psychology AQA 16 markers

My psychology teacher says that for 16 markers and above, I have to use an issues and debates evaluation point in all questions even if they are not an issues and debates question. She has marked me down on my 16 markers for not doing this in my mocks. Do I have to do this to get full marks or not because I don't see why I would have to if I have other points to make instead.

hey, i think the issues and debates eval. point is a criterium for top marks for 16 markers, as I believe you get capped at 9 (I think? do NOT quote me on that though) if you don't include one -- its just a weird quirk of the exam board
they are relatively easy to include though! figure out what is the easiest to remember and use those, and you can group if you want!! for example, for social influence, most of the research (asch, milgram, Stanford prison experiment, etc.) has exclusively male samples, so you can use gender bias as your i+d for pretty much all of it. you can even switch it around for moscovici, as that study has an all female sample.
i hope this helps 🫶

My psychology teacher says that for 16 markers and above, I have to use an issues and debates evaluation point in all questions even if they are not an issues and debates question. She has marked me down on my 16 markers for not doing this in my mocks. Do I have to do this to get full marks or not because I don't see why I would have to if I have other points to make instead.