Blog and updates
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25 Jul 2016
Thinking 'I can do better' really can improve performance
Professor Andrew Lane and his colleagues tested which psychological skills would help people improve their scores in an online game. With help from BBC Lab UK, they conducted a large experimental...
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9 Jul 2016
ATP Psychology Conference Give Away - Day 2 (Saturday 9th)
If you're at the ATP Conference - Join us for one of two breakout sessions at 9am in G22 or 11:45am in G22, where we will be giving away a pack of over 12 resources to enhance your students essay...
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7 Jul 2016
ATP Psychology Conference Give Away - Day 1
If you're at the ATP Conference - Visit the tutor2u stand today for the first day of resource give away. Today we are giving away over 75 packs of WOW Psychology resources. These include over 30...
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7 Jul 2016
Press delete to erase your bad memories
A recent study by Manning et al (May, 2016) demonstrated that you don’t have to relive bad events or unhappy times through your memory. It is possible to delete them and intentionally forget. ...
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6 Jul 2016
And breathe…
Blood coursing through your veins, dry mouth, heart pounding, sweaty palms, light headed…sound familiar? We have all experienced this physiological arousal at some point in our life, otherwise...
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5 Jul 2016
tutor2u Psychology is at the ATP Conference in just 3 days time...with plenty of resources to give away
The tutor2u psychology team will be at the ATP Conference on Friday 8th July - Sunday 10th July, 2016. Not only will we be delivering a session on effective essay writing, but we will also be...
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3 Jul 2016
Teaching AQA A Level Psychology? Join our growing Teacher Group on Facebook
Teaching Psychology can be a lonely business. When you need some advice, guidance or support, who can you turn to? Here's one way - our growing community of AQA A Level Psychology teachers on...
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3 Jul 2016
7 Days left to win a giant psychology timeline poster
News of our Psychology Timeline competition is travelling far and wide. We have had entries in South Africa and Australia! There's still every chance to win, as the competition closes after the ATP...
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3 Jul 2016
A new take on the bystander effect
A new study by Thomas et al. (2016) provides evidence that when deciding whether to help, we take into account the perspective of the other bystanders – whether they know that help is needed,...
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1 Jul 2016
It's Competition Time - Win a Giant Approaches in Psychology Timeline Poster
We've just sent this giant (well, 1.5 metres long) Approaches in Psychology Timeline classroom poster to the printers. Even better - we've got 20 copies to give away to Psychology teaching...
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30 Jun 2016
Win a Giant Approaches in Psychology Timeline Poster
We've just sent this giant (well, 1.5 metres long) Approaches in Psychology Timeline classroom poster to the printers. Even better - we've got 20 copies to give away to Psychology teaching...
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28 Jun 2016
A-peel-ing ways to teach eating behaviours…
Eating behaviour is full of challenging concepts for A-Level students, from the dual-centre theory, to psychological explanations for eating disorders. As teachers it our role to bring students...
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28 Jun 2016
Is there any link between mental illness and violent crime?
Yes – people with mental health problems are more likely to be the victims of violence that those who have not been diagnosed with such problems. Not the connection you expected? This is...
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27 Jun 2016
4 New Psychology Bloggers
The tutor2u Psychology blog has been busy over the last week, with four new bloggers joining our team.
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24 Jun 2016
Using mindfulness in the classroom...
It’s a bit of a buzzword...but is mindfulness it really that great? I was introduced to mindfulness last May when I took part in a MBSR (Mindfulness based stress reduction). For me it's been one of...
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23 Jun 2016
Teaching Phobias at London Zoo
We all know how much students love a trip and recently I took my students to London Zoo...for purely educational purposes of course. This trip allowed my students to explore the topic of phobias...
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23 Jun 2016
Can an fMRI machine read your thoughts?
It is symptomatic of some mental health disorders that sufferers believe their minds are being controlled by external forces. This has now been induced in participants experimentally. Olsen et al...
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23 Jun 2016
Could Wear-and-Tear on the Love Hormone Gene Make Us Less Social?
A new study, presented by Professor Haas from the University of Georgia, has investigated whether environmental wear-and-tear on a gene that codes for oxytocin (commonly known as the love hormone)...
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23 Jun 2016
Fast-Track Your Planning for Year 2 Psychology
Following the excellent feedback from our Year 1 CPD event, we are now taking bookings for our Year 2 event. There are two events taking place - one in London and one in Birmingham. For...
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20 Jun 2016
Can animals talk?
Apparently so! Watch this interesting BBC documentary telling the extraordinary story of Koko, the only 'talking' gorilla in the world, and her lifelong relationship with Penny Patterson, who...
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