AQA A2 Psychology PSYA3/PSYA4 Revision Thread 2016

Original post by bubblegumcat

for psychological explanations of schizophrenia....do we need to know 3 explanations or 2???? i really don't understand cognitive approach and i want to leave it out

I'm doing psychodynamic, and double bind and life events
so three technically
though life events is simple

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jra97

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Original post by bubblegumcat

for psychological explanations of schizophrenia....do we need to know 3 explanations or 2???? i really don't understand cognitive approach and i want to leave it out

2 is fine!

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evekay

Original post by kanelynne

Has anyone else really struggled with psya4, like more so then psya3 (despite the loopa prediction fiasco), like I feel like I'm so so unprepared compared to psya3

this is me

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Mesosleepy

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Original post by bubblegumcat

for psychological explanations of schizophrenia....do we need to know 3 explanations or 2???? i really don't understand cognitive approach and i want to leave it out

I'm doing 3 - Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Expressed Emotions

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yasx_

Original post by wickedisgood

does it always have to be something that can be disproven? and is that because it's hard/impossible to 100% prove something but if you disprove something once then it's proof its not true? feel like i vaguely remember that but just wanna check lol (also is there a word for the opposite of falsification or is that not a thing..?)

I'm not sure 100% lol I barley know it myself 😭 But yeah I'd say you have to disprove it because if you can't then it must be true. If you disprove it once then that's enough to reject it. I don't know about word for the opposite of falsification but I know there is a word for something that cannot be proven nor disproven. That's called unfalsifiable. E.g. Freud's psychodynamic explanation about he subconscious - you can't prove it exists but you also can't prove that is doesn't exist. Does that make sense?

Anyway this was the book says

Original post by jra97

2 is fine!

yay!

Original post by Mesosleepy

I'm doing 3 - Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Expressed Emotions

i'm doing those as well
but i'm leaving out cognitive :/

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kanelynne

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Lmao I just want it to be over

Original post by evekay

this is me

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Original post by yasx_

I'm not sure 100% lol I barley know it myself 😭 But yeah I'd say you have to disprove it because if you can't then it must be true. If you disprove it once then that's enough to reject it. I don't know about word for the opposite of falsification but I know there is a word for something that cannot be proven nor disproven. That's called unfalsifiable. E.g. Freud's psychodynamic explanation about he subconscious - you can't prove it exists but you also can't prove that is doesn't exist. Does that make sense?

Anyway this was the book says

Yes that makes sense! Thanks, that's really helpful :smile:

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yasx_

Is there a point in revising biological explanations of schizophrenia? It came up in the replacement paper and I really don't like the a02 for it lol I don't know enough so I'm really hoping it doesn't come up

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adtr0706

Anyone else in the weird position of wanting the exam to be over with but not actually wanting to go and do it lol

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evekay

Original post by CAPTAINSHAZAM

Kind of if youve done sociology youll know how to answer i have a rough idea but im worried its going to come up as it hasnt appeared in the past papers on AQA website.

lool i do sociology, that exam is next week and i dont even know what topics im doing rip

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evekay

Original post by adtr0706

Anyone else in the weird position of wanting the exam to be over with but not actually wanting to go and do it lol

again, this is me

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Sian-97

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Aww, if only I had one more full day to revise... 😩 Good luck everyone!

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Romanoff

Good luck everyone xo

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deebaby

Guys ! Please how do I make an experiment or design one ? Do I do it on a table ? My teacher told me that TODAY

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guys do you ever get so tired that you start getting really hyper and stupid like i just caught myself talking to myself and making really dumb jokes and its just like 'i need to go to bed ... but revision'

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Anam

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Guys i havent gone over biological therapies to depression as much just hoping it doesnt come up!! i want bio explanations to come up sooo bad and also im worried about research methods not done much revision for it :/

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