Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012Well, the woman who set the paper came in to teach us all the debates (since our sixth form had its hours cut and there was just no way we were going to finish the course) and she went on and on and on about free will and determinism. And she gave us exemplar essays about free will and determinism too and made us do essays. Compared to Nature vs Nurture where we hardly did anything on!(Original post by woofimaduck)
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012Really struggling with the concept of practical application part of the approaches and debates guys. Like can you use any practical application you like for example if i was discussing the biological approach can i mention that it is been applied to schizophrenia ? and how much depth do i go into this point would i say its the hypersensitivity of the dopamine rectors aswel as MZ twins have a higher co cordance for schiz and that drugs treatments have helped people? or do i just mention its been applied to the biological approach? and could i say another topic area in the same discussion for example phobias and explain how the biological approach describes phobias and also mention treatments ? any help welcomed and if anyone has any suggestions for practical applications they would also be welcomed thanks
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012
Hi, for referring to topics and to ensure you get the best marks for them I would essentially state the topic clearly, then follow with a brief outline for example with the Biological approach, if you were using aggression, you could state how the approach would explain aggression and that it can be a result of high levels of the hormone testosterone. Then possibly state a quick study e.g. In a study involving prison inmates, those who had a higher level of testosterone had committed crimes of sex and violence as opposed to those who had lower levels and committed less serious crimes e.g burglaries. Then I would mention one strength and one weakness of the biological explanation for aggression. To get more AO2 marks, you could mention how another approach would explain it e.g SLT with Bandura's study
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012hi thanks for replying i think i understand what your trying to say(Original post by sorayagrace)
Hi, for referring to topics and to ensure you get the best marks for them I would essentially state the topic clearly, then follow with a brief outline for example with the Biological approach, if you were using aggression, you could state how the approach would explain aggression and that it can be a result of high levels of the hormone testosterone. Then possibly state a quick study e.g. In a study involving prison inmates, those who had a higher level of testosterone had committed crimes of sex and violence as opposed to those who had lower levels and committed less serious crimes e.g burglaries. Then I would mention one strength and one weakness of the biological explanation for aggression. To get more AO2 marks, you could mention how another approach would explain it e.g SLT with Bandura's study
Hope this helps!. Just two more questions firstly could i use any topic area i like say for example phobias? and secondly is there any applications you could suggest for humanistic or cognitive approaches the revision book suggest topics in which i never covered once :'(
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012I am currently making powerpoints for PSYB4 and posting them on PsychExchange.
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012For the cognitive approach you could use Memory e.g. Memory store model. Support it with Miller's digital span test and then evaluate the topic and also apply to back to the approach. You could also use gender development I.e. Kohlberg's and support it with evidence from Slaby and Frey's interview study along with comparing to another approach. For Humanistic, I'm not entirely sure however if it asked for a topic then I would say how it would explain depression compared to the biological approach - humanistic is holistic whereas biological is reductionist. Another topic could possibly be person centered therapy?
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012These are really good, especially for research methods! Highly recommend- thank you!(Original post by Over The Rainbow X)
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012Thank you very much(Original post by sorayagrace)
These are really good, especially for research methods! Highly recommend- thank you!
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012Very helpful as I haven't even started revising for this topic yet...will be using your slideshows! Thank you very much indeed!(Original post by Over The Rainbow X)
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012How would this be as a model for any 12 mark essay?
AO1 (4) — Key features of approach/debate
- Key feature 1
- Key feature 2
- Key feature 3
- Key feature 4
- Investigations using this approach
AO2 (8) — Strengths, Contributions and overall values of approach (+1 or more topics where these are evident)
Strengths
Contributions
Overall value/ use
1 or more topics where evidence exists for the approach being useful
Limitations
Defects — where it is unhelpful in understanding behaviour
Other approaches that could address these points
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012It's not completely necessary because you can gain marks elsewhere but it's good to learn a couple of small ones for each approach e.g. Soldiers found denial as a defence mechanism easier to cope with the prospect of death, millers digital span test for short term memory and men in prison had their saliva tested and those with higher levels of testosterone were more likely to commit crimes of sex and violence(Original post by electric-wars)
Apart from the very obvious ones (Bandura, Pavlov etc) is is necessary to refer to studies? -
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012For my 12 mark essays:(Original post by HotfireLegend)
After the 40-mark Geography essays, I have no idea how to go back to a 12-marker. Can anyone help here, my brain's fried? @_@
Outline the four assumptions and also state if they are deterministic/reductionist/support nature and/or nurture and compare to other approaches
Outline two topics with a study, strength and weakness and compare to other approaches
Outline the interactionist approach and apply to question (if applicable)
Expermimental methods for the approach and compare along with therapy and general strengths and weaknesses
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012Thank you!(Original post by asmay92)
Very helpful as I haven't even started revising for this topic yet...will be using your slideshows! Thank you very much indeed!
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012Aha, thanks.(Original post by sorayagrace)
For my 12 mark essays:
Outline the four assumptions and also state if they are deterministic/reductionist/support nature and/or nurture and compare to other approaches
Outline two topics with a study, strength and weakness and compare to other approaches
Outline the interactionist approach and apply to question (if applicable)
Expermimental methods for the approach and compare along with therapy and general strengths and weaknesses
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Re: Psychology AQA B PSYB4 18th June 2012Most likely it won't be, I wouldn't have minded it tbh, because most of us found it hard, our teacher when through it thoroughly(Original post by amy_94)
do we think its fair to think psychology as a science won't be the 12 marker for debates?
