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E-Learning Review: A critical review of e-learning and the resources which are available for all teachers. First written for psychblog.co.uk. [more]

GCSE OCR Psychology Scheme of Work: This is a Scheme of Work for the OCR GCSE syllabus. This is a one year scheme of work (although some centres may do this course over 2 years). [more]

Introduction to Statistics: Before I teach any stats I give out this handout to my students for discussion. It is just a fun way to help the students understand the limitations of statistics. The stuff in the handout has been [more]

Conformity Handout: A student handout on conformity, including brief descriptions of the Asch (1951), Sherif (1935) and Crutchfield (1954) studies. Used in its current state for GCSE level but can be adapted for A Level. [more]

Obedience/Milgram Handout: A student handout on obedience including a description of Milgram (1963). [more]

Milgram Evaluation Worksheet: This is a worksheet used at GCSE level to evaluate Milgram (1963). [more]

Factors Affecting Conformity and Obedience - Worksheet: This is a worksheet used at GCSE level, for factors affecting conformity and obedience levels. [more]

Loftus and Palmer (1974) - Worksheet: This is a worksheet to go alongside the Loftus and Palmer (1974) PowerPoint. [more]

Deindividualisation: Good for explaining deindividualisation in aggression. Used with Level 2 students. [more]

Privation handout: Privation handout, good for Attachments module one(AQA A) [more]

Deprivation Worksheet/handout: Deprivation handout/worksheet good for Module 1 - Attachments (AQA A) [more]

Bowlby's Maternal deprivation hypothesis: Bowlby's Maternal deprivation hypothesis handout, good for Module one - Attachments (AQA A) [more]

Course work for OCR: Geraldine kindly donated this fantastic and comprehsive guide to completing the investigation for A2. Thanks Gerri. [more]

A2 Relationships SoW: This is a unit plan for A2 Relationships [more]

Matching Hypothesis Worksheet: A work sheet about with A01/A02 points about the Matching Hypothesis [more]

Freud - Little Hans Work Sheet: Helps sort out what each piece of evidence means and what part of Freud's theory it supports. Not amazing but practical. Could do with being made prettier! [more]

Answering CS2: A handout to go with the powerpoint, or before it, after it... Please feel free to adapt it for your needs, hopefully your jokes are better than mine:) meretricious sesquipedalianism (Mingay, 2000) [more]

Freud revision handout: 'Friends' episode style handout. [more]

Freud questions: This originally came from Long Road VIth Form website. The students find it sufficiently challenging and it helps clear up any areas they're not sure of. [more]

Instinct Theory handout: Very simple really [more]

Freud intro: A powerpoint giving a basic introduction to the psychosexual stages and defense mechanisms. [more]

Defence mechanisms role play: Freud introduction lesson. [more]

Hodges & Tizard and development: Just an interesting document I came across somewhere. Sorry I can't remember where so I can't credit it to anyone. [more]

Hypotheses and statistics: A really useful looking word doc that I found somewhere a few years ago (can't remember where, sorry). Sadly I've never really had time to use it, although I have used the hypothesis writing part of i [more]

Loftus and Palmer Replication: I haven't tried this exercise yet but I put it together over summer. Just to introduce Loftus and Palmer I am going to replicate it (kind-of). The word document is what each of the students will get [more]

A2 Understudied Relationships: Homosexual Relationships [more]

A2 Internet Relationships: Internet Relationships [more]

A2 Environemntal Factors: Environmental factors and aggression [more]

A2 Social Learning Theory of Aggression: Bandura's SLT of aggression [more]

Evaluation Exercise: This is an evaluation exercise which I developed to get the students thinking about analysis and moving towards seeing that something can be a strength and a weakness. You can find a full outline of [more]

revision activity / exam practice: Revision activity – speed date writing [more]

AQA A A2 - Erikson's Theory of Adolescence Flowchart: Good review chart for students to fill in to review the basics of Eriksons theory, in particular adolescence. You could give students a word bank to help them out. [more]

AQA A A2 - Erikson's Theory of Adolescence Flowchart: This could be used as part of a review lesson, or even a plenary on Erikson's model, focusing on Adolescence. You could also chose to give students a word bank. [more]

Felipe & Sommer - Personal Space - OCR: explanatory details of mental hospital field experiment with questions [more]

Folder mark scheme: Aound Christmas-time I have a folder competition and the best folders get prizes. Here is the mark scheme I use. [more]

Matching psychologists with the study: The students have to match the psychologist with the core study. I use stuff like this at the beginning of lessons as a type of warm up. Can be adapted to earlier on in the course by deleting studie [more]

Short Zimbardo test: I use tests (I call them quizzes when discussing them with students) like this as a warm up exercise. Students complete them quickly as soon as they enter the class room and then we mark them togethe [more]

OCR personal space activity: additional information on personal space each piece attributed to respective psychologist(s). Could be presented as 13 separate cards.Useful extension exercise for pairs of students to read aloud and [more]

Zimbardo mutliple choice questions: A warm up exercise when studying Zimbardo prison simulation [more]

Milgram multiple choice questions: A short warm up exercise I use when teaching Milgram. [more]

Edexcel Evaluation of Psychodynamic Therapies: The debate over the effectiveness and appropriateness of psychoanalytic therapies. Psychoanalytic therapies - do they work? [more]

edexcel phys. appr. STATES OF AWARENESS: Overview of Circadian rhythms, zeitgebers, [more]

Piliavin multiple choice questions: A short warm up quiz when teaching the Piliavin et al. subway field experiment [more]

Edexcel 6761 2004: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6761 Year: 2004 [more]

Edexcel 6761 2003: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6761 Year: 2003 [more]

