Psychology AQA A PSYA4 18th June 2012!

If anyone here is doing addiction, could you please explain to me thetheory of planned behaviour, because when I read it, it sounds like a complete load of bull that does not make sense.

Haha, I had this issue when learning this too. It took a few reads to get it right.

Here's my best attempt:

The Behaviour is of course the behaviour engaged in, in this case an addiction. The Intention is a function of 3 factors:

Behavioural attitudes - this formed by personal views or an individuals attitude towards a certain behaviour. This 'attitude' may be formed from the consequences which the individual believes will result if they engage in the said behaviour.

Subjective norms - basically, your norms and what you feel is right or wrong. They are subjective, meaning they come naturally to you, as they are taught via the environment.

Percieved behavioural control (PBC) - this can act either on the intention, causing you to behave in a particular way, or directly on the behaviour. An individual with high PBC will try harder and perserve for longer.

Hope that helped a little bit, some was from text books/revision notes. If you need anything explaining, quote me back.

Anyone got any predictions for what they think will come up for:

Schizophrenia and media?

Yes

Cheers for the thankyou regarding the ECT info.

kthanksbye.

How's your revision going Meph?

hey i did the PSYA4 exam in january as apparently its the hardest so we did it early so we could retake if necessary (luckily i dont have to). anyway, i did schizophrenia, media and RM and the question that came up for schiz was on diagnosis, like the dsm and icd, and reliability and validity so that shouldnt come up again as it was in the one before that aswell. for media it was on the elaboration likelihood model and stalking. it was so hard and everyone thought they failed but the results were actually good so i wouldnt worry to much about it as i dont think its as hard as it seems and they might make the next one easier with a bit of luck
any advice on the PSYA3 exam as you've all done it? like what questions came up?

Thanks maz-thats encouraging to hear.

Psya3 is quite difficult I think unless you start early. Looking back it feels easier but I think your mind works better when your less stressed lol now that I look back at it.

I think relationships is an "easier" topic as the basis of formation,maintenance and breakdown is things we can relate to easier than learning completely new concepts so I would recommend that: My prediction is Sexual selection theory for it.

Aggression is ok too but need to get your head around some concepts but easy one done - the evolutionary questions are tricky as they appear quite dumb natured I found personally (like explaining jealousy due to evolution or group aggression)

Sleep is a motherfooker but I found it to be my third choice as it seemed easier than others. You have to learn quite a few new concepts in terms of the SCN and how that works etc etc, stages of sleep, etc etc but once in your head your ok.

I found psya3 really overwhelming generally due to the sheer amount of things you were expected to know and remember; it was really overkill and unpractical I thought...

but if you get an early start it can all be remembered.

Good luck!

start revising now jem! paper 4 looks tricky and need to start absorbing now!

I'm so annoyed at my teacher, all the addiction stuff she has left us does not fit the current spec

Which areas of Addiction are you without? My teacher actually told us about the bits which were not needed and gave us new pages to replace those outdated in our core text book.

If you give me a list of things you need, I may be able to offer you some information.