How do you study and try to retain all the information?

I strongly recommend taking notes on a GCSE POD clip then using that to quiz yourself,it helps move the information into your long term memory

Create posters and flashcards. I studied A-level Psychology and fortunately attained an A. Generally, you can include a study as the theory or as an evaluation of the theory. For example, if you wanted to include it as the theory you could do this:

Behavioral psychology states that we are all born as 'blank slates' and that no behavior is innate, all behavior is learned. This has been shown by psychologists such as Skinner (1938) in an animal study with rats. ---> very briefly discuss what he did and explain the theory of this. So, you would link the reward to the rats to positive enforcement etc.

Now, because you have used a study in the theory section you can evaluate it. Eg: Skinner's study only shows operant conditioning in rats, this is a significant issue because to what extent can we generalize the cognitive, biological and behavioral responses of rats to humans? As a result of this, it may be unreliable to say that this is true for humans and thus creates a serious limitation in using Skinner's study to explain operant conditioning as a universal theory of how we learn behaviors.

I hope you can see where I am going with this!

Hello user Acetyl,
Thank you so much for your time to respond to my message! It is very impressive to hear you achieved an A in psychology! I will make sure I take on your writing technique and try to achieve a good grade as well.

Are you studying psychology at university or another course?

Kind regards (i don't know if I am meant to be so formal but oh well hahah)

Hey guys,
I have started psychology A-level and I find it super interesting and take part in class discussions but when I sit the end of topic test I find it difficult to include the case studies and answer it properly..

Any suggestion to how I can revise and retain the information? Also I would appreciate good resource and way of being motivated to study this subject.

thankss

For psychology do you need to know exact evidence? As for some essay questions I’ve written i haven’t written the evidence exactly but remember parts of it, would that be good enough

I have an awful revision technique but it seems to work for me, so it might for you too! I basically continuously write out the information using various textbooks and online resources (try simplypsychology!) to confirm my understanding but everytime I write notes I condense them a little more, I eventually try to fit it into a few bulletpoints on a revision card and get friends/family to test me on key content if i have time! i suggest practicing essay questions particularly those including evaluation as this will prepare you for exams/tests, perhaps give them to a teacher to mark to help you improve in the future. Finally, I recommend that after every lesson you make sure you fully understand the concepts/theories/case studies before the next lesson and make sure notes are completed so you don't fall behind and get stressed over the large amount of content/work to be done! this was something I really struggled with doing but it does really help!

Spaced repetition is the best way to retain information over long periods of time.
Here's a video explaining how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zNHHpXoMM

Helloo,

Thank you so much for this advise, it's not an awful technique because it worked for economics... i literally write the same information using different resources and the information stayed with me. So i guess it would work for psychology as well! I have recently started writing essays and pretty much get half marks because the theories are not 100% correct eg: number of participants and percentages who maybe gave the wrong eyewitness testimony but hopefully repetition helps it transfer to my LTM. Are you studying psychology in university?
Many thanks,
sadaf x