Edexcel 6761 2001: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6761 Year: 2001 [more]

Edexcel 6761 2002: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6761 Year: 2002 [more]

Edexcel 6761 January 2003: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6761 Year: 2003 (January) [more]

Edexcel 6762 2001: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6762 Year: 2001 [more]

Edexcel 6762 2002: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6762 Year: 2002 [more]

Edexcel 6762 2003 January: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6762 Year: 2003 (January) [more]

Edexcel 6762 2003: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6762 Year: 2003 [more]

Edexcel 6762 2004: Edexcel exam papers. Unit: 6762 Year: 2004 [more]

day care resources: attachment [more]

stress revision gap-fill: AQA-A revision of stress topic and key studies [more]

puzzle APFCC: Starter to help understand differences between findings, conclusions etc. [more]

AS AQA A Abnormality checklist: Students can record the date and resources that they have used (been provided with) for Unit 2 [more]

AS AQA A Definitions of AB summary: Summary table of the four definitions of abnormality. Students fill in definition, example, strength & weakness. [more]

Christmas quiz: A quiz with a Psychology round as well as all the usual pub quiz rounds. Before the quiz the kids pair up and have to produce 5 nasty questions of their own on one of the studies for the other student [more]

AS AQA-A worksheet Explanations of majority influence: Good for explanations of majority influence NI & ISI [more]

AS AQA-A Worksheet Asch: This is a worksheet about Asch for Social influence exam [more]

AS AQA-A worksheet Moscovici: Worksheet about Moscovici [more]

AS AQA-A Workinsheet explanations of minority influence: Worksheet about explanations of minority influence [more]

AS AQA-A worksheet on Validity: Worksheet on validity in social influence research [more]

AS AQA-A Worksheet for SAM and HPA: Worksheet for AS Psychology Stress - HPA and SAM [more]

AS AQA Worksheet on GAS: Worksheet on GAS [more]

AS AQA-A Worksheet on CHD: Worksheet on Stress and CHD [more]

AS AQA-A Worksheet on Stress and the Immune System: Worksheet on Stress and the Immune System [more]

AS AQA-A Worksheet on SRRS: Worksheet on SRRS Rahe et al. [more]

Ecological Validity league table: This is a revision exercise done in groups by my ESL Psychology students here in SE Asia. They first clarify their understanding on ecological validity, already studied earlier in the AS course, and t [more]

Maslow's Hierarchy Advertisement Analysis: A project applying Maslow's Hierarchy to magazine advertisements [more]

Practical Coursework: This is an induction day for Y12 into Y13. The idea is to give them a taster of what they will be doing for the real thing. I've only included two of the practicals I give them because I'm pretty sure [more]

True or False exercises for OCR core studies: These are quick starter exercises, can be printed or displayed on a whiteboard. Students simply have to decide whether the statement is true or false, if false what the true statement should be. [more]

OCR core study true or false exercise: useful as a quick starter exercise once a study has been introduced. [more]

Rosenhan True or False exercise: Quick starter activity to get students thinking about the core study [more]

Deregowski True or False: A good quick starter activity [more]

Worksheet Kohlberg Moral Dilemmas: This is designed for a GCSE level to aid understanding of Kohlberg's stage theory of moral development [more]

Moral Development - Kohlberg & Piaget: This has one of Piaget's moral stories and the questions he asked and one of Kohlberg's moral dilemmas and the questions he asked. I use it as a discussion tool with my GCSE students. [more]

Ethical Issues Table: I use this for revision of ethical issues relating to the core studies. Students work in pairs, finding and discussing the ethical issues for each study and completing the table. I tend to use it on [more]

JEOPARDY: JEOPARDY FOR OCR AS A quiz with a difference. Instructions included. [more]

Day Care: Work sheet about Day Care [more]

AS AQA-A W/S Statistical Infrequency: Worksheet about Statistical Infrequency [more]

AS AQA-A Worksheet Deviation from Social Norms: Worksheet on Deviation of Social Norms PYA2 [more]

AS AQA-A Deviation from Ideal mental Health: Worksheet on Deviation from Ideal Mental Health [more]

AS AQA-A Failure to Function Adequately: Worksheet on Failure to function Adequately [more]

AS AQA-A Biological Model of abnormality: Worksheet on models of abnormality PYA2 [more]

OCR paper 2542 tips sheet: It's a useful list of the question groups that occur repeatedly in paper 2542. [more]

OCR Crime A2 - Mock trial script adapted from Angles text: Taken from the Diane Dwyer textbook this a scrip of the Frank Johnson trial - can be used as a role paly into jury processes. [more]

AQA-A A2 Media Sample Essays: Essays from my students about Pro & Anti social media [more]

A2 PYA4 and PYA5 Revision Booklet: All the sample essays for PYA4 and PYA5 [more]

A2 AQA-A Research Studies into Dissolution of relationships: Another essay from one of my students about dissolution of relationships [more]

A2 AQA-A Debates Sample Essays: Here are more sample essays from my students [more]

Psychology Trips - USA: several teachers have asked me for information on a trip I am planning to California - some of the basic details are here [more]

AS OCR exam overview - new spec: A student oriented overview of what they're likely to encounter in the new AS exams. Use with care as it is only my interpretation of a woolly marks scheme and it is, of course, very likely to change [more]

Relationships: Applying theory of relationships to big brother scenario [more]

Ethical guidelines (2006): A short(ish) booklet for student based research of the new ethical guidelines from the BPS. Designed for OCR but can probably be used for all syllabuses. [more]

Ethical guidelines (animals): Worksheet to support internet research for guidelines to the use of animals in research. Designed for OCR but could be used for any syllabus [more]