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ψ Ideal for Open Evenings as well as teaching to exam syllabi.

ψ Each PsyKit contains one resource cd with a detailed PowerPoint presentation (including AQA Key Studies and OCR Core Studies) and printable activities, worksheets and diagrams for students.

ψ The PowerPoint presentation can be customised to incorporate your existing teaching notes, providing a comprehensive and flexible resource.

ψ A PsyKit is a varied collection of classroom activities and practical teaching materials, giving you several lessons in one box.

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ψ The box also contains a relevant dvd and a variety of practical resources for teaching the particular area of psychology.

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Screens 9 - 13:Non-Verbal Communication

Screens 14 - 19: GCSE Brain

Screens 20 - 25:AS/A2 Biopsychology

ContentsA selection of slides from the presentations to give an overview of

each PsyKit.

Visual Perception

Diagram of the physiology of the eye.

Explanation of how the eye works.

Retina, rods, cones.

The blind spot.

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Visual Perception

How do visual illusions work?

Examples of visual illusions.

Gestalt grouping laws.

R L Gregory’s explanation.

Perceptual constancies.

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Visual Perception

Monocular cues.

Binocular cues.

Visual Cliff Experiment:

Gibson & Walk 1960.

Size constancy:

Bower 1966.

Displaced images:

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Visual Perception

Printable worksheets with answer sheets provided.

Printable activities sheets.

3D images to use with 3D glasses.

Optical illusions.

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Visual Perception

Explanation of how visual distortion goggles work.

Activities using visual distortion goggles.

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Visual Perception

Explanation of a Möbius Strip.

Video footage of how to make a Möbius Strip.

Video demonstrations of activities with a Möbius Strip.

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Non-Verbal Communication

Functions of Non-Verbal Communication:

Argyle 1988.

Paralinguistics:

Davitz & Davitz 1961;

Argyle, Alkema & Gilmore 1971.

Practical implications of research.

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Non-Verbal Communication Eye contact and gaze:

Hess 1963;

Exline et al 1967;

Argyle 1968;

Argyle 1975.

Facial expressions:

Osgood 1966;

Ekman 1971;

Sackheim 1978;

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Non-Verbal Communication

Body language, posture and gestures:

Saitz et al 1972.

Touch:

McGinley, Lefevre & McGinley 1975;

McGinley 1975;

Fisher, Rytting & Heslin 1976;

Lynn & Mynier 1993.

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Non-Verbal Communication

Personal space:

Hall 1959;

Argyle & Dean 1965;

Felipe & Sommer 1966;

Sommer 1969;

Fisher & Byrne 1975;

Zahn 1991;

Bell 1996;

Willis 1996.

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Non-Verbal Communication

16 varied activities, worksheets and tables to record results.

Printable cue cards for work on basic emotions, body language and personal space.

22 photos to practise reading body language.

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GCSE Brain

Areas of the brain:

Forebrain;

Midbrain;

Hindbrain.

Lobes:

Frontal;

Temporal;

Occipital;

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GCSE Brain

Limbic System.

MRI scans.

PET scans:

Raine et al 1997.

Event Related Potentials (ERPs).

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GCSE Brain

Nervous System.

Neurons.

Neurotransmitters.

Networks.

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GCSE Brain

How to look after your brain:

healthy eating;

hydration;

exercise;

mental stimulation.

Effects of alcohol, nicotine and drugs on the brain.

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GCSE Brain

Printable worksheets with answer sheets provided.

Suggestions for activities using the materials provided in the box.

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GCSE Brain

Materials provided for classroom activity to teach the location of the lobes of the brain.

Additional labels provided to examine the functions of each lobe.

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AS/A2 Biopsychology

Evolution of the brain, areas of the brain and brain lateralisation.

Phineas Gage.

Frontal lobe and Broca’s Area.

Stages of sleep:

Dement & Kleitman 1957.

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AS/A2 Biopsychology

Temporal lobe and Wernicke’s Area.

Occipital lobe and split-brain patients:

Sperry 1968.

Parietal lobe and somatosensory cortex.

Limbic System:

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AS/A2 Biopsychology

Homeostasis.

Central Nervous System.

Peripheral Nervous System.

Autonomic Nervous System.

Fight or flight response.

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AS/A2 Biopsychology

Neurons, networks, neurotransmitters, mirror neurons, glial cells.

Aggression, addiction, mood disorders, autism.

Scanning techniques:

Raine et al 1997;

De Bellis et al 2001.

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AS/A2 Biopsychology Printable worksheets

with answers.

Activities to:

demonstrate one-way messages in neurons;

demonstrate localisation in hearing using space;

show pupillary reflex;

show knee reflex;

demonstrate use of left and right sides of brain.

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AS/A2 Biopsychology

Materials provided for classroom activity to teach the location of the lobes of the brain.

Additional labels provided to examine the functions of each lobe.

Additional labels provided to show the consequences of damage to each lobe.

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