AS Psychology AQA PSYA1/2 Revision Thread 2015!

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I think the 12 marker will be on abnormality(behavioural approach or psychological therapies) because last year the 12 marker was from the stress topic.

saying that though, the majority of teachers/forums/students said it would be cognitive on the PSYA1 paper and it was developmental, AQA are hard to predict because they like us to struggle...

Reply 1821

Anam

Original post by xabsx

saying that though, the majority of teachers/forums/students said it would be cognitive on the PSYA1 paper and it was developmental, AQA are hard to predict because they like us to struggle...

Hmm yeah true, AQA are so unpredictable so are you going to revise every possible 12 marker then?

Reply 1822

hanewie123

Does anyone know the stress study of Brown and Harris and what they found? I have just been told to learn it and can't find anything online.Thank you!

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Reply 1823

mogwai98

Original post by hanewie123

Does anyone know the stress study of Brown and Harris and what they found? I have just been told to learn it and can't find anything online.Thank you!

They looked at mental illness, gender and social class and found working class women are most prone to depression due to the dual burden, but also because in comparison to middle class women they tend to experience more negative life events (e.g. divorce) and present more 'vulnerability' factors (e.g. 3+ children at home).

Reply 1824

Marli-Ruth

Do we need to know about the
Oral stage
anal stage
phalic stage and etc??

Reply 1825

xabsx

Original post by Anam

Hmm yeah true, AQA are so unpredictable so are you going to revise every possible 12 marker then?

pretty much, it's how i revise anyway so i remember the facts in order with evaluation, also do past papers obviously haha

Reply 1826

nat100000

Original post by Marli-Ruth

Do we need to know about the
Oral stage
anal stage
phalic stage and etc??

Yes well we got told you just need to know about what the baby gets happiness from at each stage and what will happen in the future if fixation occurs at these stages. Eg. Smoking addictions, I hope this helped ☺️

Reply 1827

nat100000

HHi, I'm just wondering if anyone could give me any tips on how to remember social, I'm fine with stress and individual differences it's just social that I struggle to remember, I also struggle to remember which answer goes with which question. Thanks☺️

Reply 1828

theasian_csl

whats the difference between downward narrow technique, CBT and REBT ?

Reply 1829

Midnight1811

Could anyone please come up with a mnemonic with the following letters, SAEPINPPC

Thanks 😂

Reply 1830

Asdgytyubf

Original post by nat100000

maybe do like mind maps for all the sub topics in social- so like conformity research, explanations of obedience, explanations of independent behaviour etc... so its really clear in your head whats involved in each bit :smile:

i find it helpful to put these on my wall as well and make yourself read it every day! you could also try acronyms or something so like for the conditions needed for social change through minority influence, you could come up with a way to remember each condition?
then you could do practise/past questions for social so that you know what to write? theres only so many questions they can come up with-they all tend to be quite similar so if you've practised you'll hopefully know what answer is relevant.
I don't really know what else, just keep going over everything :smile:

Reply 1831

undine_monty

Original post by nat100000

I have some flashcards I made on stress. There's a 'learn' section where questions are asked on the topics and you just need to answer, If you get them wrong, you have to answer it again in the next round. Its helped me remember a lot of my psychology and sociology especially with the research studies.

Do you want to use the flashcards?

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nat100000

Original post by Asdgytyubf

Yeah I think I'll try those techniques, that was a big help thank you so much☺️

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nat100000

[QUOTE="undine_monty;55799873"]I have some flashcards I made on stress. There's a 'learn' section where questions are asked on the topics and you just need to answer, If you get them wrong, you have to answer it again in the next round. Its helped me remember a lot of my psychology and sociology especially with the research studies.

Do you want to use the flashcards?[/QUOTE
Yes if you don't mind that would be a big help thank you!☺️

Reply 1834

SSD07

How is everyone learning all their 12 mark essays, i have written notes and that includes everything I need and every 12 mark essay that could come up in enough detail so they are all 12/12. But I'm really struggling to memorise all this!!! I need to learn it all, i have put so much effort in up until now that i can't just not do well purely because i didn't bother learning it. So how is everyone memorising everything?

Reply 1835

Relish

Can anyone by any chance give me a good detailed definition of deviation from social norms, failure to function adequately and deviation from ideal mental health, for me to memorise, and if you have time the ao2 points for them too please. Its kind of hard sourcing all the info together from websites and i dont know if they're entirely right.

Reply 1836

yaya sanogo

Original post by nat100000

well this is awkward cos i heard you dont and its not in the book

Reply 1837

Relish

does the cognitive, behavioural and psychodynamic approach all come under Psychological approaches?

Reply 1838

nat100000

Original post by yaya sanogo

well this is awkward cos i heard you dont and its not in the book

Ohhh I don't know then I'm just gonna learn it anyway because we use it in the AO1 for psychodynamic approach☺️

Reply 1839

xabsx

Original post by nat100000

do you need any notes? i have a powerpoint i could send you, it's good because it gives you only the information you need to know to get full marks but not too much information which will overload your brain haha :smile: