AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2015

Sounds like a lot of work! I was using your technique but it took me too long. So my frds who graduated from uni suggested that I should sum things up onto flash cards and try and write essays out of those.

Hiya!

I'm also doing aggression and eating disorders. I don't know how people are learning it through mind maps and revision cards as there's so much content, but everyone learns differently what I do is literally say each sentence of my essay out load and then write it down, and then repeat the whole thing once I'm done. I'd suggest splitting up your time and having plenty of breaks. I usually do 25 mins then take a 5 minute break, then after 4 slots I take a half an hour break. I have also recorded myself saying the essays out loud as these are helpful when you're on the bus or whatever and all you have to do is listen... have you started revision yet?

Hey!

Thanks! I'm doing essay maps for mine and doing some risky process of elmination. I'm going to focus hard on the ones my teachers think may come up tho. Mine is such a risky strategy but I cant cram this all in!

Not properly, I've looked at essays and read them but not started yet

For biological explanations of schizophrenia do i need to include family, twin AND adoption studies for genetics as well as the dopamine hypothesis. Seems like so much A01 for 8 marks

Also my teachers said to do 'family share the same environments too' and the fact that identical twins share more of the same environment than DZ twins.. but aren't these really similar? do i need both?

That sounds like a good way to revise, would u be able to send it to me please Thanks so much!

Does anyone have predictions for Schizophrenia?

what are your revisio
n techniques?

Hello,

Can anyone offer some enlightenment on how to apply content to essays?
- Basically our teacher has helped us condense the content of our exams down into a revision folder, but I'm now wondering how to apply the content to essays.

For example on Media Psychology, we've got 5 psychological explanations of media influence on anti-social behaviour, but when you have a question like Discuss psychological explanations of media influence on anti-social behaviour' .. How would you apply the content, what structure do you follow?

Also can someone please explain the different essay questions,
So like discuss, outline and evaluate e.c.t

Can someone elaborate on all of those and explain what they mean and how you should do the question?

Thanks a bunch in advance,
Josh.


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That sounds like a good way to revise, would u be able to send it to me please Thanks so much!

Hi everyone long time lurker here decided to make an account so I can ask all you knowledgeable folk some questions and help any of you out if you need it. For PSYA3 I am doing Relationships, Biological rhythms and Eating behaviour and PSYA4 OCD, Media and RM

In the spec, for Relationships, it claims you need to know 'the influence of culture on romantic relationships AND the influence of childhood on adult relationships'--my teacher told me that the influence of childhood has been removed from the spec, is he wrong? Should I be learning and revising the influence of childhood?

I'm studying relationships, eating and sleep
Is anyone else struggling with the eating topic? My notes are not helping!

Hiya! Omg I haven't heard about this! I wouldn't risk it if I were you...I've learnt it myself, if it had been removed I'm sure we all would have heard about it and the spec would have been updated...

How are you finding revising for media?

I'm studying relationships, eating and sleep
Is anyone else struggling with the eating topic? My notes are not helping!

Oooh risky stuffs! You should be alright though. Also check out loopa psychology closer the time, the predictions for the exams will come up on there and they have been right a lot of the time

Thanks, I'll have to speak to my teacher when we get back. I find media quite easy as I already study it in Sociology, so there is a lot of crossover with names and such (Bandura, Buckingham, Noble etc...) and I think its generally interesting, that makes it easier as there's nothing worse than revising something that is just plain boring



Eating is a bit weird. What exactly are you struggling with? Factors influencing attitudes to food and eating behaviour? The success/failure of dieting...?