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Milgram: Beyond the numbers…
A new angle on Milgram Although there is no shortage of resources available for the teaching of many of the so-called “classics” in Social Psychology, such as Milgram’s obedience studies, I thought it...
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Minority Influence and Social Change: Jamie Oliver’s Latest Campaign
About 10 years ago, Chef and TV personality Jamie Oliver led a successful campaign to improve the quality and nutritional value of school dinners. The TV series aired in 2005 (“Jamie’s School Dinners”)...
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Reductionism
Levels of explanation Reductionism can feel like a really hard concept to teach well. Initially students seem to grasp the idea that some approaches are limited by the focus of the explanation of human...
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Piaget and Vygotsky in Pictures
Using pictures to prompt recall and check understanding I was recently teaching a longer than usual session (2 hours) to a large group of students (36) out of normal school hours. The brief was to...
View ArticleReporting Psychological Investigations
I’m always interested in why some concepts, that seem straight forward to teachers, can consistently baffle students. The conventions of writing up a scientific investigation fits in this category of...
View ArticleForensic Psychology: Measuring Crime
Yesterday’s BBC news (25th Jan 2018) included a story which was littered with hooks for students to hang their knowledge of the ways of measuring crime. Students are required to know about official...
View ArticleCBT for Depression: Risk free?
Most evaluations of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for depression in A Level Psychology (Psychopathology, AQA) are likely to include the strength that the therapy is considered to have no side...
View ArticleA Dozen Lesson Starters: Would you rather…?
I first blogged some questions based on the “Would you rather…?” game related to concepts in A Level Psychology a few years ago (click here to see these old posts). As it’s been a while, I thought I’d...
View ArticleTaking the Sting out of Statistical Testing
A Level Psychology students often find the statistical tests and the concept of significance challenging. Students that come across statistical tests in other subjects are usually a bit more confident,...
View ArticleMaths in Psychology
I think if we have learned anything from the exam questions in the new AQA A Level Specification, it is that it is essential for A Level Psychology students to be competent and confident in their use...
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