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.
This is the first unit I taught for the new GCSE psychology AQA specification. I did verbally weave research methods content in (moved onto research methods as next unit). Includes tracker and assessment (I made my own questions). I planned this unit without a textbook - instead watering down A-level content. Unit ends Ends with Disney's Inside Out which was a nice way to end the lessons at Christmas.
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.
Lesson 4: Learning Theory of Attachment. Starter - recap key words associated with learning theories from approaches. In depth look into classical, operant and social learning theories applied to attachment. Supporting and contradictory evidence for evaluation and mini-whiteboard recap to check progress at the end of the lesson.
A powerpoint and small work booklet that covers the idiographic and nomothetic debate in psychology. Students can work through booklet - powerpoint accompanies this and provides teacher answers and further evaluation. Also includes 6 mark question with model answer.
Created as a revision lesson for Y12 and Y13 psychology students studying the AQA psychology specification. It goes through the importance of statistical testing, type 1 and type 2 errors, levels of measurement, before going through the sign test and chi -square. The sign test is delivered using a chocolate experiment but this can be tweaked and your own results entered.
Use the powerpoint along with a booklet to allow students to make notes and answer exam style questions. It comes with a lesson plan as it was for an observation.
Price reflects the time and effort that went into making this.
Approx 60 min lesson-90 min lesson.
Lesson 3 - A whole lesson detailing the key assumptions and terms associated with SLT. Lots of application based questions - video link to Bandura's study with colour coding evaluation. Mini whiteboard plenary (ABCD, TRUE/FALSE).
The lessons go through the use of experiments in psychology, types of experiments, sampling, ethics, design and methods of control (standardisation, counterbalancing etc|.
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.
Starter - recap process of synaptic transmission. Teacher quick goes through function of SSRI's and BZ. Then students create medication boxes for the different treatments, including how they work, supporting evidence and side effects. Including evaluation (I print of the slides for students to use). Students enjoyed this lesson.
Lesson 2 on relationships - looking at Self Disclosure as an aspect of SPT. Colour coding evaluation activity where students must match the evidence and link to the original point to create fully developed evaluation. Mini whiteboard plenary (ABCD/True-False).
- Content mainly from pink haired girl book
Lesson starts by looking at standard police interview then moves on to the 4 techniques used in the CI interview. Includes evaluation. The four techniques could be delivered by teacher or printed off and ask students to move around the room and make notes.
Lesson 3 - Full lesson going through the key assumptions of SLT including mediational processes. Hand-out with Bandura's study. Application based question for students to apply knowledge. Colour coding evaluation task.
- also included a activities that I haven't used in this lesson but may be useful.
For AQA psychology students. Can be used as homework, lesson activity or front loading. Covers all content needed for statistical testing. Includes questions for students to assess learning. Approx 5h of work. Price reflects the level of effort it took to make these resources.
**Booklet One **
Purpose of statistical testing
The different tests
Choosing the right test
Practise questions
Booklet Two
-Recap choosing the right test
Critical values tables
Reporting significance
Types of error
Practise questions
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 2: Full lesson looking into Shaffer and Emmerson's stages of attachment. Includes reference to original study and activity where students identify the child's stage of attachment, burger evaluation activity. Lesson concludes with mini whiteboard plenary to check progress.
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)
First full lesson with Y12 - Goes through the course layout. Introduces Wundt, introspection and the emergence of psychology as a scientific subject. Students then create an obituary column or speech to be read at Wundt's funeral. Mini whiteboard plenary (ABCD, TRUE/FALSE) to check progress.
A-Level issues and debates - holism and reductionism debate. Work sheet on biological and environmental reductionism. All content and evaluation is on powerpoint.