AS Psychology Edexcel - UNIT 1

I'm almost complete with my unit 1 revision! I know everything with good understanding, just trying to perfect everything by tonight so I 100% know I can answer the questions in the exam!
Saturday will be spent learning the practicals and research methods for 2/3 hours, then hopefully I'm ready to get a B grade!

How about you, how are you feeling about the exam?

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Hannahloulou98

Any predictions for what might come up? My teacher thinks Displacement for the 12 marker :smile:

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Original post by Hannahloulou98

Any predictions for what might come up? My teacher thinks Displacement for the 12 marker :smile:

No chance. There's not nearly enough to talk about. I really hope it's to describe and evaluate a study in detail, just because you can write off all the information without having to think about some weird context they've given you.

What's everyone got for their key issues by the way? We're doing football violence and the reliability of eyewitness testimony.

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Hannahloulou98

He said you would have to put every point for it, bit I guess we won't know until Monday. But yeah a study would be easier.
We have eye witness testimony and my lai massacre

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We have eye witness testimony and football violence too and I really like them both as key issues haha.
I think Hofling et al/Sherif et al may come up.

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Original post by Hannahloulou98

He said you would have to put every point for it, bit I guess we won't know until Monday. But yeah a study would be easier.
We have eye witness testimony and my lai massacre

Did you do displacement as your theory of forgetting? We did trace decay and cue dep. and I forgot one of them is an optional so if you did displacement in detail ignore my last message :P

Also I agree I think sherif is really going to come up for some question

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Original post by Jablonski

Also I agree I think sherif is really going to come up for some question

It's annoying though because I struggle with Sherifs study so much! I don't know why, it's just one of my weaknesses haha
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Original post by Trolleybaby

It's annoying though because I struggle with Sherifs study so much! I don't know why, it's just one of my weaknesses haha
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Same, I think it's because its dead boring. Also why I find gottesman and shields a pain in unit 2.

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ellysykes

Anyone have any ways to remember any of the information. Also what do you think the 12 marker will be- I was hoping SIT theory or Agency

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Original post by Jablonski

Same, I think it's because its dead boring. Also why I find gottesman and shields a pain in unit 2

Yeah, it is definitely one of the most boring ones and where it has three stages, it's just a pain. We didn't study Gottesman and Shields but, we have some really annoying studies in unit 2 that I could definitely do without! Are you feeling confident with both of the units? :smile:

Original post by ellysykes

Anyone have any ways to remember any of the information. Also what do you think the 12 marker will be- I was hoping SIT theory or Agency Posted from TSR Mobile

I remember through answering past questions and just highlighting and stuff. I've resulted in repetition these past few days to make sure I know everything really well. So, I tend to just write out the notes 3/4 times and it tends to stick. But, understanding is definitely the key. I have seen other people say that the social identity theory hasn't come up before/in a while, so it may well come up. Also, they've never used the social key issue before, so that may also come up!

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Original post by Trolleybaby

Yeah, it is definitely one of the most boring ones and where it has three stages, it's just a pain. We didn't study Gottesman and Shields but, we have some really annoying studies in unit 2 that I could definitely do without! Are you feeling confident with both of the units? :smile:

In general yeah, but I need an A in both units so I'm still bricking it. You?

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Original post by Jablonski

In general yeah, but I need an A in both units so I'm still bricking it. You?

I'm confident with unit 1 but, I need at least a B in both units otherwise I have to change colleges and continue the BTEC that I started last year (long story). So, it's just really stressing me out! I'm hoping it will be a relatively easy paper and we'll get the questions that are nice to us!

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Original post by Jablonski

No chance. There's not nearly enough to talk about. I really hope it's to describe and evaluate a study in detail, just because you can write off all the information without having to think about some weird context they've given you.

What's everyone got for their key issues by the way? We're doing football violence and the reliability of eyewitness testimony.

Abu ghraib for social
The use of the cognitive interview by the police to aid recall For cognitive

Psychodynamic is whether dreams have meanings, plenty to talk about
Bio is about autism being a severe male brain condition
Learning is about advertising or anorexia, haven't chosen yet, both pretty much the same principle though...

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Mattwebberley

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I am really struggling with unit 1, I have a really good understanding of all the information an case studies but when i answer past questions the points i make are not in the mark scheme. For example i would say that the 22 boys were observed 24 hours a day through tape recordings, for sherif et al, but that wouldnt get me a mark. I am realy panicked that my notes arent good enough. would the examiner still give me the marks if i make good points that arent in the mark scheme?

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