How to get an A in Aqa psychology

Any advice from students who have sat the exam A2 and got an A? Would really appreciate the advice

I did AS last year and got a high A and predicted an A* this year so maybe this might help. I make flashcards for all the individual topics that come up on the exams, and memorise them, writing them by hand is probably best but I tend to type them up on a PowerPoint slides and print them off as it just saves time. The “look cover and write/read aloud” method is honestly the way to go, and by doing this you can easily memorise the topics from one of the tests within a few hours.
Personally I use flashcards by myself, I find revising with others a distraction, but it depends on you, if revising with others works best for you flashcards are great for that and great if not too.
Don’t bother with mindmaps, they’re only good for getting all the info in one place to further condense down.
Also ESSAY PLANS!! I’m guessing you use the aqa textbook, and on every page there’s a 16 marker for each spread so plan every single one. ( just make sure you have enough for 150 outline and 250 words of evaluation otherwise your essays get marked down ) Past papers/questions from textbook are also very helpful as they give you an idea of what might come up in the exam and how to answer, but I didn’t do many last year and I think it would’ve helped more if I did.
Hope this has helped!

Hi, thanks for replying. I also got an A at AS but it was borderline. I am good at memorising essays I have no problem with that.
The only thing I am concerned and worried about is that how do we know our essays are worth the highest marks. A teachers opinion may be completely different to an examiner. E.g it is not like maths where you know the answer is either wrong or correct.
Do you use any other resources