AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2016

I'm doing OCR and same! We can do this .

Miles et al - blind man had a circadian rhythm of 24.9 hrs. He had to use stimulants and sedatives to adjust his sleep waking cycle to the standard 24 hours, showing that light is the main EZ in regulating our sleep/wake cycle as the absence of light led his rhythm to be 24.9hrs rather than 24hrs.

Siffre - 179 days in a cave with no natural light . Sleep/wake cycle extended to between 25-30 hrs, body temperature out of synch, showing that our body can still regulate biorhythms without EZ but these become out of synch with the 24 hr. Therefore, light is the main EZ in regulating our sleeping pattern

You're a star!

yeah i'm predicted an a* in history and film, both exams on the friday and i've not started either so don't worry, i'm just as much a mess currently, i may start history tomorrow considering i know nothing!

I also have English lit which I haven't started for... I don't know what's wrong with me this year, I need A*AA and yet I have no motivation! I need to learn psychology and history and English and everything baisically lol

For last year's PSYA3 paper you needed 51/72 to get an A*. Does that mean that if you get 51/72, you will get 90 UMS?

I also have English lit which I haven't started for... I don't know what's wrong with me this year, I need A*AA and yet I have no motivation! I need to learn psychology and history and English and everything baisically lol

Don't worry! I have psychology and biology and I haven't really gotten very far in terms of revision, you'll be fine!

don't worry i'm so unmotivated it's worrying and haven't learnt much of anything, we'll do it though, we have time!!

I sure to god hope so, I need to work all essay everyday for the next 2 weeks baisically,

A week is plenty of time to learn all my essays, out of interest which era and exam board are you doing for history? In doing edexcel and Charles from 1629-1667

Guys i need some evaluation for Ducks reasons for breakdown/ theory

so far i have
1. Gender differences
2. Toshiro study on couples learning after break ups
3. Beckhaur study on couples having affairs
4. Ethics
5. CCET program used on people with communiaction problems in relationships

need atleast 2 more i reckon any ideas?

If you were referring to the 6 stage Duck model then I have evaluations for that

Yep.

Here's a list of mine..

Circadian rhythms
Infradian rhythms
Ultradian rhythms
Role of Endogenous Pacemakers
Role of Exogenous Zeitgebers (these so could come up as one essay but I've got both just in case)
Lifespan changes in sleep
Explanations for sleep walking
Explanations for insomnia

I have a couple more but I'm not learning those as they're not likely to come up.. if you want me to upload the document with the essays i've written then let me know but i'm not sure how good they are! I'm just learning them now lol. Hope this helps!

hi,
currently stressing over my History A2 and Psychology A2 exams,
wondering if anyone has some tips on how to manage both,
as well as how people are preparing for the psychology exams? I feel overwhelmed with info, so feeling like I should just learn the predicted essays?
Any Help? Cheers!

I would suggest not learning (in detail, know enough to just about get you through) the ones predicted not to come up. For example, the ones from 2015. As anything else may come up.

What are you basing these predictions on? And what topics do you do?