All you need to teach Issues and Debates in Psychology. Includes a student work book and Power Point presentation, student tasks. Can be used in the classroom or for flipped learning.
Written by an experienced teacher and examiner.
Deb Gajic
CPsychol
AFBPsS
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
Video: Did Charles Whitman really have free will?
Free Will
Hard Determinism
Soft Determinism
Activity: Continuum Activity
Biological Determinism
Environmental Determinism
Psychic Determinism
Activity: Charles Whitman Case Deterministic Factors
The Scientific Emphasis on Causal Explanation
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam practice with Mark Scheme: Short Answer Questions
Plenary: Consolidation question
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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.
AQA exam board
A-Level issues and debates revision slides
Great for last minute revision
Condensed AO1 and bullet pointed AO3 paragraphs
Has animations, colours, pictures
Downloaded as a ppt
This bundle was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.
This bundle includes a complete lesson and activities for the A-Level Issues and Debates Topic.
The 7 lessons are included in this bundle are:
Gender Bias
Culture Bias
Free Will and Determinism
The Nature-Nurture Debate
Holism and Reductionism
Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches
Ethical Implications of Research Studies and Theory
Please see individual lessons for further details of the content included.
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
Video: IQ and Racism
Ethical Implications
What is Socially Sensitive Research?
Examples of Socially Sensitive Research
The Intelligence Fraud (Burt, 1955)
Bowbly’s Attachment Theory
Evaluation worksheet
Evaluation points
Exam Practice with Mark Scheme: Application Question
Plenary: Consolidation Question
Activity: Whole Topic Review
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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 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 Nature-Nurture Debate in Psychology
The Heritability Coefficient
Nurture
Reliance on Heredity and Environment
The Interactionist Approach
Example: Phenylketonuria (PKU)
The Diathesis-Stress Model
Epigenetics
Video: What is Epigenetics?
Activity: Key Term Define
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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Reviews and feedback are always welcome.
Individual vs Situational debate in line with the OCR A level Psychology Specification. Debate can be referenced in all 3 units of the course.
Powerpoint includes definitions, explanations of where various studies lie in the debate and strengths & weaknesses.
The following file includes all content required for the 8 psychological debates:
Nature/Nurture
Freewill/Determinism
Reductionism/Holism
Individual/Situational
Psychology as a science
Usefulness of research
Socially sensitive research
Ethical considerations
It includes detailed explanations of each debate, in addition to real life examples, practice exam questions and activities for students to work through.
This PowerPoint can be printed as a 50 page workbooklet.
Edexcel A Level Psychology 2015+ specification
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Psychology results of 68% A*-A.
Learning Theories & Issues and debates Unit
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Lesson slides, accompanying student worksheet. Model answer included.
Master the Issues & Debates Section of Edexcel A Level Psychology with Confidence. Packed with expertly crafted 20-mark model answers for every possible question, this book offers invaluable insights into exam technique and provides comprehensive notes to simplify even the trickiest concepts. Written by an experienced Edexcel Examiner with over 16 years of teaching expertise, it delivers practical hints and tips designed to help you approach the Issues & Debates questions in Papers 1 and 3 with clarity and precision.
Part of a groundbreaking series designed to demystify challenging psychology topics and exam skills, this resource empowers your students to achieve A* results while building confidence and understanding along the way.
Full lesson, activities for Aqa Psychology new spe c 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). This notes sheet has some activities inbedded in it.
Activities include:
A card sort
A match task for evaluation
Exam Questions
Lesson is designed to last about 90 mins.
PowerPoint for CAIE Research methods - A Level.
Includes the extra information that candidates will need for the A Level assessment.
Cultural differences
Reductionism vs holism
Determinism vs free will
Idiographic vs nomothetic
CAIE A-Level Psychology (9990) for examination 2024 - 2026.
A five-slide knowledge organiser for the debates and issues unit for OCR A Level psychology. Fully editable for alternative specs and needs.
Includes:
Nature - nurture debate
individual - situational debate
reductionism - holism debate
determinism - free will debate
socially sensitive research
usefulness
psychology as a science
AQA Psychology
Paper 3 - Issues & Debates
Personalised Learning Checklist for Paper 2 Biopsychology Module which includes:
Lesson by lesson breakdown for 7 topics
Learning objectives linked to AQA assessment objectives
Student grading system