Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!Which book are you using currrently?(Original post by Tilly9481)
What text books are you guys using for PSYA4? With all the spec changes my book is useless...
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!I'm also self-teaching so hi to the other person that is!
I'm doing Addictive Behaviour, obviously have to Research and haven't decided on the disorder yet, shall have a look at all three and see which one I fancy.
Doing Addictive Behaviour first and finding it really interesting.
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!i am teaching myself this a level and these are the topics i have chosen to do. what is anomalistics like? in the book there are a lot of pages but i learn best when im interested.... good idea?(Original post by caramel)
I did this exam on Friday... Schizophrenia (ok..), Anomalistic (too much) and Research Methods (teacher only just finished teaching a day before the exam)...
May as well join this discussion since i'll probs be retaking this in Summer
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!You can see all the changes to the specification for all 4 units here: http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/pdf...-SP-12-SOC.PDF(Original post by Tilly9481)
Does anyone know if there are any spec changes to schizophrenia?
The answer is no.
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!Ok thanks(Original post by Heyimdec)
You can see all the changes to the specification for all 4 units here: http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/pdf...-SP-12-SOC.PDF
The answer is no.
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!Anomalistic is... hmm... very interesting, makes you question a lot of things. But I just felt there was a lot to learn in comparison to schizophrenia. I'm not sure about addiction or depression because i've not studied these! Good luck, I'm sure you'll have fun learning them, schizophrenia is fascinating to learn also!(Original post by lorahayes)
i am teaching myself this a level and these are the topics i have chosen to do. what is anomalistics like? in the book there are a lot of pages but i learn best when im interested.... good idea?
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!Maybe because you are used to the A2 workload now.(Original post by ikz94)
Is it just me or am i finding the workload for unit 4 much easier than unit 3 ???
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!nah nah i fink it's cos unit 3 I had 23 essays to memorise this one is only 11 essays and research methods which look ok it got maths init like spearman ranks butt hey were one of my faviouritr things to do no wonder i maanged to do staistics gcse in 6 months a nd get a B?????Last edited by ikz94; 12-02-2012 at 19:00. Reason: mistake -
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!the topics are straightforward i manage to write the essy up after lessons during my 3 HOUR breaks (yes there that long every thursday and friday though sumtyms i use the time to chill(Original post by ikz94)
nah nah i fink it's cos unit 3 I had 23 essays to memorise this one is only 11 essays and research methods which look ok it got maths init like spearman ranks butt hey were one of my faviouritr things to do no wonder i maanged to do staistics gcse in 6 months a nd get a B?????
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nah nah i fink it's cos unit 3 I had 23 essays to memorise this one is only 11 essays and research methods which look ok it got maths init like spearman ranks butt hey were one of my faviouritr things to do no wonder i maanged to do staistics gcse in 6 months a nd get a B????? -
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!I have given up because i now i failed unit 3(Original post by ikz94)
nah nah i fink it's cos unit 3 I had 23 essays to memorise this one is only 11 essays and research methods which look ok it got maths init like spearman ranks butt hey were one of my faviouritr things to do no wonder i maanged to do staistics gcse in 6 months a nd get a B?????
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!It is fine, don't worry.(Original post by Hooby)
Really sorry your neg was meant to be a positive rating but I wasn't concentrating and I clicked the wrong one!! Sorry x How are you finding learning PSYA4?
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!Quite nice compared to PSYA3 I have nearly finished my project on OCD (our teachers have set us an independent task instead of teaching us as everyone wanted to do different things which is a nice way of learning) Addiction seems fine and Research methods we haven't really done much yet. Following my psya3 I've started revising early as apparently this next exam is bigger and I may have to resit the other. I really like this unit more compared to the previous, so I think its going well how about you??
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!Yes I have to agree with you, I am enjoying this unit the most. The topics just seem more interesting than the last 3 units, and Depression is so short and almost a follow on Abnormality in PSYA3(Original post by Hooby)
Quite nice compared to PSYA3 I have nearly finished my project on OCD (our teachers have set us an independent task instead of teaching us as everyone wanted to do different things which is a nice way of learning) Addiction seems fine and Research methods we haven't really done much yet. Following my psya3 I've started revising early as apparently this next exam is bigger and I may have to resit the other. I really like this unit more compared to the previous, so I think its going well how about you??
We haven't started research methods either and Addiction seems quite simple too. Which topics did you do in PSYA3 and why do you think you will have to resit?
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!(Original post by Heyimdec)
Yes I have to agree with you, I am enjoying this unit the most. The topics just seem more interesting than the last 3 units, and Depression is so short and almost a follow on Abnormality in PSYA3 We haven't started research methods either and Addiction seems quite simple too. Which topics did you do in PSYA3 and why do you think you will have to resit?
Its really interesting isn't it We did Sleep, Gender and Eating Behaviour, I just think I will because I resat Unit 2 and that went okay but I had a car accident just before the unit 3 exam and I was in shock and pain and I have no recollection of what I wrote lol I remember gender question was horrid though so I don't think - even with the lower grade boundaries that people have said there will be, that I will have got a B but hey ho I'll wait and see
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!Oh god, sorry to hear about your accident.(Original post by Hooby)
Its really interesting isn't it We did Sleep, Gender and Eating Behaviour, I just think I will because I resat Unit 2 and that went okay but I had a car accident just before the unit 3 exam and I was in shock and pain and I have no recollection of what I wrote lol I remember gender question was horrid though so I don't think - even with the lower grade boundaries that people have said there will be, that I will have got a B but hey ho I'll wait and see
I think you'll find you did better than you think. Try not to worry. :P Drop me a message on results day. 
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Re: Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!Thanks, it's fine now only affected 2 of my exams(Original post by Heyimdec)
Oh god, sorry to hear about your accident. I think you'll find you did better than you think. Try not to worry. :P Drop me a message on results day.
my physios finished so am good as new and I will do what other exams did you have?
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