Designed for AQA A-Level Psychology 64 pages. Extensive and detailed coverage of all content in the approaches topic (AS+A Level) (A01/A02/A03). Activities built in for students - specifically exam style questions. Lines built in for students to answer. Can be used in class, revision or as homework/flipped learning Recommended reading at the start. Reading strategy/improving literacy embedded. Informed by Alex Quigley. Word document which can be edited.

Designed for AQA A-Level Psychology 78 pages. Extensive and detailed coverage of all content in the BioPsychology topic (AS+A Level) (A01/A02/A03). Activities built in for students - specifically exam style questions. Lines built in for students to answer. Can be used in class, revision or as homework/flipped learning Recommended reading at the start. Reading strategy/improving literacy embedded. Informed by Alex Quigley. Word document which can be edited.

The lesson goes through the social and dispositional factors in relation to crowd and collective behaviour. Desgined for high ability Y9 GCSE psychology students following the AQA new specification. Students will need internet access to find their locus of control (could be done as HW). The lesson ends with watching the film "suffragette" and creating a newspaper article. Approx - 90 min worth of lesson. Link to full version of suffragette on youtube in notes section at the end (but I bought the DVD)

Lesson goes through the key concepts of SLT. Including modelling, observation, imitation, vicarious reinforcement and identification (ARRM). Quick ABCD quiz. Agony aunt application question and highlight strengths and weaknesses of SLT.

AQA GCSE Psychology - Lesson goes through the use of case studies in psychological research, students have the opportunity to research famous case studies. Strengths and weaknesses activity aimed at developing students explanations.

Lesson 2 (approx. 2-3 lessons). Lesson goes through the key assumptions of the behaviourist approach: Pavlov and classical conditioning and Skinner operant conditioning. Application to phobias. Links to video in notes. Colour coding evaluation task and mini whiteboard plenary (true false, ABCD)

A short lesson going through the difference between aim and hypothesis.

Designed for AQA A-Level Psychology 59 pages- Extensive and detailed coverage of all content in the attachment specification (A01/A02/A03) Activities built in for students - specifically exam style questions (lines to answer included). Can be used in class, revision or as homework/flipped learning Recommended reading at the start. Reading strategy/improving literacy embedded. Informed by Alex Quigley. Word document which can be edited.

Lesson looking at the social and dispositional factors influencing obedience (Agency , Authority, Culture, Proximity, Adorno’s theory of “Authoritarian Personality”) . Approx 120 - 150 min worth of material. Designed for high ability Y9 psychology students studying the new AQA specification. - Links to videos in notes, includes wordsearch.

Designed for AQA A-Level Psychology 58 pages. Extensive and detailed coverage of all content in the Memory specification (A01/A02/A03) Activities built in for students - specifically exam style questions. LInes included for students to answer. Can be used in class, revision or as homework/flipped learning Recommended reading at the start. Reading strategy/improving literacy embedded. Informed by Alex Quigley. Word document which can be edited.

Lesson 1: Non experimental research methods: introduces students to concepts of validity and reliability. Mini whiteboard quiz. New tracker for this unit provided.

Lesson 6- Ethics, Introduces students to the code of ethics and the ethical issues In psychology and how to overcome. Watch video of Derren Brown and apply concepts of harm, deception etc

Lesson 3 (possibly 4 depending on ability) introduces students to repeated measures, matched pairs, and independent groups with evaluation. Can be done teacher lead or print off slides and students move around the room and make notes/experts on a table style activity where they teach others the design they have been given. Mini whiteboard quiz at the end,

I put together this small work booklet to accompany the memory topic. We watched this in the last 3 lessons before Christmas. You will require Disneys Inside Out. Approx 3 lessons, starters and activities to accompany DVD. The students really enjoyed this - you could make more of the review activity by booking the library and making them write it in the style of a newspaper activity.

Lesson goes through the factors that influence conformity. Starts by looking at Asch's study. Students then complete a carousel activity to address the social and dispositional factors influencing conformity. Lesson ends with application question. Made for high ability Y9 psychology following new AQA GCSE specification. Approx 60 min worth of content

Non-experimental research methods. Lesson going through use of interviews in psychological research (structured and unstructured) with strengths and weaknesses

Lesson for AS psychology students on standard deviation. Includes mini-plenaries and students rate themselves to direct whether they complete past exam question (AQA A Spec) or watch consolidation video.

2 lessons worth of material. Goes though types of correlations, when to use correlational analysis, correlation is not causation. Students can conduct a practical to see if personality score correlates with saliva production. You will need to have lemons for this activity. I was observed with this lesson and received really positive feedback.

key words for GCSE and A-level research methods

I split the spec into the different units and made a checklist for students use. They can either tick as they move through the course or use it at the end of AS to help inform their revision or if they have missed lessons. Also useful to help inform teacher planning. Feel free to download- please leave a review if you found it useful/time saving.