A lesson covering monocular and binocular depth cues including application to new situations. Activities include practical starter, fill in the blanks, worksheet and differentiated exam style questions.

Resource aimed at the AQA GCSE Psychology specification. This resource include two student responses to the question “Outline and evaluate Gibson’s direct theory of perception (9 marks)” with a simplified mark scheme for students to use. The “suggested content” section of the mark scheme is blank for students to use their notes to complete. Worked well as a pre-assessment lesson to introduce essay skills.

Two to three lessons covering behavioural assumptions and the evaluation of them. Content includes main assumptions of behaviourism, classical conditioning and operant conditioning, Skinner and Pavlov’s research as well as AO1 and AO3 of reductionism as a key debate. Activities include gap fills, mini whiteboard questioning, building evaluation paragraphs. Additional Pavlov’s dog worksheet included.

This 115 page work booklet covers the entirety of the addiction specification for the new 2015 AQA Psychology specification. The booklet includes exam style questions, independent study (flipped learning) tasks, essay planning grids, assessment for learning tasks as well as additional reading with scaffolded questions. Feedback from my own students and those of other teachers is extremely positive. They testify that the resource is clear, well structured and allows for catching up missed content easily. Content includes: Describing addiction Risk factors Biological explanation of nicotine addiction Learning theory explanation of nicotine addiction Learning theory explanation of gambling addiction Cognitive theory of gambling addiction Biological interventions for addiction (drug therapy) Behavioural interventions for addiction (aversion therapy and covert sensitisation) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for addiction (CBT) Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) Prochaska’s six-stage model

Two lessons worth of content covering the androgyny and Bem sex role inventory including AO1 and AO2 of each. Lesson includes a mini practical starter (carrying out BSRI), minimal note taking, supporting videos (Karen Brady - Apprentice) to support concept of androgyny, research support for students to counter argue against, evaluation activity in order to develop students elaboration of AO3 points and reference to exam style questions including the mark scheme.

Powerpoint and resources covering the personal space content of the new AQA GCSE specification across two lessons. The lesson includes opportunities for independent and collaborative learning with regular assessment of knowledge and links to exam style questions, including application questions and extended writing responses to assess AO1, AO2 and AO3 skills. Activities are differentiated throughout the lesson.

OBSERVATION READY LESSON. This lesson looks into the Yuki’s study of emoticon’s and includes a variety of differentiated activities to develop student’s AO1, 2 and 3 skills. This lesson was observed by SLT and very positive feedback received. Activities include: practical emoticon judgement task, fill in the gap activity, built in questions throughout, AO2 application question plus modelled answer, differentiated AO3 activity with 4 differentiated options, a variety of stretch and challenge activities embedded and highlighted throughout.

Two lessons worth of content covering AO1, AO2 and AO3 content for the Sapir Whorf hypothesis including reference to variation in recall of events and recognition of colour (separate yet linked spec point). Includes thought provoking starter activity, relevant and facilitating videos and differentiated AO3 activites.

Lesson covering Penfield’s study of the interpretive cortex. Lesson includes an activity to recap prior relevant knowledge, engaging starter to hook students in, relevant video clip and a series of student led activities to allow students to work at their own pace in order to outline as well as evaluate Penfield’s study. Progress checks are implemented throughout through the use of thinking and discussion targeted questioning and white board checks. The evaluation activity is differentiated to allow less able students to independently access the activity.

Resource appropriate for the AQA GCSE Psychology specification. This is a flipped learning activity/homework for students to complete at home/independently. Resource explains the aims of cognitive neuroscience including examples from individuals with mental health disorders, stroke and neurological damage. A concise explanation and evaluation of each scanning technique is also included.

Lesson detailing localization of brain function. The lesson introduces the basics of the brain, hemispheres etc then guides students through a student led carousel before bringing the class back together to evaluate. Includes mini plenaries to assess ongoing understanding and mini practical.

Possible two lessons worth of content covering the chromosomal and hormonal explanations of Gender as identified in the new AQA A Level specification. Covers AO1 and AO3 content with structured support for writing research based AO3 content

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.

Lesson covering the key study Von Frisch with engaging starter, carousel activity to discover the key components of the study and an AO2 exam style question for students to answer.

Everything you need for delivering Year 1 and Year 2 approaches! This resource includes all PPT slides, work booklet and full scheme of work for the approaches topic of paper 2 with issues and debates interleaved throughout. The SOW clearly identifies hierarchical outcomes, key questions and vocabulary, learnign activities, homework opportunities as well as how resources can be adapted to suit higher and lower ability students. The resource covers: Wundt Biological approach Behaviourism SLT Cognitive approach Psychodynamic approach Humanism Comparison of approaches Nature-nurture debate Idiographic-nomothetic Holism - reductionism Determinism - free will

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.

Two lessons on activation-synthesis theory. Activities include gap fills, AfL whiteboard assessment, cryptograms, and peer assessment of exam style questions.

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.

Lesson explaining split brain research including Sperry. Includes note to take, independent evaluation activities and 3 possible essays for students to plan individually in groups or as a class.

Whole lesson looking at discussion of the neurochemical explanation (AO1/2 in separate lesson). Includes pupil led recap of AO1 content and opportunities for live class modelling, group evaluation and peer teaching. Can be made easier by providing students with a copy of the textbook evaluation for them to sue to form a burger evaluation paragraph rather than being entirely student led.