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AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2016

Do you think PSYA4 will be easier or harder than this one? Because I thought this was one was pretty good, so I'm hoping that will continue.

Reply 3461

CAPTAINSHAZAM

OP

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Original post by Olijm

Okay so that went awful. For the evolutionary theories for aggression it threw me so much as it didnt say "group display" or the other sub topics so i just waffled about evolution which i think was wrong. Although, i did evaluate with made up studies (they sounded true) would i get some marks? I also said IDA about the explanation being reductionist etc so that should get 1/2 marks right?

Making studies up is risky because as others have said examiners will check an unfamiliar study. Ida will get credited if relevant so if you didnt link your previous points ans threw ida in the end i doubt youll get marks, as they expect cohrent flow. So if in youre idas tou mentioned what you talked about then its fine.

Reply 3462

azcy

For sleep, did you have to write about 2 different examples about circadian rhythms bc the question was worded similat to 'explain the roles of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers for the control of circadian rhythmS'

I hope im just overthinking this

Reply 3463

bullseye1

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Original post by Onica

I wrote about sport for group displays and infidelity and jealousy because it said explanation(s) so I guessed that they wanted a variety of explanations for the evolutionary approach - did I do correct?

Yeah I did too, but with war and I only did a tiny bit about war and group display at the end! It's hard to say whether by explanation(s) they meant write about sexual jealousy and infidelity AND group display or just one, and each theory counted as 2 explanations.

I kind of think they'll count sexual jealousy and infidelity as 1 explanation so I think we were right to write a bit about group display too.

Reply 3464

Louise red

Original post by yasx_

That's such a relief lol thanks

It was!!! :biggrin:

Was the last question on psychological or biological effects of eating ?

Reply 3465

CAPTAINSHAZAM

OP

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Original post by wickedisgood

It really was tbh,,, it basically gave you the choice of whichever question you wanted. Bless.
Also I started writing about formation and actually forgot half my studies so I just threw in a bunch of maintenance stuff last minute so I really think that saved me for that one.

You may have actually hindered yourself, when doing two theories like formation or maintenace if you do both they have to be equal. AQA have said this, as in if you do 90% one theory and then add a few things from the other you may limot band. Did you mention an equal amount of formation and mainteance?

Reply 3466

yasx_

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Even though the aggression question said explanations i.e. plural, it's still okay if you just outline and evaluate one right? A lot of people on here did 2 and I'm just wondering if you get marked down for only mentioning one.. (I don't think so though) I did sexual infidelity and jealousy

Reply 3467

Sanaa5

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Original post by Louise red

Was the last question on psychological or biological effects of eating ?

Biological explanations of anorexia nervosa

X

Reply 3468

Onica

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Did anyone do Intelligence?

Reply 3469

yung7up

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Revises formation night before
Writes maintenance memorized from a few weeks
PSYA3 summed up

The questions for relationships, eating and aggression were pretty much great although my handwriting was horrendous, grade boundaries are also gunna be high i think

Reply 3470

georgia2715

Original post by pentagonath

Anyone aware of whether or not talking specifically about Circadian Biorhythms and contextualising endogenous and exogenous within those specific cycles is credit worthy for the Biorhythms question?

The question was Outline/Evaluate exogenous and endogenous factors within Circadian Rhythms.

I realise the topic that probably should have been done is the one specific to exogenous and endogenous factors. But is it acceptable to interlink them within circadian biorhythms?

Original post by pentagonath

Anyone aware of whether or not talking specifically about Circadian Biorhythms and contextualising endogenous and exogenous within those specific cycles is credit worthy for the Biorhythms question?

The question was Outline/Evaluate exogenous and endogenous factors within Circadian Rhythms.

I realise the topic that probably should have been done is the one specific to exogenous and endogenous factors. But is it acceptable to interlink them within circadian biorhythms?

