AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2016

Original post by ellawhite4686

I'm concerned I've written too much, I know that sounds stupid but i wrote 6 sides for each essay and am now concerned a lot may have just been waffle! Also I wrote so quick I'm concerned my hand writing will be illegible

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This is me, 100% accuracy. Butdue to my handwriting, I type my essays because when I write in speed, it is a disaster. You should consider asking for a computer to type- it is faster too, I typed 1.7k words in half an hour so by the time I was supposed to finish 1 essay, I was half way through the other. Plus, I didn't even have to modify my answers to make them the 4 +16 marks as opposed to 24 mark essays.
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Georginarosee

For my essays I have put together A01 + A02 from my college booklet and then I have added some extra studies for A02 and evaluation + IDA from loopa. Its a mixture of both. Would this be okay as it's not exactly the same as his?

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ellawhite4686

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Original post by FloralEssence

This is me, 100% accuracy. Butdue to my handwriting, I type my essays because when I write in speed, it is a disaster. You should consider asking for a computer to type- it is faster too, I typed 1.7k words in half an hour so by the time I was supposed to finish 1 essay, I was half way through the other. Plus, I didn't even have to modify my answers to make them the 4 +16 marks as opposed to 24 mark essays.
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we're only allowed computers if we have a certain learning difficulty or something for example, such as dyslexia

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Original post by CAPTAINSHAZAM

I dont know if you would get in trouble by your teachers for purposely answering a section your school didnt learn?

You don't, a guy last year did this and surprisingly enough, came out with top marks... my sister did this too yesterday so instead of learning obesity she did anorexia, I am pretty sure you don't get penalised for it. :wink:

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Original post by ellawhite4686

we're only allowed computers if we have a certain learning difficulty or something for example, such as dyslexia

Ah right :/ our school does it for poor handwritring too, which is quite subjective, but hey im not complaining :wink:

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TMC113

Original post by amyyeldham

how do you know they're weighted equally? 50% for AS seems a lot compared as my other alevels are more like 25% for both AS exams

Because they all have equal maximum UMS (100) and add up to 400 to give the overall UMS and grade. If AS was 40%, each AS would be out of 80UMS, but it's not, they're all out of 100' so they're equal

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Original post by Georginarosee

For my essays I have put together A01 + A02 from my college booklet and then I have added some extra studies for A02 and evaluation + IDA from loopa. Its a mixture of both. Would this be okay as it's not exactly the same as his?

Don't worry, I am sure it will be fine, we all do this- sometimes my class even exchange essays, i mean, there are many examiners and the content is the same anyway so... How will they know?

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NHM

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Original post by evekay

i know

but the one i sent you was only 505!:s

That was actually really good for 500! What the **** 😂

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evekay

Original post by NHM

That was actually really good for 500! What the **** 😂

haha well this is the thing! for psya3 my essays were quite short to and in the exam they were so short but i didnt have anything left to write... so i dunno how everyone writes so much! like i know i included four researchers, ao1 and evalution so yeah... maybe i'll just keep them that length? i've written 3 already today and theyre all the same length!😅

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Kitty201322

hi guys,
i was wondering if anyone knew what grade this would be:
i got an A in Unit one a B in unit two
im guessing i got a D yesterday or even an E as i answered breakdown and hardly even did gender schema a few sentences, i dont even know how that happened despite doing hours of revision :frown:

and say i got a B in unit 4
& how would i go about answering this question:
Discuss a model of prevention in addiction
Outline the theory of planned behaviour as model of prevention in addiction
do you just do theory of planend behaviour in both
thanks guys :frown:

i hate myself for what i did yesterday how did i answer breakdown how

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TrojanH

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lol gonna try and learn media in a day. was taught addiction but sod doing all that.

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ubiquitousking

How much would I be penalised for not mentioning more than one evolutionary explanation of aggression? I went into a lot of detail into sexual jealousy and infidelity as explanations for aggression, had at least 2 evaluative points per study (5 studies depending on whether Holt & Lewis counted, otherwise 4) and quite a bit of IDA (comparing it to other approaches... Citing practical uses and the inherent problems with evolutionary approaches to human behaviour etc.) but I completely missed the "explanations" in the question... does that mean that they disregard what I've written up to a point?

If so... wtf? xD Why penalise people for something so minor and subtle? Are they expecting students to be that sharp when they're trying to remember so many evaluative points for so many possible questions, whilst being somewhat nervous/anxious? It feels a bit cheap to me, but this is my only essay-based subject xD

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Anam

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Okay so my plan for the day is to memorise three depression essays (bio explanation, psych explanations and Psych therapies) and then look over clinical characteristics of depression which could come up as a 4 marker.

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m1gg1n

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Original post by TrojanH

lol gonna try and learn media in a day. was taught addiction but sod doing all that.

I'm doing this i haven't been taught any so might as well choose media myself 😂

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Saiirah.x

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Does anyone have any essays for Media or Depression?

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Alisahussain1