AQA A Level Psychology Paper 2 7182/2 - 8 Jun 2022 [Exam Chat]

Ways of studying the brain 16 marker
Comparing humanistic & psychodynamic approach 8 marker
Describe features of science 8 marker

This is great! Everything is explicitly mentioned! According to how I’d write psychodynamic I couldn’t really suggest anything else, other than maybe the ages of the psychosexual stages and a little on the Oedipus complex?

Thank you. So there wasn't a 16 marker on approaches? I think there definitely will be this year since content has been cut down so much

Heyyy could someone pls check my A01 for the psychodynamic approach, I don't have a teacher lol cuz am on a gap year but any help would be v much appreciated. Hope revision's going well!!

According to the psychodynamic approach, behaviour can be explained by inner conflicts of the mind. Freud highlighted the role of the unconscious mind, the tripartile personality and the influence of early childhood experiences on later life. Freud also believed that the unconscious mind determines most of our behaviour and we are motivated by unconscious emotional drives.

Freud suggested that our personality is made up of three parts. The id is present at birth and demands instant gratification, the ego develops around the age of 1 and is motivated by the reality principle and lastly the superego is developed around the age of 3 and is motivated by the morality principle. Furthermore, Freud suggested that the mind is made up of three parts as well, the conscious, preconscious and unconscious.

Freud theorised that we use defence mechanisms such as repression, denial and displacement to reduce anxiety when unconscious conflicts between the id and superego cannot be replaced. He also suggested that conflicts arise due to unresolved issues during the 5 psychosexual stages we go through whilst we are growing up. These stages are: the oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latent stage and lastly the genital stage. Unresolved issues throughout any of these stages leads to fixations in which the child becomes stuck and carries out certain behaviours associated with that stage throughout their adult life.

does divisions of the nervous system, structure of neurons and process of synaptic transmission have any ao3?

does divisions of the nervous system, structure of neurons and process of synaptic transmission have any ao3?

In the Tutor2U topic companion it talks about how the evidence for the existence of Maslow’s hierarchy thin which is expected from an approach that disputes the validity of empirical research and how there's some validation provided by clinical data, with some surprising confirmation from the realm of management studies (Maslow, 1965; Rogers and Roethlisberger, 1982).

Can anyone explain this in simple terms please?And what is the realm of management studies?

Basically the clinical evidence for maslow is rogerian therapy which uses ideas of self-actualisation and the idea of self.
Maslow doesn't have much evidence besides rl application and the ideas of the hierarchy of needs is abstract and unable to be tested under experimental conditions. this shows that maslow is pseudoscientific & unfalsifiable, so not a 'real' science

-Action potential reaches axon terminal button of pre-synaptic neuron
-Stimulates vesicles to move to edge of membrane and burst (exocytosis) flooding their neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft
-The neurotransmitter diffuses across the cleft and binds to receptor sites on the outer membrane of the post-synaptic neuron
-This causes an either excitatory or inhibitory response from the post synaptic neuron


Is this a good description of synaptic transmission and would it get 4 marks?Here's the MS:

• electrical impulses (action potentials) reach the presynaptic terminal
• electrical impulses (action potentials) trigger release of neurotransmitters (or named
example)
• neurotransmitters cross the synapse from vesicles
• neurotransmitters combine with receptors on the postsynaptic membrane
• stimulation of postsynaptic receptors by neurotransmitters result in either excitation
(depolarisation) or inhibition (hyperpolarisation) of the postsynaptic membrane.

Yeah what does everyone think the 16 markers will be on???

Ways of studying the brain 16 marker
Comparing humanistic & psychodynamic approach 8 marker
Describe features of science 8 marker

What are the features of science? I'm going over research methods but I always forget

im not sure if this has been asked, but do you guys know if we need to learn about the SAM and HPA stuff? Because it's not listed but involves the nervous system ( i think ) so i'm a bit stuck on whether to revise it or not. I probably will just incase, but wanted to hear your thoughts

for the psychodynamic AO1, could you not mention the psychosexual stages and instead just talk about the tripartite personality and defence mechanisms in detail?