A-Level Psychology Study Group 2024-25
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Welcome to the A-Level Psychology Study Group!
This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Psychology at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Psychology at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.
Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!
Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.
To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:
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Which exam board are you following?
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What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?
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What topics within A-Level Psychology do you find most challenging/interesting?
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Hello 
Which exam board are you following?
AQA
What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?
I like all of the topics, but I find attachment the most interesting
What topics within A-Level Psychology do you find most challenging/interesting?
Some of the research methods questions' mark schemes can be very specific so I do find it challenging to know the right words to use
Which exam board are you following?
AQA
What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?
I like all of the topics, but I find attachment the most interesting
What topics within A-Level Psychology do you find most challenging/interesting?
Some of the research methods questions' mark schemes can be very specific so I do find it challenging to know the right words to use
Reply 2
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I got an A in AQA alevel psychology. I could have got an A star if i actually went over everything but i got too tired and stopped.The flashcards have all the information you would need for an A or an A star. You can also create your notes from it.Some people might think that there is too much information on each flashcard and might split it up.I used a mix of resources including my teachers slides, booklets, websites and youtube videos.Enjoy.It is an anki deck.Paper 3 topics were: forensics, schizophrenia, gender and issues and debate.https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1528567830
Reply 3
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by BlinkrWelcome to the A-Level Psychology Study Group!
This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Psychology at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Psychology at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.
Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!
Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.
To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:
•
Which exam board are you following?
•
What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?
•
What topics within A-Level Psychology do you find most challenging/interesting?
AQA Psychology
I enjoy watching the occasional documentary my teacher puts on about certain cases!
My favourite topic is psychopathology but i quite like approaches because of its simplicity
Reply 4
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Hi,
Year 12 Edexcel Psychology here 😞
I really like the topics I have done so far which is social psychology(prejudice and obedience).it's just the essay structure I struggle with as it's so complicated and 4-5 paragraphs for an 8 marker.Now imagine the higher markers 😩😖
Year 12 Edexcel Psychology here 😞
I really like the topics I have done so far which is social psychology(prejudice and obedience).it's just the essay structure I struggle with as it's so complicated and 4-5 paragraphs for an 8 marker.Now imagine the higher markers 😩😖
Reply 5
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by BlinkrWelcome to the A-Level Psychology Study Group!
This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Psychology at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Psychology at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.
Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!
Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.
To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:
•
Which exam board are you following?
•
What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?
•
What topics within A-Level Psychology do you find most challenging/interesting?
Exam board: AQA
Most enjoy Biopsychology - especially brain structure and struggling with the essay writing
Reply 6
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by BlinkrWelcome to the A-Level Psychology Study Group!
This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Psychology at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying Psychology at A-Level. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.
Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!
Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.
To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:
•
Which exam board are you following?
•
What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?
•
What topics within A-Level Psychology do you find most challenging/interesting?
i enjoy doing the debates in class since its a requirement for my course
i find the case studies hard to remember since i need to know the facts and statistics.
im in year 12.
Reply 7
Hi guys, I do AQA psychology currently predicted an A* and I kinda hate the subject. I never revise and I even though I have performed well so far, I would like some revision tips to just consolidate me getting that A*. Any help would be appreciated greatly!!!
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by zakirkarrimHi guys, I do AQA psychology currently predicted an A* and I kinda hate the subject. I never revise and I even though I have performed well so far, I would like some revision tips to just consolidate me getting that A*. Any help would be appreciated greatly!!!
I’d recommend making Anki flashcrads and separating each topic into AO1 and AO3 sub decks with full PEELs for evaluations and 8 AO1 points for each possible 16 marker. Btw what revision materials are you using?
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by zakirkarrimHi guys, I do AQA psychology currently predicted an A* and I kinda hate the subject. I never revise and I even though I have performed well so far, I would like some revision tips to just consolidate me getting that A*. Any help would be appreciated greatly!!!
I like making essay plans for every topic, that way you're prepared for the ao1 and ao3
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by 🐼PANDA🐼I’d recommend making Anki flashcrads and separating each topic into AO1 and AO3 sub decks with full PEELs for evaluations and 8 AO1 points for each possible 16 marker. Btw what revision materials are you using?
I genuinely cannot stand the idea of making my own flashcards, I prefer doing exam questions. I know it sounds stubborn but ig that's how I work. Right now I use the textbook, PMT and psychboost to revise. If you could recommend me a reliable anki deck that is accessible online that'd be greatly appreciated!
