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AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2016

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Original post by phantomspecialist

When I had a look at the examiner report it said that reductionism was "best reserved" for biological theories. Surely that means you can use it for other theories as long as you apply it to them properly?

Nope others have said such as saj who did loopa and teachers who are examiners aswell as aqa saying it should only be used for bio theories and to use limited. They did say best reserved but people have said it doesnt gain credit because the term is used wrong.

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CAPTAINSHAZAM

OP

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Original post by evekay

CAN WE PLEASE GET OVER PSYA3
PSYA4 IS ON TUESDAY AND I HAVENT EVEN LOOKED AT THE TOPICS YET
the predictions better be right because i simply don't have time to learn them all, i can only learn the predictions... anyone else in the same boat?

Problem with this paper is the fact papers were stolen it messes up predictions as we dont know if the same questions will be used again.

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CAPTAINSHAZAM

OP

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Original post by BrightonDunkley

For the aggression question did anyone else write about the power-threat hypothesis or the dehumanisation theory?

Yep

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perez_perez

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Original post by bullseye1

Thankyou!!! The markscheme and Saj can't be wrong!

This is an essay on food preference not aggression therefore it is not the same thing just because it is a question of evolutionary explanations. Secondly, it was a 4 MARK AO1 there is no way they would make you write two VERY detailed and VERY different evolutionary explanations for aggression worth only 4 marks. I don't think it was a requirement and Im not saying that those that did write both will be marked down, but stop arguing this is if you keep failing to provide conclusive evidence for this specific question. Thirdly, I don't doubt Saj however, this post was on a general level and obviously not specifically for aggression.

sorry buddy, you cannot be right

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Onica

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Does anyone have any resources for psychological of schizophrenia including treatments?? Really need help on this

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evekay

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Original post by CAPTAINSHAZAM

Problem with this paper is the fact papers were stolen it messes up predictions as we dont know if the same questions will be used again.

so would it be suicidal to just learn the predictions? bc that's literally all i am able to do... have you started psya4? if not then what are you gunna do?

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username1447874

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Original post by CAPTAINSHAZAM

Nope others have said such as saj who did loopa and teachers who are examiners aswell as aqa saying it should only be used for bio theories and to use limited. They did say best reserved but people have said it doesnt gain credit because the term is used wrong.

Maybe, but then again my teacher is an examiner for AQA and she has never said anything about that or ever used the term limited. Oh wells, I guess we'll just have to see in the examiners report this year :smile:

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thecatwithnohat

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Original post by evekay

so would it be suicidal to just learn the predictions? bc that's literally all i am able to do... have you started psya4? if not then what are you gunna do?

Considering gender schema came up when it wasn't even a prediction and people were so sure it wouldn't come up, it's your choice whether you'd wanna risk it or not.

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CAPTAINSHAZAM

OP

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Original post by evekay

so would it be suicidal to just learn the predictions? bc that's literally all i am able to do... have you started psya4? if not then what are you gunna do?

No i havent started i mean we do have untill tuesday so hopefully i can finish most of it by then. the biggest essay asked is 10? So its not like were learning full essays its just a 2 studies w eval etc so shouldnt be too bad?

Never mind they can ask 20 mark essay qs.... Fs

Actually i just looked and it seems addiction which is the one with more essays to learn can only be asked max of 10 marks.
Depression which has 7 essays can be asked as a 24.

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Onica

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I would be a dream if biological explanations of schizophrenia came up, but it won't because it came up last year. I have a feeling that therapies will come up which I will not be happy about. Does anyone have information on psychological explanations and therapies??

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annihilati0n

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For eating behaviour, i was expecting to get neural mechanisms right so I learnt that thoroughly. I sorta knew the outline for AFFH so I wrote that and I linked the LH and VMH theory to the question. I made up evaluative points, do you think I could still do well ?!

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kanelynne

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Hi guys, I am in need of desperate help! For research methods on next weeks exam how do statistics work? I know that's a lot to ask for but I don't get it, what bit of the table do I look at for will coxon, spearman rho, etc?? Also does anyone have a rough essay plan / things to write for classification and diagnosis of schiz??! Not relying on loopa for anything

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deebaby

Guys , pls how do I write a good sz essay? I need help

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keepdreaming-

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I missed out about 22 marks in PSYA3. Could I still get an A overall? (got a B at AS)

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keepdreaming-

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Is it okay to refer to schizophrenia as SZ in the essay - (after writing '...schizophrenia (SZ)' at the beginning of the essay?

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georgie2498

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anyone do group displays for the aggression one?

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Georginarosee

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Hoping issues of classification and diagnosis comes up for depression. It's the one I'm most prepared for as I know the essay for a 24 marker. Do you think there's a chance of it coming up even though it asked for it last year as 4 marker?

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Mesosleepy

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Original post by Onica

I would be a dream if biological explanations of schizophrenia came up, but it won't because it came up last year. I have a feeling that therapies will come up which I will not be happy about. Does anyone have information on psychological explanations and therapies??

Biological approach could come up since there are only 5 essays possible for Schizophrenia. Look at June 2012 and Jan 2013. Biological and psychological therapies came up twice in a row.

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bullseye1

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Original post by perez_perez

This is an essay on food preference not aggression therefore it is not the same thing just because it is a question of evolutionary explanations. Secondly, it was a 4 MARK AO1 there is no way they would make you write two VERY detailed and VERY different evolutionary explanations for aggression worth only 4 marks. I don't think it was a requirement and Im not saying that those that did write both will be marked down, but stop arguing this is if you keep failing to provide conclusive evidence for this specific question. Thirdly, I don't doubt Saj however, this post was on a general level and obviously not specifically for aggression.

sorry buddy, you cannot be right

It was a requirement, AQA put an S on the end of the word explanations, can you not comprehend this means they want more than one theory? Do you not understand the meaning plural words? There's no dancing around it, AQA has done this before to catch people out by not reading the question properly, and they've done it again. Saj's post was on a general level which applies to all topics in unit 3, he was talking about the unit 3 exam. The phrasing of the question isn't different for different topics, and no matter what the topic is, if the word "explanation" in the question is plural, clearly what they are asking for is more than one explanation, no matter what the topic is. I just hope they count sexual jealousy and infidelity as two separate explanations, or come results day the grade boundaries will be very low.

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kanelynne

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Also why are aqa inclined to write reductionist in their textbooks for all explanations, means I wrote it for gender schema😪

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