OCR A-level Psychology - Child Psychology Topic 2: Pre-adult Brain Development (lessons, worksheets, assessment)
Includes 7 lessons (some double lessons)
Powerpoints
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TOPIC 2- PRE-ADULT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
How the brain develops in early childhood in general
Brain development that makes adolescents more likely to take risks
Core study- Barkley-Levenson and Galvan
Methodological strengths and limitations of Barkley-Levenson and Galvan
One method for reducing risk-taking- Graduated Driver Licensing Schemes
Strengths and limitations of introducing GDLs
How pre-adult brain development relates to different debates x3
Includes 12 files. Powerpoints, Word files and PDFs
A3 sheet for revising ‘Responses to People in Need’ from Social Psychology.
OCR A-Level Psychology specification.
Piliavin (1969), Levine (2001) and compare and contrast the studies.
A3 worksheet on Individual Differences Area, Psychodynamic Perspective for OCR A-Level Psychology.
The resource includes:
Assumptions of the perspective
Assumption 1: The Unconscious Mind - ID, Ego, Superego
Assumption 2: Early Experience Affects Adult Experience, Psychosexual Stages of Development (ages, key developmental task, adult fixation)
Assumption 3: Unconscious Information is Presented in Outward Communication (Freudian slips, dream analysis, talking therapy/association)
Evaluation/debates: free will vs. determinism, individual vs. situational, social sensitivity, psychology as a science, usefulness.
A3 sheet for revising ‘Understanding Disorders’ from Individual Differences Psychology.
OCR A-Level Psychology specification.
Freud (1909), Baron-Cohen (1999), evaluate and compare and contrast the studies.
A3 sheet for revising ‘Measuring Differences’ from Individual Differences Psychology.
OCR A-Level Psychology specification.
Gould (1982) and Hancock (2011), evaluate and compare and contrast the studies.
A Short Guide to Answering Exam Questions in Psychology& A Review of Areas and Perspectives
OCR A-level Psychology - Research Methods & Core Themes Exam Question Guidance and Examples
Covers different types of questions and how to answer them, i.e. success criteria.
Includes misconceptions and general guidance.
Powerpoint file, 22 pages.
OCR A-level Psychology - Child Psychology Topic 6: Impact of Advertising (lessons, assessment)
Includes 5 lessons (some double lessons)
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TOPIC 6- IMPACT OF ADVERTISING ON CHILDREN
How stereotyping occurs in adverts
How children can be influenced by television advertising
Core study- Johnson and Young
Methodological strengths and limitations of Johnson and Young
One strategy to reduce the impact of advertising – Media Smart/Be Adwise
Strengths and limitations of these strategies
How attachment development relates to different debates x3
Includes 11 files. Powerpoints, Word files and PDFs
OCR A-level Psychology - Child Psychology Topic 3: Perceptual Development (lessons, worksheets, assessment)
Includes 5 lessons (some double lessons)
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TOPIC 3- PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Perceptual abilities that develop early on in an infant’s life
Definitions/explanations of different depth cues
How we can study infant/animal perceptual development
Core study- Gibson and Walk
Methodological strengths and limitations of Gibson and Walk
One play strategy for developing perception- Sensory Integrative therapy
Strengths and limitations of this therapy
How perceptual development relates to different debates
Includes 9 files. Powerpoints, Word files and PDFs
OCR A-level Psychology - Child Psychology Topic 1: Intelligence (lessons, worksheets, assessment)
Includes 7 lessons (some double lessons)
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Worksheets, handouts and activities
Exam style questions
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TOPIC 1- INTELLIGENCE
At least two definitions of intelligence
Spearman’s theory of intelligence
One multiple intelligence theory
At least one other theory of intelligence
Biological factors that can influence intelligence (sex, hormones, genetics)
Method of assessing intelligence- Raven’s Progressive Matrices
Strengths and limitations of this method of assessing intelligence
Core study- Van Leeuwen et al
Methodological strengths and limitations of Van Leeuwen et al
How intelligence relates to different debates x3
Includes 11 files. Powerpoints, Word files and PDFs