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by zakirkarrimI genuinely cannot stand the idea of making my own flashcards, I prefer doing exam questions. I know it sounds stubborn but ig that's how I work. Right now I use the textbook, PMT and psychboost to revise. If you could recommend me a reliable anki deck that is accessible online that'd be greatly appreciated!
If you don't like flashcards you can do other forms of active recall like blurting, making mind maps from memory etc.
I'm aware that Quizlet has a good amount of pre-made flashcards if that's something you want to check out.
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by zakirkarrimI genuinely cannot stand the idea of making my own flashcards, I prefer doing exam questions. I know it sounds stubborn but ig that's how I work. Right now I use the textbook, PMT and psychboost to revise. If you could recommend me a reliable anki deck that is accessible online that'd be greatly appreciated!
Here are some good Anki decks:
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/934662015
https://ankiweb.net/shared/by-author/372396567
Also tutor 2u have made a pdf for each topic with band 4 16 markers that cover all (mostly) subtopics. For example here this one for attachment: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=1022603
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by 🐼PANDA🐼Here are some good Anki decks:
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/934662015
https://ankiweb.net/shared/by-author/372396567
Also tutor 2u have made a pdf for each topic with band 4 16 markers that cover all (mostly) subtopics. For example here this one for attachment: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=1022603
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/934662015
https://ankiweb.net/shared/by-author/372396567
Also tutor 2u have made a pdf for each topic with band 4 16 markers that cover all (mostly) subtopics. For example here this one for attachment: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=1022603
You, good sir, are an absolute legend! Appreciate you
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by always-anxiousIf you don't like flashcards you can do other forms of active recall like blurting, making mind maps from memory etc.
I'm aware that Quizlet has a good amount of pre-made flashcards if that's something you want to check out.
I'm aware that Quizlet has a good amount of pre-made flashcards if that's something you want to check out.
I'm so fussy, I hate all of those techniques (or I'm just lazy when it comes to psych), but thanks!
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How do you revise the A03? I aways get muddled between different essays and can never remember them in the exam.
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by James_h57How do you revise the A03? I aways get muddled between different essays and can never remember them in the exam.
I find making essay plans useful as it helps to show the 'split' between AO1 and AO3.
Also if you're making notes/doing blurts I find it useful to write the AO1 in one colour and the AO3 in a different colour which might help you not get the muddled up. For example when I make mind maps I write the AO1 in black pen then for AO3 I write strengths in green and weaknesses in red. Hope this helps
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Hi! I'm in year 12 and am doing AS-level psychology for the AQA exam board.
So far we've covered Research Methods, Approaches to Psychology and are currently doing psychopathology with 1 teacher and biopsychology with the other. So far, I seem to have enjoyed approaches to psychology although I seem to struggle with Research Methods (RM). I haven't done well in the 2 tests we did in the first few weeks of starting psychology. I got an E in the first test and a C in the next. I also got a C in the RM covered with my second teacher and another C in the approaches to psychology test. I want to know what I can do to improve in these topics since my mocks will be on RM and Approaches to Psychology and I want to get an A or higher in those mocks. What do you think I should do? Any help is greatly appreciated!
So far we've covered Research Methods, Approaches to Psychology and are currently doing psychopathology with 1 teacher and biopsychology with the other. So far, I seem to have enjoyed approaches to psychology although I seem to struggle with Research Methods (RM). I haven't done well in the 2 tests we did in the first few weeks of starting psychology. I got an E in the first test and a C in the next. I also got a C in the RM covered with my second teacher and another C in the approaches to psychology test. I want to know what I can do to improve in these topics since my mocks will be on RM and Approaches to Psychology and I want to get an A or higher in those mocks. What do you think I should do? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Y12 here, had some exams and needed a concise subject specification to help me with what i needed to revise on (AQA one is long asf and just not very printer friendly). Couldn't find one so i made my own with a RAG format (for AQA) which i got down to about 10 pages and formatted it a bit better. this was inspired by a previous user, who did a bio and chem one, who ill also link. Enjoy.
My own (Psych) https://docs.google.com/document/d/10btiEYNd1mTSe0TPGGeuTo_8CytLLB8rmBOYcRZlG3s/edit?tab=t.0
Previous one (Bio and Chem) - https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7154136#post96509396
My own (Psych) https://docs.google.com/document/d/10btiEYNd1mTSe0TPGGeuTo_8CytLLB8rmBOYcRZlG3s/edit?tab=t.0
Previous one (Bio and Chem) - https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7154136#post96509396
Reply 19
Heyy, I'm in Y13 doing CIE Psychs and I'm doing fine in psychology, I just really don't know how I'm going to retain all these content
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