WJEC PY1 EXAM MONDAY MAY 16th!!!

Hey I'm sitting this exam too. What changes have they made? And I stumbled across the example paper for the new exam and I realised the compare and contrast question :
In our class, the only compare and contrast question structure we have learnt is the NURDS structure (nature,nurture, usefulness,reductionist,deterministic,scientific) so can anybody help me with the above question!? Do we use the NURDS structure and just add a little bit on therapy? Or is the question solely based on comparing both therapies? Thanks!
Good luck

Wait, what kind of changes have they made to the findings and conclusions?

It's not much really. Have you got the WJEC book? Like the one with the cat, I think.

Yes, I do.

is anybody else completely overwhelmed with the massive amount of content needed for this exam?

Does anyone have trouble with the timing in this exam? It feels so full on doing questions and I get tired so I have to eat a lot of sugar before hand lmao. Also, what about predictions??

You have to critically assess what they're asking. Our teacher said if it's asking 'AND their therapies' you talk about how both approaches and then talk about their therapies, but if it says 'cognitive and biology THERAPIES' you just talk about the therapies and nothing to do with the key debates i.e. nurture v nature etc. Hope this helped? For comparing and contrasting the therapies, talk about their methodology (drugs vs. dysfunctional thought diary, cognitive restructuring etc.) and such and throw in some evaluation points. So in this context it's asking you why the drug therapy is better than CBT so pick out some evaluation points that prove drug therapy is effective e.g. convincing research support and why CBT may not be suitable e.g. not suitable for those who have depression or lack motivation as they'll have to engage in their recovery outside the therapeutic setting which may be overwhelming and demotivating.

is anybody else completely overwhelmed with the massive amount of content needed for this exam?

I especially thought the 12 mark on the components of drug therapy was bit out there!!! Felt as if I couldn't write enough? Had to really just milk everything I knew about antidepressants/psychotics.....fingers crossed.

Yess!! I wrote about antidepressants and antianxiety drugs and wrote a tiny paragraph on antipsychotic drugs (what I could remember because I hadn't really focused on it!)