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Y10 Psychology SOW T1 2023

The document outlines the curriculum for Year 10 Psychology for Term 1, detailing weekly themes, resources, objectives, and comments for each week. Key topics include early brain development, Piaget’s developmental theory, research methods, Dweck’s mindset theory, and memory processing. The document emphasizes the importance of linking studies to theories, evaluating research methods, and understanding ethical considerations in psychological research.

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Y10 Psychology SOW T1 2023

The document outlines the curriculum for Year 10 Psychology for Term 1, detailing weekly themes, resources, objectives, and comments for each week. Key topics include early brain development, Piaget’s developmental theory, research methods, Dweck’s mindset theory, and memory processing. The document emphasizes the importance of linking studies to theories, evaluating research methods, and understanding ethical considerations in psychological research.

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Year 10 Psychology - Term 1

Teacher - Mr Present

Term Week Theme / Reference Resources Objectives Comments

1 1 Early brain development. Development-textbook. Ask students to describe how the


YouTube video showing neural brain develops from the womb up
connections forming until maturity
2-3 Piaget’s developmental Development-textbook. Ask students to outline and
theory including evaluation YouTube videos of the evaluate Piaget’s theory. Give
of theory conservation test examples of scenarios and ask
students to name the stage of
development
4 Study: Piaget and Inhelder Development-textbook. Ask students to outline and Important to link the
(1956) YouTube video of replication of evaluate Piaget’s study study’s findings back to
the Three mountain task Piaget’s theory.
Mention studies that
have made contrasting
findings
5 Research methods Research - textbook Ask students to identify differences
between qualitative and
quantitative data
6 Dweck’s mindset theory Development-textbook Ask students to outline and Emphasise and give
evaluate the theory. Ask students examples of the
to outline how it can be applied to difference between
education person praise and
process praise
7 Study: Gunderson et al. Development- textbook Ask students to outline and Emphasise the
(2013) evaluate the study and the importance of
Observation as a research observational research method in ecological validity
method general

9 Research methods Research - textbook Ask the students to identify the


different ethical issues that needs
to be taken in to account when
doing research
10 Willingham’s learning Development- textbook Outline and evaluate Willingham’s Emphasise the
theory of development. learning theory. importance of physical,
Evaluation of Willingham’s Ask students to describe social and cognitive
theory techniques teachers can use to strategies for
support development, based on development
the theory
11 Issues and debates: moral Development – textbook Ask students to compare and
development Complete YouTube videos on different contrast Piaget’s and Kohlberg’s
moral development stages of moral development theories. Give scenarios and ask
students to indicate the stage of
development characters are at.

12 Exam starts Development - textbook Students finish the activity on


Moral development moral development

13 Memory and information Memory - textbook Introduction to Memory, students


processing identify the different types of
encoding
14 Short-term and long-term Memory – textbook Ask students to compare short-
memory term and long-term memory
15 Understanding amnesia Memory – textbook Give students examples and ask
YouTube videos of amnesic them to indicate whether
patients anterograde or retrograde amnesia
is being displayed

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