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Psychology AQA A PSYA3 19TH JAN 2012

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Hi, Can anyone recommend any good text books? My teacher is going on maternity leave at the end of November and it's not looking like we're getting another psych teacher ... oh dear!
I'll be doing Relationships, Bio Rhythms and Sleep and Aggression :smile:

Reply 61

EffKayy

Original post by DontJudge

I doing gender, aggression and relationships for easy option. What did ya'll get for AS

I do gender, agression and eating behaviours! WOOO 2/3 :smile:

I got an A; what did you get?

Reply 62

DontJudge

Original post by EffKayy

I do gender, agression and eating behaviours! WOOO 2/3 :smile:

I got an A; what did you get?

omg actually my class is doing eating disorders! But i said i don't want to do it, cos it seems hard! So everyone else doing that, whilst i'm doing relationships. Maybe we from same school lol. Actually no, my school got U's i'm the only one who 'passed'.

Reply 63

EffKayy

Original post by DontJudge

Maybe we are... lmfao i'm from halifax btw :P
What grade did you get then? :smile:

Reply 64

DontJudge

Original post by EffKayy

Maybe we are... lmfao i'm from halifax btw :P
What grade did you get then? :smile:

Hi 5 your asian! I didn't say my grade, thats why i said passed only. Cos i didn't get that good, due to other things! Inshallah i'l be able to pull it up this year! :smile:

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Reply 65

EffKayy

Original post by DontJudge

yeah i live 15mins away from there. Hi 5 your asian! I didn't say my grade, thats why i said passed only. Cos i didn't get that good, due to other things! Inshallah i'l be able to pull it up this year! :smile:

Who said that I'm Asian ? :confused:

Reply 66

DontJudge

Original post by EffKayy

Who said that I'm Asian ? :confused:

oh shizzle! my bad. I assumed cos you live in halifax you asian. And i start talking like one as well! Oops. But i did find it shocking that an asian got a in psy lol. . .

Reply 67

DeelyBopper

Original post by Jem_x

hey!

I recommend this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-A2-Complete-Companion-Guide/dp/0748773444
for a good starting point, it has a good load of information thats essential for the exam :smile:

for something more advanced i.e. has more evaluative points etc, get this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-A2-AQA-Jean-Marc-Lawton/dp/144412336X/ref=pd_sim_b20
i got it today and its fabulous! :smile:

Theres also this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-A2-Level-AQA/dp/0007255047
which has a load of information in it also but i find it a bit waffly, but you might like it :smile:

Theres also the AQA endorsed book but I've never actually bought it, so i can't really comment on how good it is, but here's a link anyway :smile:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AQA-Psychology-A2-Students-Book/dp/0748798250/ref=pd_sim_b4

hope this helps :smile:

Reply 68

EffKayy

Original post by DeelyBopper

Theres also this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-A2-Level-AQA/dp/0007255047
which has a load of information in it also but i find it a bit waffly, but you might like it :smile:

Theres also the AQA endorsed book but I've never actually bought it, so i can't really comment on how good it is, but here's a link anyway :smile:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AQA-Psychology-A2-Students-Book/dp/0748798250/ref=pd_sim_b4

hope this helps :smile:

The AQA Endorsed book for A2 is actually awful, i saw it in school and my teacher even said its rubbish. For 16marks worth of AO2, it is AWFUL. Definately a no no!

And have you received your book? How is it? Is it heavy etc? :P I'm waiting for mine :biggrin:

Reply 69

DeelyBopper

Original post by EffKayy

Oh dear

good job i didn't waste nearly 17 quid on one then :smile:

I really think they should endorse a book thats actually good!

And yeah i got it in the post today :smile:

its shorter than the complete companion book height wise but its more chunky, and they are about the same weight, ish. :smile:

Its really good, it has some nice evaluative points and the layout is nice, bit more 'textbooky' than complete companion but hey ho :smile:

it has potential exam questions at the end of every topic too which is nice :smile:

Reply 70

Jem_x

Original post by DeelyBopper

Theres also this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-A2-Level-AQA/dp/0007255047
which has a load of information in it also but i find it a bit waffly, but you might like it :smile:

Theres also the AQA endorsed book but I've never actually bought it, so i can't really comment on how good it is, but here's a link anyway :smile:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AQA-Psychology-A2-Students-Book/dp/0748798250/ref=pd_sim_b4

hope this helps :smile:

Thank-you, I ordered the 2nd one (one with the red cover) :smile:

Reply 71

DeelyBopper

Original post by Jem_x

Thank-you, I ordered the 2nd one (one with the red cover) :smile:

No problem! :smile:

Reply 72

Mephestic

How are you guys revising for these essays? I'm just trying to write model answers on possible questions and them try remember them?

Don't know what else to do!

Reply 73

hhh123

Argh so wish I was doing PSYA3 instead of PSYA4 right now. Then I could revise with you guys -_-. Instead I'm lonely on the PSYA4 thread....talking to myself!

Reply 74

DeelyBopper

Original post by Mephestic

How are you guys revising for these essays? I'm just trying to write model answers on possible questions and them try remember them?

Don't know what else to do!

Yeah I'm literally learning as much as I can learn AO1-wise and then making mindmappy things for the evaluative points/AO2/3, and then making a model answer which I'm going to try to remember but i'm not too confident :frown:

I did a 24 marker on SLT and gave it into my teacher and got 18, which he said was about A grade, but I needed to go further with my evaluative points, like tying every point i make back into how it impacted the theory or made it more/less valid/reliable (which admittedly i thought i was doing, but apparently not in enough detail :roll eyes: )

Original post by hhh123

Argh so wish I was doing PSYA3 instead of PSYA4 right now. Then I could revise with you guys -_-. Instead I'm lonely on the PSYA4 thread....talking to myself!

are you doing it the other way round then? PSYA4 in jan and PSYA3 in june?

Reply 75

hhh123

are you doing it the other way round then? PSYA4 in jan and PSYA3 in june?

Annoyingly yes :-( Apparently our teacher thinks that PSYA4 is slightly easier as not all the questions are worth 25 marks etc. They're instead broken down in to questions worth 6 marks, 15 marks and 4 mark for example. So going form PSYA2 it's easier to go to PSYA4.....................

It's annoying though as I love to use TSR as a 'revision resource'!!!

Reply 76

DeelyBopper

Original post by hhh123

whaaaaat

But then surely it makes more sense to do the harder one -PSYA3 in january so you have a chance to resit?!

Reply 77

hhh123

Original post by DeelyBopper

whaaaaat

But then surely it makes more sense to do the harder one -PSYA3 in january so you have a chance to resit?!

I'm certain my sixth form is completely crazy. Both my psychology teachers are "not so good" so I always end up teaching myself everything anyway -_- If I could have my own way I would be doing PSYA3 in Jan! Lol

Reply 78

Mephestic

Original post by hhh123

Dont worry mate - im doing this completely on my own without any teachers at all while working about 40 hours per week full time.

I got two A's in papers 1+2.

If I can do it - Trust me, you can do it without teachers too.

:smile:

Reply 79

Mephestic

Original post by DeelyBopper

are you doing it the other way round then? PSYA4 in jan and PSYA3 in june?

god I hope that new A2 psychology book we all ordered helps...I have need to finish making my model answers so I can start the revision side.

You guys ok to give me feedback on the answers if I post them here once they are done? Without me having any teachers to ask im having to use guess work on what is sufficient and what isnt!