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Best alevel psychology recources honest to god

i wanted to give these links to some of the best websites that genuinely helped so much esp now that a levels are finished, instead of telling u to make flashcards, mindmaps etcetc. These are the best that no one else told me about (that i found way too late unfortunatley):
1) PMT: (but just the essay plans, their info is way too detailed to learn, dont waste time on the flaschards they are useless) coming from someone who printed them out you do not need to do that it was a waste of paper. Answer their topic qs they are the most recourseful because any thing u answer wrong THEN make a flaschard on the contents you got wrong. https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/psychology-revision/a-level-aqa.
2) LEARNDOJO: THE BEST WEBSITE EVER IF U R SHORT OF TIME FOR REVISION. Every single tooic is given in concise information it is split into all the AOS as well, and each topic part of the SPEC is given. This is a website i found far too late and i regret it so much. if you are to use any website USE THIS ONE. it even has a table of grade boundaries explained on it.
3) QUIZLET: a lot of people will say quizlet but you are much better making flashcards on QZ rather than by hand. quicker, upload images, has own AI (SO GOOD). Using QZ FC, includes your own answers no matter how short or long and u can refer back to these when answering exam QS. BEST FEATURE: the AI, that concises a document that you can upload and it summrises it all into sections. https://learndojo.org/a-level/aqa-psychology/approaches-in-psychology#dropdown
4) DONOT BUY ANY BOOKS ADVERTISED. If you are told to buy any sort of PSYCH book it will be of no help i bought one and proved useless, u can find online copies if u tried FOR FREE. and all the information in a book can be found online except it will have more exam qs.
5) A WHITEBOARD !!!!!!! GENUINLEY WISH I BOUGHT IT EARLIER BUT IT HELPED SO MUCH. ASK UR TEACHERS FOR ONE OR TWO OR THREE AND TELL THEM YOULL GIVE IT BACK AFTER EXAMS ITS WHAT I DID.
6) DO NOT BUY PREDICTED PAPERS THEY ARE ALMOST ALWASY WRONG. I bought a couple and did complete them the day before th exam just for an extra help out of all three papers only two QS came up that were similarly in the predicted paper.
Instead just check out YT vids for free.
7) "A STUDENT HELPS" !!!! chck out the studentRoom account it was such a big help for Exam Qs
8) COLLEGE RECOURCES : Keep ALL your handouts and PPS that you are given they will save so much time from starting from scratch.
THIS IS MY BEST ADVICE FOR A LEVEL PSYCH AFTER HAVING DONE THEM. im predicted an A so i hope i get an A but ill be happy with a B. But genuinley this is my best advice i cld possibly give to students struggling like i was. I was only getting Ds and Cs all thru y12 and some of y13. and i hate psychology with a passion. best of luck i can give so much more advice as well from someone who only revised three weeks before exams started.
(edited 5 months ago)

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