AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2016

Hi guys, here is a link to my psychology notes. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tsj5hz8t9doftu8/AACJErpKx0dn9HppvY5P0uARa?dl=0

Currently there is ALL of PSYA3 (Sleep, Aggression, Eating Behaviour) and Phobias

Working on Media Psychology atm

P.S. I did Anorexia for the eating disorder.

GOOD LUCK GUYS x

For PSYA4, Do you need IDA points, would IDA get you marks?

Gender dysphoria hasn't come up on its own as it's normally part of the biosocial approach so the question would say discuss the biosocial approach including or with reference to gender dysphoria. That's why it looks as if it's never come up. I don't know why the others have never been asked but I'm hoping for evolutionary 😆


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For PSYA4, Do you need IDA points, would IDA get you marks?

Hi i really appreciate the feedback thanks so much! Just a few questions would you not say ive linked paraghraps with connectives to open. Since you suggested to open with this supports or this refutes. And i think i did? As for most i said furthermore *name of researcher found supporting evidence for the model or refuting. So wouldnt that count?
Finally on the notes you made you said to contextualise IDA and i think i did? E.g prac applications for counselling help solve rrlationships but doesnt explain those women in abusive relationships. I did it for culture such as arrange marriages being more prominent they have familes involved in crisis which theory doesnt consider.

Thanks for the hell just wanted to ask a few qs so i can improve.

Does anyone have a good (6-8 mark) AO1 for circadian rhythms I can look at please? im a bit confused lol

Does anyone know if cultural influences of gender can come up as a 24 marker?

Does anyone know if cultural influences of gender can come up as a 24 marker?

When would 6+8 ever come up?


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Heya.

I'd say you have definitely used connectives to start your sentences like this supports and this contradicts/refutes. I was just trying to push it up into the top bands, because although you have used these connectives to link one paragraph to the next, it's too basic to say this suggests/refutes throughout your entire essay. You want to try to effectively link...not sure if this is making sense.
But for example in my neural mechanisms essay, I've structured it sorta like:

1. A01 for DCT.
2. Supportive findings come from..
3. It's hard to ignore the use of animal studies in Hetherington and Ranson's study...
4. Also casting doubt on the validity of the DCT is further research from Anand and Brobeck...
5. The PVN may play a greater role in the controlling of our eating behaviours...

It just needs to flow..kinda like a story really. As opposed to each paragraph stating with this supports and further supports. These becomes your line of argument and will help you get into the top bands!

And with the IDA i take that back lool. I think i had a little trouble reading the IDA and it was late so I kinda gave up, i apologize! It does appear to be contextualised, so there's no issue there.

Can you use reductionism to criticise an evolutionary explanation or would it be determinism ? Reductionism i know if only for biological approaches but in the book for eating, the claim evolutionary explanation for eating is under the biological so... reductionism or determinism?

Reductionism and determinism are two totally different things?
If it's not biological, then it would be limited view rather than reductionism

Can you use reductionism to criticise an evolutionary explanation or would it be determinism ? Reductionism i know if only for biological approaches but in the book for eating, the claim evolutionary explanation for eating is under the biological so... reductionism or determinism?

Probably be a 4 mark, really. 8 marks would focus on EP and/or EZs

If you say limited view rather than reductionist will it still count as Ida?