A lesson to outline the difference between sensation and perception AND a brief introduction to visual illusions.

An overview of how culture affects perception with reference to Hudson’s research

A two part lesson to first outline and then evaluate Gregory’s Constructivist Theory.

A two part lesson to first outline and then evaluate Gibson’s Direct Theory

An overview of ‘early brain development’ including parts of the brain i.e. cortex, thalamus, cerebellum, brain stem and an introduction to the influence of nature and nurture on brain development

An overview of types of memory (episodic, procedural & semantic).

An overview of the processes of memory including encoding, storage & retrieval .

A two part lesson(1.5-2 hours) outlining Piaget’s theory schemas, assimilation, accommodation Piaget’s Stages of Development

A useful revision aid (knowledge organiser) for students to complete at the end of the unit or for revision. Best when printed on A3. Suggested answers are also provided

A lesson to outline and evaluate reconstructive memory

A two part lesson Outline Bartlett’s War of the Ghosts Evaluation of Bartlet’s War of the Ghosts

A two part lesson outline primacy and recency effect (with some research methods i.e. drawing a graph) Murdock’s study (outline and evaluate)

A two part lesson (2 hours) to outline and evaluate MSM for GCSE Psychology.

A powerpoint and resources to help students outline and evaluate the influence of anxiety on EWT. This includes a range of activities including creating a comic strip to summarise the 2 key studies (Yuille and Cutshall and Johnson and Scott), research methods questions linked to key studies, comparison task, evaluation prompts, 'spot the mistakes' model essay and a mini-quiz as a plenary.

A lesson which helps students to outline and evaluate the cognitive interview. This includes a handout briefly summarising the cognitive interview, an evaluation matching task which students are required to identify the relevant point, evidence and explanation, an application task linked to a video clip of an incident as well as an exam question (with answer).

A lessons in which students will learn about interference theory (outline and evaluate) There are a number of activities embedded within the powerpoint including a summary of studies, research methods based questions and an application style essay.

A lesson (powerpoint and resources) to evaluate the working memory model (WMM). The lesson starts with a quick review task for the outline of WMM. Then the lesson include a range of activities including discussion based questions, experiments where students act as the participants to replicate research and ending with an essay plan

A lesson which helps students outline and evaluate retrieval failure. This include a presentation which outline the key points of the theory. A handout which include 2 studies (Godden and Baddeley & Carter and Cassaday) and some evaluation prompts (with answers) to help students develop their own evaluation points. There is also a set of quiz quiz trade cards that might be useful for revision of interference theory and retrieval failure (useful as a plenary or starter next lesson)

Resources for 2+ lessons which outlines STM and LTM memory (capacity, coding, duration) as well as research into these. The first lesson includes a powerpoint ('coding and capacity') and handouts ('jacobs and baddeley' and 'evaluation grid P,E,E'). The second lesson includes a powerpoint 'duration of STM and LTM' and handout 'research duration of STM and LTM' The powerpoints have a number of activities embedded. The lessons are excellent for student engagement with both of them requiring students to be active participants in experiments to replicate many of these studies.

A lesson which outlines and evaluate types of Long-Term Memory (semantic, episodic and procedural). There are a range of suggested activities including some independent work summarising the types of LTM, a comparison task, and an evaluation task where students are given the 'evidence' but need to consider what the point and explanation might be. Finally there is an application style exam question.