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A-Level Psychology

k2623

Hi I need some help on the most efficient way to revise psychology to do well in my exams

Reply 1

gingercat103

Original post by k2623

Hi I need some help on the most efficient way to revise psychology to do well in my exams

Hello!
I found psychology super hard to revise for as there is so much content but blurting is a really good technique.
If you grab a whiteboard (mine was £2 from the works) and blurt all the information you know topic by topic it really sticks in your brain. Afterwards i go back with a different colour pen and add in the stuff i missed. Then just go over and repeat.
Exam questions are always good for structure, but i wouldn’t focus too much on recent past paper questions as they have come up recently so probably won’t come up for awhile.
Hope this helps and good luck!

Reply 2

University of Bath

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Original post by k2623

Hi I need some help on the most efficient way to revise psychology to do well in my exams

Hi there,

I did my degree in psychology so I thought I'd share the methods I found helpful when revising for A Level:

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Make posters of key studies/topics with all the relevant info on them in ordered sections with different colours, really helped me to test myself on the content.

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Teach it to someone else - this can be a member of your family or a friend. Teaching your study/topic to someone else is a scientifically proven way to help information to consolidate and is a relatively fun way to revise because its different to writing.

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I would say that practicing past paper questions is a good call because even if the topics won't necessarily be exactly the same, the style of answers will be and so its good to practice doing them to time.

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Keep up with your content as you go along. Make sure you take time to go over your class material as you learn it: have clear, organised and full notes, makes sure you understand the concepts/research and don't leave your class with unanswered questions.