Hi not really sure that makes sense haha. Basically I talked about the role of EZs co ordinating eps to create a 24 hour circadian rhythm length. And this is shown through isolation studies etc. Additionally the role of the ep is shown in animal vive section studies. Such as removing and replacing the scn. Hope this helps

Reply 3471

Im130

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Original post by Psya3

Ive written lynch mobs for the aggression question would that be okay?

no you'd get almost no marks. lynch mobs isn't a group display according to one of the mark schemes i read

Reply 3472

bullseye1

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Hey would I be able to hypothetically get full marks if for the Biorhythms question, I just wrote about the sleep-wake cycle as a circadian rhythm? I wrote about exogenous zeitgebers and the SCN (endogenous pacemaker) but I'm getting paranoid as it said wrote about their control of "circadian rhythm(s)" and I just wrote about the sleep-wake cycle as a circadian rhythm. In my psych class we only learnt about the sleep-wake cycle and no other circadian rhythms.

In short, is it okay that I just wrote about the sleep-wake cycle? Thanks

Reply 3473

SamHewetson

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Anyone got an unofficial mark criteria? I thought the paper was really great for Eating Behaviour and Relationships, but the Perception question about facial recognition ****ed me over D:

Reply 3474

bullseye1

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Original post by yasx_

Even though the aggression question said explanations i.e. plural, it's still okay if you just outline and evaluate one right? A lot of people on here did 2 and I'm just wondering if you get marked down for only mentioning one.. (I don't think so though) I did sexual infidelity and jealousy

I wasn't sure but I saw "explanations(s) and thought maybe they wanted another explanation so I wrote a bit about war as a group display of aggression just to be safe. Basically it depends on whether AQA count the infidelity and sexual jealousy explanation as two explanations. If they don't then you'll probably lose marks as the question asked for more than one explanation.

Reply 3475

azcy

Original post by bullseye1

Hey would I be able to hypothetically get full marks if for the Biorhythms question, I just wrote about the sleep-wake cycle as a circadian rhythm? I wrote about exogenous zeitgebers and the SCN (endogenous pacemaker) but I'm getting paranoid as it said wrote about their control of "circadian rhythm(s)" and I just wrote about the sleep-wake cycle as a circadian rhythm. In my psych class we only learnt about the sleep-wake cycle and no other circadian rhythms.

In short, is it okay that I just wrote about the sleep-wake cycle? Thanks

Legit asked the same question earlier. I did the same thing even tho we got taught about temperature as another circadian rhythm. If we had to say 2, do you have any ideas on the max marks we could get?

Reply 3476

Tinksy

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For evolutionary I wrote about infidelity and jealousy and uroxiode/homicide is that enough???

Reply 3477

bullseye1

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Original post by azcy

Legit asked the same question earlier. I did the same thing even tho we got taught about temperature as another circadian rhythm. If we had to say 2, do you have any ideas on the max marks we could get?

I reckon we probably didn't have to write about more than one because for the other, ultradian and infradian, there's only one rhythm we learn, and also I'm pretty sure I've never seen a question like "discuss the role of exogenous zeitgebers and endogenous pacemakers on one circadian rhythm" - I reckon they always just put rhythms.

Reply 3478

Shazam16

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Hi everyone, I'm just curious for what I wrote for aggression(20) is correct or not? The question didn't specify so I wrote about xenophobia, warfare - group display however others in my class wrote about jealousy. My teacher said what I wrote was correct and we could of wrote about either as the question didn't specify. Thanks

Reply 3479

Onica

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Original post by bullseye1

Yeah I did too, but with war and I only did a tiny bit about war and group display at the end! It's hard to say whether by explanation(s) they meant write about sexual jealousy and infidelity AND group display or just one, and each theory counted as 2 explanations.

I kind of think they'll count sexual jealousy and infidelity as 1 explanation so I think we were right to write a bit about group display too.

I talked more about group display, but it's still a relevant explanation because the whole concept of evolutionary theories is to be able to mate and pass on genes. I stated how in sport, by being aggressive such as in rugby, it increases the chances of winning. Therefore, by winning the group gains status and access to resources which make them attractive to females. This then increases the chances of them mating and passing in their genes.

For infidelity and jealousy I stated that men are more likely to use mate retention strategies, sexual coercion and aggression if they fear that their partner is being unfaithful. They do this because of the risk of cuckoldry and wasting resources on a child that it not theirs. By using aggression, it prevents them from being unfaithful and using sexual coercion enables them to pass on their own genes.

I hope that was right
I mean what other explanations could you have used?

AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2016

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