students and some good student responses and a summary crossword with answers. Plus a sample 16 mark answer essay.
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Cognitive psychology revision booklet
Edexcel Psychology
20 pages with exam questions on last page
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Cognitive Psychology Edexcel Content
Includes lesson PowerPoints, worksheets, activities, exam practice and more covering the following areas:
Information processing model
Multi-store model
Working memory model
Tulving- Types of Long term memory
Bartlett Reconstructive memory
Individual differences in memory
AO1, AO2 and AO3 are all covered throughout the materials
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
Level of Moral Reasoning
The Heinz Dilemma
Kohlberg’s Model of Moral Development
Video: Kohlberg’s Model of Moral Development
Activity: Explain each stage of Kohlberg’s Model
Kohlberg’s Model and Criminality
Cognitive Distortions
Hostile Attribution Bias
Minimalisation
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Short Answer Question
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Evaluation Question
Plenary: Consolidation question
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Model answers for cognitive psychology EDEXCEL
Proactive task: Students need to use mark-scheme and a criteria to award a mark and then improve the answer.
Model answers for following exam Q’s:
Outline and evaluate the multi-store model of memory (8 marks)
Evaluate the working memory model (8 marks)
Assess the findings from the classic study by Baddeley (8 marks)
Evaluate your chosen contemporary study from the cognitive approach (8 marks)- SEBASTIAN and Hernandez -Gil STUDY
Evaluate the reconstructive memory theory (8 marks)
Evaluate Tulving’s concepts of episodic and semantic memory (8 marks)
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Cognitive Psychology research methods
Variables and hypotheses
Extraneous variables
Experimental designs
Types of experiments
Qualitative data - case studies and thematic analysis
Quantitative data
PowerPoints, worksheets, activities and more
This is a revision guide for Cognitive Psychology which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015).
These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include both A01 Knowledge Points as well as A03 Evaluation points, both in the form of bullet points and PEEL Paragraphs.
This has relevant content including:
Multi Store Model
Working Memory Model
Tulving’s Explanation of LTM
Reconstructive Memory & Schema Theory
Individual Differences in Memory
Developmental Psych in Memory
Classic Study - Baddeley
Contemporary Study – Sebastien & Hernandez-Gil
Key Question (Working Memory & Dyslexia)
Issues & Debates
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.
A complete guide to A Level cognitive psychology from the Edexcel A Level Psychology specification. This resource covers the different models of memory including the Multi-Store Model, the Working Memory Model, episodic and semantic memory and reconstructive memory, giving a detailed explanation of each (AO1), along with evaluation points (AO3) to use in exam answers. Both classic and contemporary studies of Baddely et al and Sebastian and Hernandez-Gill are covered and the case study of HM, also with A* evaluation of the sample, procedure and results used in these studies. Finally, the key question section of the exam is also covered with precise AO1,2 and 3 points for a full mark answer.
This pack provides everything an A Level Psychology student needs to both learn the content of the Cognitive topic as well as write A* answers in the exam.
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
The Cognitive Approach
Key Assumptions
Theoretical Models
Computer Models
Video: Are brains like computers?
The Role of Schema
Example of a schema for a chair
The Emergence of Cognitive Neuroscience
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Short answer questions
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Evaluation question
Plenary: Consolidation Question
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These concise but thorough Cognition and Development revision notes cover the whole specification for the Cognition and Development section in AQA A Level Paper 3.
Designed for students or teachers to download.
These notes include:
Every bullet point within the specification
Concise information that’s easy to learn
Based on 13 years teaching and examining experience
Created by a qualified specialist Psychology teacher
It contains a pdf of 9 sheets covering the whole Cognition and Development topic.
Studying Cognitive Psychology, and more specifically psychologists behind it? We have the revision worksheet for you! It is the perfect revision kit for students. Learn all you need to know about that topic to get top marks!
In this PowerPoint it contains methodology of the cognitive psychology, my other PowerPoints are the content. - very detailed but summarised from the textbook. Model answers and evaluations points.
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Lesson PowerPoints, resources and worksheets for the whole topic, including research methods, key question and practical investigation
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Psychology and Careers.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This PowerPoint explains the work of Dr Jonathan Grainger, a cognitive psychologist who is using experimental techniques to determine how skilled readers process words and sentences.
• This resource also contains an interview with Dr Grainger and advice about careers in this field. If you or your students have a question for him, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Dr Grainger will reply!
• The Ppt. contains ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Dr Grainger’s work, career path and the tips he offers.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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