Work booklet given to students to complete independently. Makes an excellent summer project or revision resource. Students had some knowledge of the issues and debates content but had not covered it in any great depth. This booklet therefore contains enough detail for them to have a good understanding of the content but also leaves enough gaps for the students to use their existing knowledge and additional research skills to complete. Knowledge review questions are included at the end of every sub topic. As always, I recommend students use the Tutor2u and Simply Psychology sites as a point of reference. Levels of explanation picture credit to Tutor2U Psychology.

One to two lessons introducing students to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. This/these student led lesson(s) include key word mix and match, fill in the gap, cut and stick as well as practical activities to allow children to discover Piaget’s stages and his amain assumptions of schema development, egocentrism and conservation. Assessment comes in the form of mini whiteboard activities as well as written AO2 scenario based questions with model answers.

UPDATED RESOURCES! SAVE TIME AND PLANNING WITH THIS RESOURCE! POWERPOINT, BOOKLET AND SOW INCLUDED! Over 20 hours of year 1 and 2 research methods teaching content with independent study (flipped learning) tasks and exam style questions with mark schemes built in throughout. Scheme of work includes outcomes, key questions, key terminology and adaptations for lower and higher ability. The lessons are designed in a way to allow more able students to move on to quickly, applying their knowledge by answering exam style questions, freeing up teacher time to focus on consolidating the knowledge of weaker students. The completed booklet acts as an excellent revision resource to help students plan for their linear exams. Specification content covered includes: Experimental methods Variables Aims and hypothesis Sampling Experimental design Pilot studies Ethics Descriptive statistics - measures of dispersion and central tendency, graphical displays and use of a table. Distributions Levels of measurement Statistical testing including calcuating the sign test Probability and significance Using critical values tables Type 1 and type 2 errors General note from the author: Feedback is more than welcome. I am more than willing to update and resend resources that buyers are less than satisfied with.

Powerpoint outlining and evaluating both Beck and Ellis' cognitive theories of depression. Activities include creating rational and irrational flow diagrams, attempting short exam style questions and assessing a model answer.

A lesson covering AO1 and AO3 of Gregory's constructivist theory. Highly student led with activities including mix and match, fill in the blanks and colour coded elaboration.

Whole lesson (power point and activity worksheet) exploring the contribution of Wundt to the development of Psychology and Psychology as a science. Lesson includes outline and evaluation of both Wundt and Psychology as a Science as well as exam practice, model answers and reference to exam mark schemes.

This lesson gives students the knowledge they need in order to outline and evaluate this key study as well as apply their knowledge to scenario based questions. Highly student led, the lesson includes relevant video clips, fill in the gap activities, recap AO1 questions, application AO2 questions and student led evaluation via mindmap and live writing with WAGOLL evaluation paragraphs included for teacher (or student) reference.

Lesson 1 Learning objective: To explain the neurological explanation of nicotine addiction – Grade D To give evidence to support this explanation – Grade C To evaluate this explanation including issues, debates and approaches – Grade B/A Lesson 2 Learning objective: To apply knowledge of the neurological explanation of addiction to exam style questions Recapping synaptic transmission (Year 1 content), outline of initiation, maintenance and relapse according to the neurochemical explanation with videos describing how addiction works and links to websites showing the excitation of the reward pathway. Includes supporting research and evaluation including key issues and debates. Lesson 2 looks at applying knowledge to answer a 16 mark response with mark scheme provided.

Basic, to the point, no frills revision powerpoint covering the whole of the social influence content. I used this in afterschool revision with Y13 over a period of weeks to recap the year 1 content.

Powerpoint activity tackling the discussion of gender bias. Students were set a preparatory task the lesson before to make notes on the different types of gender bias. Therefore this lesson focuses on consolidating this knowledge and the discussion of the debate. The final activity guides students through planning a 16 mark response to this question.

The powerpoint introduces students to depression and addresses misconceptions. It includes activities such as fill in the gap, relevant video clips (links in comments box under slide), and an application style worksheet with extension activity. There are regular progress checks throughout the lesson.

Suitable as an introductory lesson to the perception topic of the new AQA GCSE. The PowerPoint goes through the difference between sensation and perception and includes activities such as fill in the blanks, AfL whiteboard tasks and a practical activity to demonstrate how once sense influences the perception of another.

Two lessons work of content covering the body language section of the new GCSE specification. Powerpoint includes activities to develop AO1, AO2 and AO3 skills including analysis of visual and written scenarios, differentiated evaluation and an independent approach to AO1 knowledge. Students are then given a creative literacy based task encouraging them to further apply their knowledge.

Observation ready lesson covering the synaptic transmission content of the new AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. Activities include label neuron recap task, thought provoking starter and four independent student tasks that allow students to work at a pace and level that is appropriate to them and their needs. Tasks include gap fills, labelling a synapse, differentiated tasks for explaining the process of synaptic transmission and exam questions differentiated by support. This was used during an observation with students ranging from grade 3 to grade 9 and excellent feedback was received.

Lesson looking at developing exam technique, particularly unpicking the question and writing extended essay responses. Resources include powerpoint and two differentiated structure strips guiding students through responding to the question “Outline and evaluate the nature-nurture debate in relation to non-verbal communication” (9 marks)

Introduction to gender lesson covering the difference between sex and gender and sex role stereotypes. Activities include engaging and interesting starter to encourage children to challenge their own gender stereotype, discussion of equality in the media, sports and health care with reference to supporting research. Mini whiteboard plenary to assess knowledge.

Full lesson on the nervous system for the AQA GCSE Psychology 9-1 specification. Lesson inlcudes the structure and function of the nervous system including central, peripheral, autonomic and somatic systems. Activities include interactive starter, independent working, mini whiteboard plenaries, application and exam style questions with model answers and a return to the starter activity to show progress.

Introductory lessons in the development unit developing student knowledge of early brain development. Students are engaged through wholly student led tasks developing their knowledge of key terms, key brain areas and the influence of nature vs nurture. Experience teaching these lessons (2x50 minutes) highlighted the fact that it is meant to challenge the most able through the use of extended reading and newspaper articles but can be easily differentiated down with weaker students only completing some of the nature/nurture tasks. The thinking and discussion questions can be used as plenary/starter to assess progress between lesson 1 and 2.