Help needed for psychology!!!!
I do OCR A level psychology and struggle quite a lot with evaluation Qs. I do not know how to format my answers or what structures to use even though I'd say I'm confident enough with the AO1 aspect. Can anyone give me generic structures to use for 2, 4, 8 and 12/15 marker Qs for paper 2? thanks
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Reply 1
in my college, we were taught to do paper 2 in a PEC format for the most part (Point, Evidence, Conclude)
For 2 markers, this would look like PE
for 4 markers, this may mean a more detailed PEC
for 8 markers (typically comparison questions), i use the PDEE format (point, define, example 1, example 2)
for section c, use a what, how, why format for any strategy question
15 markers may be comparison or discussion
comparison, unse PDEEC/PDECEC
discusion define the debates and the PEC making sue to always link to debate and area/perspective
*if a procedure question comes up, always do one more point of procedure than marks for safety*
hopes this helps!
For 2 markers, this would look like PE
for 4 markers, this may mean a more detailed PEC
for 8 markers (typically comparison questions), i use the PDEE format (point, define, example 1, example 2)
for section c, use a what, how, why format for any strategy question
15 markers may be comparison or discussion
comparison, unse PDEEC/PDECEC
discusion define the debates and the PEC making sue to always link to debate and area/perspective
*if a procedure question comes up, always do one more point of procedure than marks for safety*
hopes this helps!
Reply 2
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by eviemaebakerin my college, we were taught to do paper 2 in a PEC format for the most part (Point, Evidence, Conclude)
For 2 markers, this would look like PE
for 4 markers, this may mean a more detailed PEC
for 8 markers (typically comparison questions), i use the PDEE format (point, define, example 1, example 2)
for section c, use a what, how, why format for any strategy question
15 markers may be comparison or discussion
comparison, unse PDEEC/PDECEC
discusion define the debates and the PEC making sue to always link to debate and area/perspective
*if a procedure question comes up, always do one more point of procedure than marks for safety*
hopes this helps!
For 2 markers, this would look like PE
for 4 markers, this may mean a more detailed PEC
for 8 markers (typically comparison questions), i use the PDEE format (point, define, example 1, example 2)
for section c, use a what, how, why format for any strategy question
15 markers may be comparison or discussion
comparison, unse PDEEC/PDECEC
discusion define the debates and the PEC making sue to always link to debate and area/perspective
*if a procedure question comes up, always do one more point of procedure than marks for safety*
hopes this helps!
thank you so much!!
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