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AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2016

Reply 5120

toetothunder

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Does anyone know where I can find last years PSYA4 paper? not the R one but the normal one

Reply 5121

wickedisgood

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Original post by notafail

For media do we need to know evaluative points for hovland yale if it's only going to be an application question? i'm confused :afraid:

You need to know research studies to support your points but that's it I think.

So if you say 'HYM states that ___ is important for persuasion' you say a study that supports that theory, and then then you link it back to the question by saying 'Therefore the advert should use ________ as it means that _________ which well help persuade the audience'. Or just generally something along those lines.

Reply 5122

wickedisgood

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Original post by SharinganShahz

Hi, for media how many AO1 Points should i be making and how many AO2 considering max marks is 10-12??

also does anyone know how long it'll roughly take me to go over the whole of media???

It depends on the question and the amount of depth you go into, but I'd say min 2, max 4, I'm probably going for 3.

Also if you're going to be learning all the theorists and stuff and don't already know any, I'd suggest at least an hour for each topic, but I mean again it depends on how much depth you want to go into

Reply 5123

ccchiara

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Original post by toetothunder

Does anyone know where I can find last years PSYA4 paper? not the R one but the normal one

I can't send you the link as you have to be logged in but I can screenshot the paper for you if you like?

Reply 5124

evekay

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Original post by brown_eyes

What does everyone think will come up for addiction/ depression? Forget loopa's predictions lol I'm interested in what you guys think? I have a feeling for depression it will be biological therapies, and for addiction I think the learning explanation and the theory of planned behaviour.

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why would learning theory come up for addiction😳

Reply 5125

toetothunder

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Original post by ccchiara

I can't send you the link as you have to be logged in but I can screenshot the paper for you if you like?

Yes please! :smile:

Reply 5126

kuraishi

I can't believe exam is tomorrow... my panic mode is late this time. Hope one day is enough to be prepared 🙁

Reply 5127

Ardavis

For media what are people doing for the explanations for the persuasiveness of TV advertising?

Reply 5128

evekay

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Original post by kuraishi

I can't believe exam is tomorrow... my panic mode is late this time. Hope one day is enough to be prepared 🙁

same boat

i say just skim over everything a few times and hope it sticks :tongue:

Reply 5129

ubiquitousking

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Original post by nadsss123456

Hey I'm stuck on the 2015 paper AQA unit 4 question 21. Why is the level of significance 0.01 and not 0.05 can someone help me please ?!!!

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0.01 is generally used for clinical trials (drug tests) because they want to rid of as many false positives as possible
0.05 is the standard one, which is almost always the one you'll use :smile:

Reply 5130

notafail

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Original post by wickedisgood

You need to know research studies to support your points but that's it I think.

So if you say 'HYM states that ___ is important for persuasion' you say a study that supports that theory, and then then you link it back to the question by saying 'Therefore the advert should use ________ as it means that _________ which well help persuade the audience'. Or just generally something along those lines.

Oh i see thanks but would there ever be a question like outline and evaluate the HYM?

Reply 5131

Luke1234321

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does anyone have the original paper from last year

Reply 5132

EKA Mathsboy

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could somebody confirm to me that ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) cannot be used as a biological therapy for schizophrenia anymore? people i speak to say that using it in your essay will gain no credit and that i should only refer to medication, conventional and atypical.

Reply 5133

issie1234

For risk factors in development of addiction, do we have to know all three (stress/peers/personality) or will they just say outline ONE?

Reply 5134

SunDun111

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Original post by issie1234

For risk factors in development of addiction, do we have to know all three (stress/peers/personality) or will they just say outline ONE?

Usually its discuss two. I personally would make sure you know atleast two.

Reply 5135

BethM98

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anyone have any good studies for addiction? :smile:

Reply 5136

SunDun111

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Somebody care to mark my pscho explanations essay, i've been asking for ages......

Reply 5137

Luke1234321

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Original post by EKA Mathsboy

could somebody confirm to me that ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) cannot be used as a biological therapy for schizophrenia anymore? people i speak to say that using it in your essay will gain no credit and that i should only refer to medication, conventional and atypical.

we were told to use it only as a secondary therapy, so if it was an 8 marker

Reply 5138

Ardavis

Original post by EKA Mathsboy

could somebody confirm to me that ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) cannot be used as a biological therapy for schizophrenia anymore? people i speak to say that using it in your essay will gain no credit and that i should only refer to medication, conventional and atypical.

The mark scheme for a biological therapies question says this for A01: 'Other biological therapies such as ECT and psychosurgery can gain AO1 credit.' and for A02: 'Students who cover ECT as AO1 should make it clear that this treatment wasused historically but has not been widely used for schizophrenia or deemed appropriate inrecent years. However, its more recent use in conjunction with antipsychotics for drugresistant patients could provide effective evaluation.'

So basically you can use it but must state that it had a greater historic use.