AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2016

For a sexual selection question is it okay to just write about long term and short term mating preferences? So if a 12 mark came up would it be okay just to write about short term mating preferences?

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Marli-Ruth

Original post by ktmartini

Yeah! Because there's evidence that social factors and biological factors both contribute to gender dysphoria so it's therefore used as evidence for the biosocial approach :smile:

Perfect!

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Fleming1928

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Does anyone have an A grade exemplar essay on exogenous zeitgebers and endogenous pacemakers? I find this section confusing and would really appreciate some help, thank you!

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Socychoictraphy

Discuss evolutionary explanations of group aggression in humans.docx16.1KB

Can someone please read through this essay and tell me if it is an acceptable answer!!!

Question: Discuss evolutionary explanations of group aggression in humans

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ktmartini

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Original post by artymaniac

Hi,

anyone here who is doing eating behaviour- quick q.. is the hypothalamus a neural mechanism????

thanx in advance

Yeah- the hypothalamus and neurotransmitters/ hormones are what I have for neural mechanisms :smile:

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Original post by Socychoictraphy

Can someone please read through this essay and tell me if it is an acceptable answer!!!

Question: Discuss evolutionary explanations of group aggression in humans

I was going to help but looking at it you do totally different topics in it than I do. I don't do lynch mobs etc

(edited 7 years ago)

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aimsnaywux

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If you get a D grade in psya3 and a B grade in psya4 what would that bring the whole of A2 to? anybody know?

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Original post by ktmartini

Yeah- the hypothalamus and neurotransmitters/ hormones are what I have for neural mechanisms :smile:

Hormones aren't neural :wink:

Interesting, I use amygdala, pre-frontal cortex and neurotransmitters

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Original post by aimsnaywux

If you get a D grade in psya3 and a B grade in psya4 what would that bring the whole of A2 to? anybody know?

Totally depends on the UMS you get

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CAPTAINSHAZAM

OP

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Original post by A-LJLB

Hormones aren't neural :wink:

Interesting, I use amygdala, pre-frontal cortex and neurotransmitters

Loopa prediciton says hormnal and neural explanations will be his front runner, does that mean we learn them as one? I havent learn the essay but i dont think they could ask one essay on just hormonal or one on just neural?

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Original post by CAPTAINSHAZAM

Loopa prediciton says hormnal and neural explanations will be his front runner, does that mean we learn them as one? I havent learn the essay but i dont think they could ask one essay on just hormonal or one on just neural?

Technically they could but it's very unlikely, they've always asked it as one essay so I just do neural and not hormonal

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CAPTAINSHAZAM

OP

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Original post by Socychoictraphy

Can someone please read through this essay and tell me if it is an acceptable answer!!!

Question: Discuss evolutionary explanations of group aggression in humans

From skim reading it it looks very good and i assume youve used loopa ebook to shape the essay. However you only mentioned culturally bias once at the end, and reductionist from what i read was put half way in. I would make sure you have 2-3 solid a03 ida points to gain top marks, since a02 can be gained much easier other than really good.

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artymaniac

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really? ive just read somewhere right now that they are.. maybe im wrong tho but the hypothalamus is isnt it??Interesting

Original post by A-LJLB

Hormones aren't neural :wink:

Interesting, I use amygdala, pre-frontal cortex and neurotransmitters

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Socychoictraphy

Original post by CAPTAINSHAZAM

From skim reading it it looks very good and i assume youve used loopa ebook to shape the essay. However you only mentioned culturally bias once at the end, and reductionist from what i read was put half way in. I would make sure you have 2-3 solid a03 ida points to gain top marks, since a02 can be gained much easier other than really good.

What other IDA would be good for group aggression? I tend to steer clear of generic IDAs like 'this is deterministic as it assumes everyone is determined to do it which is false', hence why i only have one solid IDA in it and a brief mention of the other :/

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