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A2 - Edexcel Psychology June 2016

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Phew, I wrote about a longitudinal too. Pretty much the same points as you but it was really messy as I quickly did it after the 18 marker ^^

For the 18 marker what's the structure supposed to be like? Is it like a 12 marker but with extra marks for structure?

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keyadeb

Original post by Julieplec

I think the answer was either longitudinal study or interviews

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Goldstein used MRI scans and was therefore conducted in a laboratory

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Julieplec

Original post by harrietaa

Anyone else think the content analysis question was SO hard?! I panicked and wrote about Chi squared?! arghh because of time limits I found that really awful :frown:

It wasn't nice but why did you write about chi squared? I didn't, I wrote about stratified and random sampling, tallying the number of gender issues, writing a summary of each story, comparing results for interrater reliability, 5 stories for representative

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keyadeb

Original post by FritoJane

Goldstein's main research method was the interview.

I lost 5 marks then :frown:

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Lillah

Original post by keyadeb

Goldstein used MRI scans and was therefore conducted in a laboratory

The whole 10 year study didn't take place in a laboratory setting though, I'm not sure if marks will be given for evaluating a lab experiment.

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Julieplec

Original post by keyadeb

Goldstein used MRI scans and was therefore conducted in a laboratory

It was a 10 year longitudinal study though

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Lillah

Original post by FritoJane

For the 18 marker what's the structure supposed to be like? Is it like a 12 marker but with extra marks for structure?

Yeah it's just a 12 marker but with an added 6 marks for structure and grammar.

I think they're supposed to be fairly nice with marking the 18 because they know we're running out of time

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 767

nusrat_r

You know the question that listed the disorders and was like describe an explanation was it jist one explanation e.g. biological or was it also compere to another one e.g. learning?

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keyadeb

Original post by Lillah

The whole 10 year study didn't take place in a laboratory setting though, I'm not sure if marks will be given for evaluating a lab experiment.

Our teacher never said it was a longitudinal study :frown:

I am really upset right now

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lou987

Original post by nusrat_r

You know the question that listed the disorders and was like describe an explanation was it jist one explanation e.g. biological or was it also compere to another one e.g. learning?

You had to evaluate the explanation, and make 1 comparison about another explanation.

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Sallaaaayy

Original post by nusrat_r

You know the question that listed the disorders and was like describe an explanation was it jist one explanation e.g. biological or was it also compere to another one e.g. learning?

you had to evaluate the explanation not describe, but it was just the one

also one of the eval points had to be a comparison

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keyadeb

Original post by Julieplec

It was a 10 year longitudinal study though

I might have lost all 5 marks then :frown:

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tulipsinrain

Original post by keyadeb

I lost 5 marks then :frown:

There are two Goldstein studies: one in 1988 and one in 1999. The later one did use MRI scans and was a lab experiment, you will get marks.

Reply 773

harrietaa

Original post by Julieplec

Yeah I wrote about all of that too and added that onto the end in a panic ahah

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Julieplec

Original post by nusrat_r

You know the question that listed the disorders and was like describe an explanation was it jist one explanation e.g. biological or was it also compere to another one e.g. learning?

It wasn't DESCRIBE, it was EVALUATE. You will get ZERO marks for describing.

I evaluated social learning theory compared with cognitive explanation

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FritoJane

Original post by Lillah

Yeah it's just a 12 marker but with an added 6 marks for structure and grammar.

I think they're supposed to be fairly nice with marking the 18 because they know we're running out of time

Thank you! Yes, they should. Most people weren't able to finish it on time.

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Lillah

Original post by FritoJane

Thank you! Yes, they should. Most people weren't able to finish it on time.

I managed to finish on time but I had to cut a few questions short. I had to miss half of the question which asked about comparing two scientific research methods (with studies) because I couldn't remember any studies from the biological approach :frown:

Hopefully I didn't miss out too many marks

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keyadeb

Original post by tulipsinrain

There are two Goldstein studies: one in 1988 and one in 1999. The later one did use MRI scans and was a lab experiment, you will get marks.

Thank you, you clarified everything :smile:

Also, do you think that examiners would reward marks even if i didn't outline the disorder on the evaluation qs?
i did not see a blank space for disorder

Reply 778

Sallaaaayy

Guys I'm worried still, for 9b I spoke about how the soldiers should be good at their roles as soldiers and how they should carry out duties effectively (using psychological theory and evaluating it obviously)

was this the right way to answer? or will i lose marks for talking about the soldiers more than the officers ?

Reply 779

Tillybikky

Please help!I was rushed while doing the 18 marker and chose the 9b about the officers. I read the question as using 'psychodynamic' key concepts how can it help. So did my essay on that. I evaluated with biological and learning saying they oversimplified? What do you think I will be capped on?