To be honest, I'm pretty relaxed right now when it comes to this exam
I feel like I've got a lot of time to revise!! Yeah G544 is pretty straightforward
Hahah, got an offer from Nottingham today! Woo! So now I have all 5 offers
I really want to go to Aston University because 1 year work placement is included on the course which I think is
so good! I'm probably going to put University of Birmingham as my insured choice. How about you?
Ah, those are really small class sizes! In my Psychology class there are 10 people and there are 11 people in the other A2 Psychology class at my sixth form. I really want an A* too! Stay positive! As long as you start revising early and nail the exam technique, you'll be on track to get an A*.
I'll show you how I structure my answers for section B
This was one of my points for "
Discuss the extent to which upbringing can explain criminal behaviour". I got full marks on that essay hahah :P Red = Point, Green = Explain, Blue = Example, Purple = Counter Argument and Black = Conclusion. And for 15 mark essays, you have to make four points...this was my first point
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Upbringing provides us with a lot of information which is useful in developing an explanation of criminal behaviour. Firstly, much research that focuses on the effects of upbringing on criminal behaviour gathers quantitative data. This strengthens the explanation of criminal behaviour as it yields numerical, objective data which will therefore minimalise the chance of bias affecting the results. This will then increase the internal validity of the research as the researchers will be more likely to be measuring what they aim to measure. Also, quantitative data enables the researcher to make easy comparisons between results which allows for reliable conclusions to be drawn. Farringtonβs research documented offending behaviour from childhood to adulthood and looked at the effect of upbringing on criminal behaviour. Reliable conclusions were made stating that one of the most important risk factors that could lead an individual to crime is the family. Farrington gathered quantitative data from participantβs criminal records by looking at the number of offences that each participant had made and the age that they committed the offence. However quantitative data is reductionist in its very nature because it restricts the amount of information that an individual can provide. Not all individuals who have committed a crime will have been caught and by making conclusions from unreliable data can cause the conclusions to be invalid. Overall, the data is considered to be reductionist and can lead to invalid conclusions yet it is objective so cause and effect can be established which can lead to explanations of the effects of upbringing on criminal behaviour."
Obviously I wouldn't be able to write that much in the exam but I use that kind of stuff as model answers