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  1. alm's Avatar
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    AQA A2 PSYA3 predictions?
    Hey guys,
    Was just wondering if people had any predictions for what might come up in the Jan 19th exam, for aggression, relationships and eating behaviour??
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    (Original post by alm)
    Hey guys,
    Was just wondering if people had any predictions for what might come up in the Jan 19th exam, for aggression, relationships and eating behaviour??
    Hey alm for agression its either genetics or group displays
    for relationships its either sexual selectionand human reproductive behaviour maintencae or breakdown or parental investment

    would love to predict eating behaviours but sadly im studying sleep, agression and rel;ationship anyaways hope i helped
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    (Original post by ikz94)
    Hey alm for agression its either genetics or group displays
    for relationships its either sexual selectionand human reproductive behaviour maintencae or breakdown or parental investment

    would love to predict eating behaviours but sadly im studying sleep, agression and rel;ationship anyaways hope i helped
    Thank you, that's really helpful x
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    (Original post by alm)
    Hey guys,
    Was just wondering if people had any predictions for what might come up in the Jan 19th exam, for aggression, relationships and eating behaviour??
    Your doing the same topics as me,

    Tell me, hows it going? which topic you finding hardest.. atm, for me its Eating Behaviour\
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    (Original post by Coolkat)
    Your doing the same topics as me,

    Tell me, hows it going? which topic you finding hardest.. atm, for me its Eating Behaviour\
    It's pretty tough :/ Generally, I'm finding eating behaviour the hardest too but certain topics in aggression are quite tricky, like institutional aggression. I'm trying to write essays for every single one but it's taking agess! How are you revising??
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    Re: AQA A2 PSYA3 predictions?
    (Original post by ikz94)
    Hey alm for agression its either genetics or group displays
    for relationships its either sexual selectionand human reproductive behaviour maintencae or breakdown or parental investment

    would love to predict eating behaviours but sadly im studying sleep, agression and rel;ationship anyaways hope i helped
    I dont think its parental investment because thats already come up in the last 4 papers. (I hope it doesnt come up atleast)

    Its either:
    Maintenance of relationships/Breakdown of relationships or Sexual selection.

    Its more likely to be breakdown I reckon or maintenance before its sexual selection...although I hope it is sexual selection just to throw us something different.

    For group displays it has to be pretty much genetics or group displays..(god I hope its nothing else as il be stuffed then!..)
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    (Original post by Mephestic)
    I dont think its parental investment because thats already come up in the last 4 papers. (I hope it doesnt come up atleast)

    Its either:
    Maintenance of relationships/Breakdown of relationships or Sexual selection.

    Its more likely to be breakdown I reckon or maintenance before its sexual selection...although I hope it is sexual selection just to throw us something different.

    For group displays it has to be pretty much genetics or group displays..(god I hope its nothing else as il be stuffed then!..)
    Lool! mepehestic ur a smart anways yeh relationships dont mind anaya essay now can manage it im sure!

    same position as you for agression lol! anything else i'm F*cked i know for certain it aint going to be neural and hormonal and instituitional agression so gna revsie them two last lol!

    what bout sleep anyone know ????
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    (Original post by ikz94)
    Lool! mepehestic ur a smart anways yeh relationships dont mind anaya essay now can manage it im sure!

    same position as you for agression lol! anything else i'm F*cked i know for certain it aint going to be neural and hormonal and instituitional agression so gna revsie them two last lol!

    what bout sleep anyone know ????
    when I last checked I think it could be either circadian rhythms or biological rhythms in general (maybe something like discuss two or more types of biological rhythms) or it may likely be on discuss the nature of sleep itself.

    I havnt even looked at neurol or hormonal or insititional aggression properly so I hope they dont come up either..
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    (Original post by Mephestic)
    when I last checked I think it could be either circadian rhythms or biological rhythms in general (maybe something like discuss two or more types of biological rhythms) or it may likely be on discuss the nature of sleep itself.

    I havnt even looked at neurol or hormonal or insititional aggression properly so I hope they dont come up either..
    my teacher said to sod institutuional agressiona s she said she thinks that wont be tested as for neural and hormonal it's come up already lol! i wouldnt mind if its on insomnia or other disorders like sleep walking and narcolepsy.
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    Hi
    im doing this exam aswell. Are these the accurate preditions of aggression and relationships or do you think something else may come up?

    can anyone give some predictions on eating behaviour question that might come up because there is just too much to revise.
    Great, perhaps we can exchange notes\?
    I havent got my notes with me atm, but when i do.. il have a look at the questions that may come up.. my teacher gave me a sheet with them
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    (Original post by Coolkat)
    Great, perhaps we can exchange notes\?
    I havent got my notes with me atm, but when i do.. il have a look at the questions that may come up.. my teacher gave me a sheet with them
    Coolcat have you got that sheet what your teacher gave to you about the questions that may come up. Can you send them to me if you do
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    (Original post by guyana234)
    Coolcat have you got that sheet what your teacher gave to you about the questions that may come up. Can you send them to me if you do
    Sure, sorry for not replying earlier

    Questions not come up:

    Relationships

    1) The dissolution of relationships
    2) the relationships between sexual selection & human reproductive behavior

    Aggression

    1) Biological explanations of aggression 2+
    2) Explanations of group display in humans (war/sport)

    Eating Behavior

    1) Factors affecting attitudes to food and eating behavior (2011, 12m)
    2) Biological explanations of eating behavior (2011 13m)


    Hope that helps!
    Btw, do you have any resources for UNIT 2... im retaking,and very stressed, i havent even managed to revise Unit 3 yet!!
    What grade did you get?
    Thanks!
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    Hey there. When you say 'questions not come up'. Do you mean, the list you have provided have NOT yet been asked in past exams recently, and therefore we should perhaps revise them in grater depth? Or are you saying to leave those as they have ALREADY appeared. thanks for the help

    see im just dusting off my revision, and in aggression i want to know what hasn't been asked recently, so i can swat up on it slightly more

    thankss
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    Re: AQA A2 PSYA3 predictions?
    (Original post by Josh Healey)
    Hey there. When you say 'questions not come up'. Do you mean, the list you have provided have NOT yet been asked in past exams recently, and therefore we should perhaps revise them in grater depth? Or are you saying to leave those as they have ALREADY appeared. thanks for the help

    see im just dusting off my revision, and in aggression i want to know what hasn't been asked recently, so i can swat up on it slightly more

    thankss
    I mean questions that have not YET been asked so we should revise them in dept..yes
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    Re: AQA A2 PSYA3 predictions?
    Revise everything, you never know what might come up..
    BUT.. everyone's saying
    Aggression: Group Display or Genetic explanation
    Eating Behaviours: Attitudes to Food or Biological explanations of a disorder
    Relationships: Sexual selection or Formation/Breakdown
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    Re: AQA A2 PSYA3 predictions?
    Has anyone got any idea what might come up for the Gender topic?
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    Does anybody else do cognitive development in this paper? If so how are you revising for it?
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