Blog and updates
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19 Feb 2016
Want to increase your chances of recalling information?
Research has shown that if you want to increase your chances of recalling information, you need to be in a context that is similar to that of where you learnt the information you wish to recall.
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18 Feb 2016
Delaying Gratification: Could you? Can your students?
The marshmallow test - an excellent lesson starter to focus students' minds at exam time. And great for introducing the concepts of the id and ego!
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17 Feb 2016
Wordsnake! Key Theorists in Psychology
Here's a fantastic teaching resource to introduce the key theorists in psychology to your students.
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16 Feb 2016
Great lesson starter for obedience!
Here's a fantastic way to introduce the topic of obedience to your students.
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29 Jan 2016
Talkabout! A quick and easy lesson starter
Quiz shows are a massive source of inspiration to me when it comes to starters and plenaries. Here’s one I used regularly that's based on a popular 90's quiz show - it's perfect for the classroom.
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22 Jan 2016
Revision Techniques: Memory Strategies for the Classroom
Few of us would argue that the volume of research and theory that students have to learn is challenging - as exams loom, how about sharing some memory strategies with your students?
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15 Jan 2016
AQA Year 1 (AS) A Level Psychology Workshop Sessions
The session content for our upcoming AQA Year 1 (AS) A Level Psychology Workshops is outlined below.
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5 Jan 2016
Aphasia - The Man Who Can Only Say Yes and No
A fascinating case study here about a man suffering from severe Aphasia, a condition that affects some patients after they have suffered a stroke.
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29 Dec 2015
CBT Can Help With Dental Phobia
Fear of dental treatment is a pretty common phobia and the traditional approach has been to use sedation procedures to help patients through their treatment. However it seems that an alternative...
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29 Dec 2015
Anxiety - the Life-Saving Sixth Sense?
A terrific article here on anxiety, reporting on recent research that suggests that anxiety can be a lifesaver!
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23 Dec 2015
Eyewitness Testimony - How Reliable Would You Be?
Some terrific teaching resources included in this BBC resource on the reliability of witnesses. It turns out stress is a key factor affecting the reliability of eyewitness testimony (EWT).
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21 Dec 2015
What Happens to Your Brain When You Make a Memory?
A highly accessible overview of key concepts in memory here from the Guardian.
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20 Nov 2015
Treating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Around 1 in 2 of us will go through a traumatic experience of some kind during our lives. For around 1 in 6 the symptoms of trauma will barely fade.
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29 Oct 2015
A Level Psychology Depts - Behind the Numbers
Buried deep in the DfE data is information provided by schools and colleges about the exam entries they make each year.We delved into the latest data (summer 2014) to see if we could learn a little...
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25 Sept 2015
Teaching Resource: Models of Memory (Left Brain Right Brain)
Here's a fantastic resource to use with your Year 1 Psychology students to revise and recap Models of Memory.
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21 Sept 2015
Memory: 7 free teaching activities
Here are 7 great activities to use when teaching memory.
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3 Aug 2015
New GCSE Psychology - Teaching Content from September 2017
The DfE has published the draft proposed subject content for the new GCSE Psychology for first teaching from September 2017.The draft teaching content is now open to consultation and responses are...
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13 Jul 2015
New AQA Spec - Need a Crystal Ball?
Preparing for teaching in September is something you are probably sorting right now. You have the specification and you have probably looked at what you can recycle from your current teaching…but...
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28 May 2015
And So They’re Back! Now…What to Do with Them…?
I hope half term has been good for you. We are fast approaching the return of the Year 12s ad although it is summer, and it's warmer and sunnier, this time of year can be a bit of a 'twilight zone'...
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