Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!

hmm im confused now :P.

So whats actually not required anymore? Sorry to bug you, im just confused as to what they mean by legislation being removed.

If they remove it, but we can still get marks for it, then whats the point in removing it haha.

Im confused too but I don't think it matters too much since I've only got a small paragraph of content on legislation anyway and so if you really want to mention it should be fine but as long as it relates to the question.

I dont mind it..but im just thankful as its pretty straight forward and makes sense!

Well all the questions that i had predicted for unit3 came up so i was pretty happy, but i really dont think theres enough time to write 3 decent essays in an hour n a half!! so i was pretty rushed. Handwriting = awful !

I did Aggression, eating behaviours and intelligence.

What about you?

Okay so i could just use it as another intervention type, however there wont be a specific question on it?

Ahh exam boards really love to make everything confusing dont they.

Did you hear about the edexcel exam board sending A2 exams to Egyptian schools instead haha.

Can anyone please explain how to answer those research methods questions that ask you to design a study? Like, just outline the basics of what I'd need to write and how much detail am I supposed to go into?

Ah, we have one like that! I know what you mean. I understand where I've gone wrong now! Did you see the question where there was a table and it showed first born artists, etc. I was getting it confused with this! I need some more practise at those tests though, cos one comes up on every paper, doesn't it?

Gunna have a look if there's any worksheets anywhere on it :')

Yeah there's always one at some stage of the paper what other topics are you doing?

Aggression, Sleep and Relationships.

Loved Aggression!

PEOPLE
Am really struggling with research methods
How do you revise it?????!!!!!
It is just so boring that it doesn't stay in my brain!

What you have to do is get something really heavy and hard..say something like a hammer.

Then you get that hammer swing back and forth hard and fast....and you wack your head with it.

If youve done it hard enough and right - everything should just "click".

You will only have to do it once - trust me


(on a serious note - just keep doing past papers and cross-checking with the mark schemes - its the best way I find )

Title

Abstract
Hypothesis, description of method, description of major findings

Introduction
General theory, aims

Hypotheses
alternative and null, one/two tailed, operationalised

Method
- Design
method, experimental design, observation techniques, identify variables, ethical issues
- Participants
researchers, target population, sampling method, actual sample, how they were assigned to conditions
- Materials
- Standardised procedure
exact steps taken, where the research was conducted, instructions given to researchers, instructions given to participants, debriefing, any other details needed for replication.

How to write up for a 10 mark question

1. Hypothesis (1 vs 2 tailed, operationalise variables)
2. Research method (might be in given text, justify)
3. Experimental design (related/unrelated, justify)
4. List variables (explain fully, operationalise, explain why an EV is an EV)
5. Participants (target population, age, gender, location)
6. Sampling (which technique, size, justify)
7. Materials (questionnaire open/closed? Data qualititative/quantitive?)
8. Procedure (very clear, from approach p.s to debrief)
9. Appropriate stats test.

Credit goes to the original members who wrote them

For the classfication of schizophrenia, how many of the symptoms do you need to exhibit?

I know the DSM says you need the symptoms for 6 months and the ICD for 1, but I can't find anywhere how many of the symtoms you need to have before you are diagnosed.

Thanks