Official AQA AS Level New Spec Psychology: Paper 1 - 16th of May

ok i dont understand why ppl are revising so many unnecessary case studies, if u look at attachment the only case studies mentioned on the specification are lorenz harlow and bowlby ??

ok i dont understand why ppl are revising so many unnecessary case studies, if u look at attachment the only case studies mentioned on the specification are lorenz harlow and bowlby ??

You definitely 100% needs ainsworth strange situation... Idk, I'm just learning all the ones that come up in the CGP guide mainly

ah i havent even started revising for attachment :/

Just realised how much content we actually have to know... Currently shitting myself 😭😭😭


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ok i dont understand why ppl are revising so many unnecessary case studies, if u look at attachment the only case studies mentioned on the specification are lorenz harlow and bowlby ??

Does anyone know what topics will be in Paper 1?

And also, how many evaluation points do you need in 12 mark questions?


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In paper one there are 3 topics you will be tested on:

1. Social Influence
2. Memory
3. Attachment
*They will also test your knowledge on research methods!

In 12 mark questions- if they are phrased "Describe and Discuss" you need to gain 6 marks on description (AO1) and 6 marks on discussion, i.e. evaluation points (AO3).

In 8 mark questions, it is the same but just split up into 4 describe marks and 4 evaluate marks.

NB: If they are phrased as "discuss" only then describe a little, but don't waste too much time on description- they want to hear you evaluate the theories/studies/whatever-it-is-they-want-you-to-evaluate.


Hope this helps!

I find how they mark Psychology to be a bit vague because my teacher says that it doesn't matter how many points you have because that doesn't necessarily equate the number of marks you have, e.g. if I write down 6 points that's not going to be 6 marks...

How do I know how much a mark really is??

You definitely 100% needs ainsworth strange situation... Idk, I'm just learning all the ones that come up in the CGP guide mainly

i think these are the main case studies we must know:
Harlow
Lorenz
bowlby
ainsworth
schaffer and emerson

I find how they mark Psychology to be a bit vague because my teacher says that it doesn't matter how many points you have because that doesn't necessarily equate the number of marks you have, e.g. if I write down 6 points that's not going to be 6 marks...

How do I know how much a mark really is??