This is the seventh lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. Updated January 2023 The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic. LO1: Describe the theory of reconstructive memory. LO2: Explain real life examples of reconstructive memory. LO3: Discuss the strengths and limitations of reconstructive memory. The activities include recall questions as a starter, a memory task for the students to complete, notes, a short video to watch and an evaluation to complete. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This worksheet is from my fourth lesson in the topic of Research Methods on the AQA GCSE Psychology (8182) specification. Students complete the descriptions of the three experimental designs (independent groups, repeated measures and matched pairs), and the positive and negative points about each as well as how to This includes descriptions and evaluations points. Solutions are included.

This worksheet is from my second lesson in the topic of Perception on the AQA GCSE Psychology (8182) specification. Students highlight lines within the image to demonstrate the following monocular depth cues: Height in plane Relative size Occlusion Linear perspective Students could also add annotations to explain the parts they have highlighted. See the second file for my suggested solutions. There are many possible suggestions for each depth cue named in the instructions.

This is the second lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. Updated January 2023 The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic. LO1: Describe the aim of Baddeley’s 1966 study into memory encoding. LO2: Understand how Baddeley carried out his study into memory encoding. LO3: Evaluate Baddeley’s study. The activities include recall questions as a starter, some short video clips, AQA exam-style questions, a memory task for the students to complete, notes and diagrams and finally a plenary question. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the fifth lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. The lesson covers a comparison between the principles of Gibson’s and Gregory’s theories of perception, including evaluations. LO1: Recall the key points of two theories of perception. LO2: Draw parallels between two theories of perception. LO3: Apply knowledge of theories of perception to exam-style questions. The activities include starter questions,recalling knowledge from the previous two lessons, comparing elements of said knowledge, and finally guided practice in the responding to exam-style questions. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the eight lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. The lesson covers a culture as a factor which affects the perceptual set and includes definitions, descriptions of a study and evaluations. LO1: Identify ways in which motivation can influence our perception. LO2: Describe Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study into motivation and perception. LO3: Evaluate Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study into motivation and perception. The activities include quick quiz of 5 starter questions to recall elements of the previous lesson, a class discussion covering motivating factors for the students and then the creation of a storyboard to describe Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study. Finally, the students construct an evaluation of the study using the mark scheme to an AQA exam question. Students select the points they wish to include and expand upon each whilst linking their ideas together to form coherent evaluation. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the seventh lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. The lesson covers a culture as a factor which affects the perceptual set and includes definitions, descriptions of a study and evaluations. LO1: Identify ways in which emotion can influence our perception. LO2: Understand methods of investigating emotion and perception. LO3: Evaluate McGinnie’s study into emotion and perception. The activities include an introduction to the lesson with a class discussion about how the emotion of Christmas affects our behaviour, thoughts and feelings. Students then transform the description of McGinnies study into a story board before beginning the evaluation. To construct the evaluation, students will sort sets of statements into groups that then need to be sequenced to produce a coherent evaluation. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the second lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. The lesson covers identifying monocular and binocular depth cues and recognising them. LO1: Identify some of the ways we understand distance in our vision. LO2: Describe how different depth cues work. LO3: Recognise depth cues in different situations. The activities include a starter, explanations and examples, a worksheet and finally a question allowing the students to applying their new knowledge to unfamiliar situations. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the fourth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. Updated January 2023 The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic. LO1: Describe the features of the MSM LO2: Explain examples of memory using the MSM model LO3: Discuss strengths and weaknesses of the MSM The activities include recall questions as a starter, some short video clips, AQA exam-style questions, tasks for the students to complete, notes and diagrams. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the sixth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. Updated January 2023 The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic. LO1: Recreate Bartlett’s War of the Ghosts reconstructive memory study. LO2: Describe the findings of Bartlett’s study. LO3: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Bartlett’s study. The activities include recall questions as a starter, a memory task for the students to complete, notes, a worksheet and a evaluation. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the Ninth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. Updated January 2023 The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic. LO1: State what is meant by context. LO2: Describe Godden and Baddeley’s experiment. LO3: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the experiment. The activities include recall questions as a starter, a memory task for the students to complete, notes, a short video to watch, a psychological study to summarise and an evaluation to complete. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the sixth lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. The lesson covers a culture as a factor which affects the perceptual set and includes definitions, descriptions of a study and evaluations. LO1: Define the terms perceptual set and culture. LO2: Describe and explain the ways in which culture affects perception. LO3: Evaluate the cultural factors affecting perception. The activities include an introduction to the terms ‘perceptual set’ and ‘culture’ with an activity which has the students consider what culture is before moving on to reading about Hudson’s study and then checking their understanding with a short quiz. Finally, student work through guided practice in constructing evaluations of the theory and study. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the eighth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. Updated January 2023 The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic. LO1: Describe what interference is, in terms of memory. LO2: Explain real life examples of interference in memory. LO3: Discuss the strengths and limitations of the theory of memory interference. The activities include recall questions as a starter, a memory task for the students to complete, notes, exam style questions and an evaluation to complete. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the fifth lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. Updated January 2023 The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic. LO1: Describe Murdock’s Serial Position Curve study LO2: Explain the results of Murdock’s study. LO3: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Murdock’s study. The activities include recall questions as a starter, some short video clips, AQA exam-style questions, a memory task for the students to complete, notes and diagrams and a graph to produce. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the first lesson in the topic of Research Methods in the AQA GCSE Psychology 8182 course. I don’t deliver this topic all in one go, I interleave the lessons throughout the other topics. If you are teaching the whole topic in one go, I have tried to make the whole series of lessons about the same imaginary investigation for some consistency and a continued thread of learning. The lesson covers formulating an aim, null & alternative hypotheses and independent & dependent variables in psychological studies and investigations. LO1: Formulate an aim for an investigation. LO2: Identify independent and dependent variables in investigations. LO3: Compare alternative hypotheses and null hypotheses. The activities include taking the students through the beginnings of a plan for an investigation or study. There are lots of worked examples, notes and practice questions. I designed this as a single lesson (50 mins) but can be extended or shortened as necessary. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the third lesson in the topic of MEMORY in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. Updated January 2023 The lesson covers encoding, storage and retrieval of memories and introduces the topic. LO1: Identify different types of LTM LO2: Explain examples of different types of LTM LO3: Assess the different types of LTM by considering the strengths and limitations The activities include a starter, some short video clips, AQA exam-style questions, tasks for the students to complete, notes and diagrams and finally a plenary question. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.

This is the first lesson in the topic of PERCEPTION in the AQA GCSE Psychology course, 8182. The lesson covers sensation, perception, visual illusions and briefly revises aims, hypotheses and collecting data in investigations as in introduction to this topic. LO1: Define and differentiate between sensation and perception. LO2: Describe and explain some different visual illusions. LO3: Investigate the probability of perceiving different versions of the same visual illusion. The activities include a starter, a worksheet, short plenary questions and finally a task involving the design of a simple investigation into the perception of ambiguous figures. I designed this as a double lesson (100 mins) but can be delivered over two shorter lessons. My lessons follow the textbook ‘AQA Psychology for GCSE’ from Illuminate Publishing.