Edexcel GCSE Psychology: Issues & Debates Revision Guide

This resource is a clear, concise Issues & Debates Revision Guide designed specifically for the Edexcel GCSE Psychology specification (Paper 1). It provides teachers with a ready-made, student-friendly booklet covering every required topic in this section of the course.

The guide includes structured explanations of:

• Moral development (Piaget & Kohlberg)
• Reductionism vs Holism (with application to memory research)
• Nature vs Nurture (including mental health links such as Caspi et al., 2003)
• How psychology has changed over time (Wundt, brain scanning, neuroscience)
• Social and cultural issues (obedience, conformity, deindividuation and bystander behaviour)

Each topic is broken down into clear paragraphs with accessible language, making it ideal for whole-class teaching, revision lessons, homework, intervention sessions or independent study.

A dedicated page on 9-mark exam technique (AO1, AO2 and AO3) is included to help students structure high-level extended responses using the PGROVES approach.

This booklet can be used to:

• Teach or revise Issues & Debates in a structured way
• Support students who need simplified explanations
• Build confidence ahead of exams or mock assessments
• Save teachers planning time with a complete, ready-to-use resource
• Provide consistency across homework and revision tasks

The layout is clean, printable and intentionally designed not to overwhelm learners. Suitable for both classroom use and distance learning. Provided as a PDF for easy upload and distribution.