Easy A - Levels

No i doubt you would be able to have a decent stab at english lit because you do have to know the book in question for that. Question, What kind of things do you study in media?

And I think it's a bit shortsighted of you to dismiss jobs, logic should tell you that the university will not be the only thing that gets you a job. Your alevels are another factor that will. Also most of the top unis do actually look down on things such as media. Maybe this represents the fact that it is new and therefore unestablished, but it does seem to be less hard than others.....

That's the point. You couldn't answer the media studies questions without studying the texts that you need... they may not ask about specific texts, but you are supposed to study some and use them in your answer... but everybody studies different things, so they don't ask about one in particular. But you need to actually look at it in some detail and to know it pretty well.

So you'd accept it's easier to "have a go" at Media Studies, given that they don't ask about one specific text, than it is at English Lit, where they do?

Not necessarily, no. I'm not going to get into an argument about this, I have more important things to do- like going to my birthday party.

Uncalled for. No point disrespecting someone and claiming they don't understand! At least Frances was tryng to tell me about the course.
Don't do a William Foster on me!

I haven't done the course, so it is hard to comment I must admit. Alot of the knowledge I have about the course is hearsay, however someone posted a link to some past exam questions on here somehwere and when I had a look at them, I felt I would have been able to have a reasonable stab at them without having had any classes in the subject. I am doubtful I could do this with biology for example. I am not saying I would get a good grade, or even pass!! But I suspect I could probably get by in it, whereas with like bio I'd need such specialist in depth knowledge, I'd be pretty much stuck.

Also, I am not sure the point of doing media. Job wise it isn't really that useful, and okay you say you enjoy studying it...But I study chess (yes I study it not play it) and yet I'm not saying there should be an A-level in Chess studies or soemthing.

Look Suz ask me that question about Piaget again i never read your post.

My comment was aimed at people like William Foster not you. Granted Media Studies may not be the most job worthly subject but if people enjoy studying that is all that matters. Its just a shame a lot of people seem to study media studies because they think it is easy and fail. I don't study media studies either btw.

Sorry if I caused any offence.

Not necessarily, no. I'm not going to get into an argument about this, I have more important things to do- like going to my birthday party.

But, when people take media because they are convinced they will 'piss' the exam then i say its stupid and cowardly, to me it would feel like cheating.

*chuckles* Atkinson and Shiffrin put forward the multi-store model of memory. The working model of memory was proposed by Baddely and Hitch as a contradiction to the multi-store model due to the overemphasis of rehearsal which was later proved to be unneccesary for the passing of information from STM to LTM.

Social learning theory was put forth by Albert Bandura in his Bobo doll study. Skinner wasn't in any way linked with that.

As for Piaget... well, I haven't actually studied him yet - that's A2 level theory on child development which you wouldn't have covered in an AS taster session. I did mention that I was doing AS level - I've learnt all of this in 5 months, not two years. There's still plenty more for me to learn, that's for sure - Psychology is an endlessly intricate, fascinating subject. The AS-Level is only just the beginning!

Edit: I agree, it is a shame this thread has gone so off-topic. In fact I'm waiting for the moderators to lock it any day now, though I'm enjoying the debate while it lasts. It's good to be given the chance to argue the case for Psychology!

I think it's stupid and cowardly to come onto a forum and lie about getting into Cambridge so that you can feel superior to them.

ok who cares, i don't feel superior to anyone i just came and expressed my opinions on the initial subject matter then came the subsequent uproar.

and so did you taking law and what not.
By the way how come you have completed your A-level in law yet you are still in 6th form. Are you in your third year or is A-level law just 1 year (being serious here)?

I'm not in 6th form. Looking back at 1 of my past posts I realise I didn't get my wording quite right- I meant to say 'I'm doing Law' not 'I've done law'. I'm doing it in a year and am on the A2 section now. I was at sixth form when I was 17 (I'm 20 now) but had to leave after a year. So I started working full time and study 3 A levels at home. In all seriousness, I do agree that the traditional A Levels are better and had I been going to college I'd have stayed more traditional. However, since I'm studying at home I thought it'd be better to study at least 1 subject I'll enjoy (law) rather than do terribly at something like a science. Having said I'll this, I don't think it's fair to ridicule something like Media Studies (and in all fairness I don't really see the point in that subject either) when you haven't studied the course. For all we know it could be really hard and it's unfair to diminish anyone's achievement in such subjects by calling them 'Mickey Mouse' subjects. BTW, I do English Lit too, please don't tell me that's a supposed MM subject???

hmm ok you have a point, i dont take it but i have living proof that it's not that difficult. One of my best mates takes it and we both agree that he is not the brightest spark and he did well in media (he got an A!!) and i think he's going to read some media related course at Sheffield, yes Sheffield and not Hallam. Then again, his brain just might have clicked after receiving his shocking GCSE results.
English Literature definately not mickey mouse, i got a C in my literature mock at GCSE (although i got an A in real exam but don't know how).
However i do know the (blondest blonde who miraculously got a high B at English AS, although she did do Lang+Lit).

I'm taking English Lit A Level not GCSE

I'm not in 6th form. Looking back at 1 of my past posts I realise I didn't get my wording quite right- I meant to say 'I'm doing Law' not 'I've done law'. I'm doing it in a year and am on the A2 section now. I was at sixth form when I was 17 (I'm 20 now) but had to leave after a year. So I started working full time and study 3 A levels at home. In all seriousness, I do agree that the traditional A Levels are better and had I been going to college I'd have stayed more traditional. However, since I'm studying at home I thought it'd be better to study at least 1 subject I'll enjoy (law) rather than do terribly at something like a science. Having said I'll this, I don't think it's fair to ridicule something like Media Studies (and in all fairness I don't really see the point in that subject either) when you haven't studied the course. For all we know it could be really hard and it's unfair to diminish anyone's achievement in such subjects by calling them 'Mickey Mouse' subjects. BTW, I do English Lit too, please don't tell me that's a supposed MM subject???