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Psychology and Anthropology are both interested in the study of humankind. Both disciplines share common interests in human behaviour, relationships and identity.
At AnthroSchools, we have identified a number of productive overlaps to help support the delivery of the AQA A-Level psychology course with the following resources.
We value teacher feedback of any kind on these resources. Please email anthroschools@ucl.ac.uk for any suggestions on how we can improve these resources or to suggest any resources you would like to see in the future.
Attachment: The Israeli Kibbutz
(4.1.3 Attachment)
In this resource, students are asked to watch and take notes on a short, publicly available film about an Israeli Kibbutz. After watching the film, students will answer a series of questions about the film that challenge them to think about child-rearing practices in different contexts and key psychological concepts.
This resource helps to deliver the following learning outcomes.
- Students will develop an understanding of the cultural variations in attachment in a wider content
- Students will be able to critically examine key psychological studies
Students will develop key skills which include
- Application of psychological theories to real-world contexts
- Application of aspects of research methodology to psychological studies
Attachment: Father’s involvement
(4.1.3. Attachment)
In this resource, students are asked to read a simplified version of an open access article from The Journal of Family Issues about father’s involvement in the socioemotional development of child behaviour. The students will have to thoroughly read the extended academic text and annotate to be able to effectively answer questions at the end of the resource.
This resource helps to deliver the following learning outcomes.
- Students will be able to critically examine psychological studies
- Students will expand their knowledge of the role of the father
- Students will develop an understanding of the cultural variations in attachment in a wider context.
Students will develop key skills which include
- Understanding scientific language
- Critically examining psychological studies
- Applying psychological theories to real-world contexts
Gender: BSRI
(4.3.3 Gender)
In this resource, students are asked to read and annotate a psychological study about the application of the BSRI in Brazil to understand cultural variations in gender. They are then asked to reflect and answer questions about the article. The students will have to thoroughly read the extended academic text and annotate to be able to effectively answer questions at the end of the resource.
This resource helps to deliver the following learning outcomes.
- Students will be able to critically examine psychological studies
- Students will develop an understanding of the cultural variations in gender and the application of the BSRI in a wider context.
Students will develop key skills which include
- Understanding scientific language
- Critically examining psychological studies
- Applying psychological theories to real-world contexts
Gender: Social Learning Theory
(4.3.3 Gender)
In this resource, students will be asked to watch clips from a film to think critically about Social Learning Theory, building on knowledge they have gained from classroom or textbook-based learning. After watching the film clips, students will be asked to answer questions about how the clips relate to Social Learning Theory.
This resource helps to deliver the following learning outcomes.
- Students will develop an understanding of gender identity disorder in a real-world context.
Students will develop key skills which include
- Understand scientific language
- Critically examine key psychological studies and theories
- Application of aspects of research methodology to psychological studies
- Understand the application of psychological theories to real-world contexts