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McAllister’s AQA A-Level Psych Shop

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I have been teaching A-Level Psychology for 12 years to very mixed ability cohorts so my resources appeal to both A* and E grade candidates. Each lesson covers a double page spread from the textbook and would take approximately 1 to 1.5 hours to teach. Every lesson includes a PPT presentation, a handout for students to complete throughout the lesson, and lots of interactive activities. Each lesson is comprehensive and includes everything a student needs, no need to go elsewhere.

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I have been teaching A-Level Psychology for 12 years to very mixed ability cohorts so my resources appeal to both A* and E grade candidates. Each lesson covers a double page spread from the textbook and would take approximately 1 to 1.5 hours to teach. Every lesson includes a PPT presentation, a handout for students to complete throughout the lesson, and lots of interactive activities. Each lesson is comprehensive and includes everything a student needs, no need to go elsewhere.
AQA A Level Psych - Memory (Misleading information as a factor affecting EWT)
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AQA A Level Psych - Memory (Misleading information as a factor affecting EWT)

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Lesson includes: Introduction to EWT using interactive activities where students become an eye witness (PPT) Interactive activity where students take part in a reconstruction of Loftus and Palmer’s study to understand how leading questions affects EWT (PPT and activity worksheet) Evaluation of Loftus and Palmer’s study (PPT and handout) Extension of Loftus and Palmer’s study with links to a TedTalk and newpaper article Interactive activity where students learn how post event discussion can affect EWT (PPT and handout) Evaluation of Gabbert’s study (PPT and handout)
Explanations of attachment revision lesson
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Explanations of attachment revision lesson

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Enough to fill two hours worth of lesson time. Lesson includes: Differentiated resources for AO1 re-cap of both explanations (answers included). Brainstorm of evaluation of both explanations (answers included). Peer marking excercise for a PEE paragraph. Becoming the examiner by writing own AO2 stem. Exam questions on both explanations with mark scheme.
AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Year 2 Experiment revision, practical and statistics)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Year 2 Experiment revision, practical and statistics)

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Lesson includes: Revision and activities on: ethics, sampling, hypotheses, experimental designs, types of experiments and descriptive statistics (PPT and handout) Reporting psychological investigations (PPT) Levels of measurement, including activities (PPT and handout) Choosing a statistical test, including activities (PPT and handout) Probability and significant, including activities (PPT and handout) Type I and Type II errors (PPT and handout) Reliability and validity of experiments, including activities (PPT and handout) Experiment practical project (Practical project brief form)
AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Offender profiling)
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AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Offender profiling)

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Resources to cover at least two 1.5 hour lessons worth of teaching include: Description of top-down approach, with clips, examples and evaluation (PPT and handout) Description of bottom-up approach with clips, examples and evaluation (PPT and handout) Comparison of the two approaches (PPT and discussion)
AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Psychological explanations of offending behaviour)
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AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Psychological explanations of offending behaviour)

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Resources for at least four 1.5 hour lessons, which include: Description of Eysenck’s theory, including Eysenck’s Personality Inventory activity and evaluation task (PPT, handout, Eysenck’s Personality Inventory) Description of cognitive explanations, including Heinz dilemma activity, description of cognitive distortions and evaluation for both (PPT and handout) Description of differential association, including activities, evaluation and differentiated essay plans (PPT, handout essay plan) Description of psychodynamic explanations, including inadequate superego and Bowlby’s maternal deprivation theory, with activities and evaluation for both (PPT and handout) Research task using information covered in the topic so far (PPT)
AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Dealing with offending behaviour)
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AQA A Level Psych - Forensic (Dealing with offending behaviour)

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Enough resources for at least four 1.5 hour lessons, which include: Intro to custodial sentencing, aims of custodial sentencing, psychological effects of custodial sentencing and evaluation - all include interactive activities (PPT, handout, psychological effects activity, sentencing activity) Intro to behavioural modification, and description and evaluation of token economy - all include interactive activities (PPT and handout) Description and evaluation of anger management - both include interactive activities (PPT, handout, stages of anger management activity) Description and evaluation of restorative justice - both include interactive activities (PPT, handout, restorative justice role play, restorative justice example)
AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Experiments)
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AQA A Level Psychology - Research Methods (Experiments)

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Lesson includes (more than enough for 4-5 hours of teaching): Aims (PPT and handout) Description of experiments, including Stroop Test activity (PPT and handout) IV and DVs, including activities (PPT and handout) Hypotheses, including activities (PPT and handout) Levels of the IV, including activity (PPT and handout) Operationalising variables, including activity (PPT and handout) Controls, confounding and extraneous variables, including activities (PPT, handout and resources needed for practical) Experimental design, including activities (PPT, handout and resources needed for practical) Types of experiments, including activity (PPT and handout) Re-cap activity (handout) Exam practice (PPT) Evaluation of experiments, including activities (PPT and handout) Practical project on experiments (Practical project brief form)
AQA A Level Psych - Psychopathology Bundle
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AQA A Level Psych - Psychopathology Bundle

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Everything you need to teach Psychopathology for AQA A Level Psychology. Includes definitions of abnormality. Each of the disorders are taught as a stand alone topic which include revision of the relevant approach (easiest to teach psychopathology after you have taught the approaches), the characteristics of the disorder, the explanation and treatment.