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 explaining the use of non-experimental methods in psychology, specifically questionnaires. It goes through questionnaire construction and design, types of questions and strengths and weaknesses.

For AS psychology students (research methods). Lesson on experimental design (repeated measures, matched pairs, independent groups). Students complete table with information provided by powerpoint - this can be done as a carousel activity). - includes crossword as plenary (requires knowledge of aims and hypothesis etc). Can easily be differentiated for GCSE.

Created for new specification AQA psychology. Lesson goes through the social and dispositional factors influencing prosocial behaviour and bystander intervention. Application activity for students to apply their knowledge to scenarios. Students can then write a report on the murder of kitty Genovese addressing the factors covered. *One activity requires the Old gcse psychology textbook but this can be missed. Approx - 60 min lesson. Although planning and writing the newspaper article could also be another 60 min.

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

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

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.

Created to address the phobias section of AQA AS specification for Unit 2. Bundle contains 3 lessons (approx 3-4 hours). Also useful for Y13 revision. Lesson 1: Characteristics of phobias -Students watch an episode of Extreme Phobias, Extreme Cures to complete the emotional, cognitive and behavioural characteristics of phobias (students enjoyed this) Lesson 2: Behaviourist explanation of phobias - two process model. Includes evaluation (SLT, Preparedness etc). Lesson 3: Behaviourist treatments (flooding and SD). Student task is to create an information leaflet. Evaluation is included throughout and the episodes of the programme are really good for discussion the characteristics, explanation and treatments as well as definitions of abnormality. All information is on powerpoint so good for non-specialists also. Lots of videos - links in notes section.

AQA GCSE Psychology - goes through the use of qualitative and quantitative data, as well as primary and secondary.

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

Approx 3 lessons. Goes through the social and dispositional factors that influence obedience. Linking to Milgram's study. Crossword activity can be used as homework.

Lesson looks at the social and dispositional factors influencing conformity. Key Study: Asch, my students enjoyed spotting the differences activity. Students learn factors by doing carousel activity or it can be done teacher lead.

Lesson 4 - Lesson goes through Bartett's War of the Ghost - with worksheet and evaluation. Influence of schemas on memory. Application based plenary.

Social and Dispositional factors influencing prosocial behaviour, Piliavin's study. Application to Kitty Genovese. Approx 3 lessons. Application activity asking students to state what they think would happen - using their knowledge of factors. Also includes student tracker for the rest of the social influence lessons.

Lesson 3 - looking at different types of LTM (episodic, semantic, procedural) delivered as a carousel activity with students moving around the room making notes on an A3 table. Application question to assess knowledge,

Lesson 6 - Goes through retro and proactive interference. Includes evaluation and examples and questions.

I made these questions myself as a way of assessing the students learning at the end of the memory topic. There is no mark scheme.

Lesson 7 - Discusses the influence of context on memory. Looks at Godden and Baddley study- mini experiment with students learning words in and out of the classroom. Homework - spelling test. Application plenary.

Lesson 5 - Students recreate Loftus and Plamers car crash study. Watch a TED talks video (17 min) about false memories with set questions and answers. Evaluation of false memories and twitter plenary.