Blog and updates
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20 Dec 2016
Making the Classroom Psychologically Festive
So this year I wanted to have a bit of fun with the students at Christmas…but how can you do this in the Psychology Classroom?
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23 Nov 2016
tutor2u Psychology Strong Foundations Feedback
Thank you for attending the Strong Foundations Workshop. We hope that you found the day informative and engaging, and will have an opportunity to use many of the extension resources following the...
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21 Nov 2016
New Teaching Resources for AQA A Level Psychology
We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of new teaching resources to support AQA A Level Psychology.
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14 Nov 2016
Electrical Brain Stimulation to Keep You Working?
The Guardian Science Section reported this week that the US military had successfully tested electrical brain stimulation to enhance staff effectiveness and concentration in high pressure...
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8 Nov 2016
Video: The Role of Attachment on Mental & Physical Health
This short, five-minute video, explores the history of attachment and the role of attachment on later mental and physical health outcomes. Dr Leslie Atkinson briefly explores why the process of...
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6 Nov 2016
New Treatment for Alzheimer’s - Breaking News
The Guardian Newspaper reported this week that, following a successful drug trial, a new medication that will essentially “switch off” the production of amyloid proteins that lead to the sticky...
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5 Nov 2016
Light, Camera, Food!
We live in a world where taking photos has become an obsession, hence the development of so many applications that involve picture sharing. One of most popular apps is ‘Snapchat’ which allows users...
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3 Nov 2016
Worked to Death: Your Stressful Job Might Be Killing You
The link between stress and illness is well documented. However, a recent study suggests that the combination of a demanding job where a person is afforded little control might event shorten your...
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2 Nov 2016
Research Suggests That Females Are More Helpful
Psychology is filled with examples of people witnessing a crime or an accident, and then simply turning a blind eye. So if you walked past an injured cyclist who was sitting at the side of the...
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1 Nov 2016
Video: The Authority Hoax - You Don't Know What You Would Do!
The Obedience Topic is one of my favourites and the following video provides a powerful and quite frankly horrendous real-life depiction of what happens when obedience goes wrong. Zimbardo...
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31 Oct 2016
Mapping Issues and Debates to Approaches for Exam Success
Here's a terrific teaching resource that will help your AQA A Level Psychology student get to grips with a tough area.
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30 Oct 2016
Psychology Half-Term 2 – Don’t Miss Out!
With only seven weeks until Christmas, the tutor2u Psychology Team have an even busier half-term lined up. Here're three things you don’t want to miss out on:
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26 Oct 2016
tutor2u Psychology Half-Term Update – New Webinars Coming Soon…
This Term It’s been a hugely exciting and busy half-term at tutor2u and the Psychology department has not stopped. Since the start of September, the tutor2u team have hosted 25 teacher CPD webinars...
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25 Oct 2016
Event: The Fascinating Phenomenon of False Memories
tutor2u are delighted to announce a must-see event taking place at Goldsmiths, University of London on Friday 18th November at 7:00 pm. The Fascinating Phenomenon of False Memories brings together...
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25 Oct 2016
Time to Read: Reading Fiction Beefs Up Your Brain
Literacy levels in England don’t look great: 3.4 per cent of 20 to 34-year-old graduates in England have literacy skills below level two, making them the most "illiterate" in the developed world....
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25 Oct 2016
Just a Psychology Teacher...
I never wanted to be a teacher and yet here I am. I came into the profession with the belief that I could make a difference to someone’s life. I guess this is the reason why many of us turn to...
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20 Oct 2016
Too Much Neuroscience? The Link Between Funding and Research
Recently the US National Institute of Mental Health, which funds much of American research into the effectiveness of treatments for mental disorders, announced a new director. So what? Well, there...
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19 Oct 2016
Introducing the OCR Core Study and Component 3 Summaries
We are pleased to announce the publication of a series of new research study resources to support teachers and students taking OCR A Level Psychology.
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19 Oct 2016
Introducing the OCR A Level Psychology Research Methods Toolkit
Here is a fantastic new resources for all teachers and students taking OCR A Level Psychology - the Research Methods Toolkit.
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19 Oct 2016
Introducing the AQA A Level Psychology Teacher Marking Grids
We had many requests to produce a proper pad of the popular AQA A Level Psychology Marking Grids - so we have!
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