Psychology AQA A PSYA2 29th May 2012!

What have you put for your AO1 points?

I put about legitimate authority, proximity, agency theory and having an external LOC




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Locus of control is still there and almost 100% likely to come up in the exam.

You sure it's still in there? My teacher said it isn't and hasn't taught us it so you've worried me a bit now haha

I'm guessing you're referring to the psychodynamic approach? And I think Cognitive is more likely to come up, maybe behavioral too. Remember if any of these do come up mention to approaches and treatments even if it does not specify you do so. (If it is a 12 mark question.)

We've been told it is still on the syllabus and to revise it for the exam. So, I'm hedging my bets with what I know already and just going to go over it. It's a miniscule part of the syllabus anyway, only about half an hours work to remember what you need if you have never seen it before.

Okay, I might just try go over it then incase it does come up. :-)

Ok so for your AO2 points you should be looking to include Milgram's experiment. If you do include Milgram you can then evaluate that experiment... there are millions of AO2 points available for Milgram.

Just doing the June 2009 paper, and the question was 'outline and evaluate one or more explanations of why people obey'. Now I know exactly what to put for my AO1, but even having looked at the mark scheme, I really do not understand how to structure the AO2 for it :/ can anybody explain please?


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So like saying that Milgram supports the idea of legitimate authority being an explanation as to why people obey, by explaining how from his experiment and then elaborating further on the point?


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Yeah, but if you do use Milgram you need to remember not to spend forever explaining his experiment. Do it briefly but include all the necessary points that you are then going to evaluate. Don't bother to make fruitless points that you then cant use to your advantage.

Okay thanks do you think for all of the AO2 on this question I could just use research to support all of the explanations I put for why people obey?


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Hi Laura It's safrina! haha. Basically A02 for such questions entails supporting reseach, so people obey because of legitimate authority, and A02, essentially is evidence that supports this, and this includes a variation of Milgrams study whereby moving his study to a run down office block shown how people obey because the authority figure is legit

What's the chances of resisting pressures to conform and resisting pressures to obey authority coming up?

Just checking, theres only one 12 marker on this paper, right?