Welcome to my Psychology blog. You will find everything that you need to be successful in AQA A level Psychology. Now there are no excuses about accessing the material, no more complaints about lugging around a book, it’s all here! Enjoy!
We have also launched a Psychology TikTok channel. Use the QR code below to follow:
Some of the resources on this blog can be found on the AQA website. This blog has been written in student friendly language in order to make Psychology easily accessible to students all around the world.
Never forget your dear old friend –
GRAVER SAUNDERS
Generalisability
Reliability
Applications
Validity
Ethics
Research Method
Supporting research/opposing research
Alternative explanations
Usefulness
Nature/Nurture & Nomothetic/Idiographic
Determinism/Freewill
Ethnocentrism/Imposed Etic/Emic
Reductionism/Holism
Social sensitivity
Strategies for success:
One
3 is the magic number:
Step 1 – Chose a subtopic to revise e.g. caregiver-infant interactions in Attachment Unit, and carry out some form of revision (flashcards, spider map, Quizlet, Seneca etc).
Step 2 – Find 3 questions on this topic (1 short answer question 1-3 marks, 1 medium answer question 4-6 marks, and 1 essay question 8 or 16 marks). You can find these on canvas in files/exam papers/topic by topic exam questions.
Step 3 – Cross check your answers with the mark scheme and add in comments in a different coloured pen. You may have missed something, or you may need to correct a mistake. For 8 or 16 mark essays, look at the model answers on canvas in files/model answers. You can find the mark schemes at the end of each document for the exam questions in canvas in files/exam papers/topic by topic exam questions.
Two
Thoroughly learn research studies – exact details: sample, method, procedure, qualitative and quantitative findings and conclusions. You can do this by, creating a table of the subtopics for each unit and use the Psychology blog or your class notes to add the studies. You can find a template for the Psychopathology unit on canvas files/revision activities/research studies revision table.
Three
Attend the Wednesday lunchtime support session or sign up to the Psychology Mentor program where you work with a Psychology student in year 13.
Four
Carry out some wider reading. You could do this by reading ahead on the psychology blog https://mrsharrispsychology.school.blog/
Or read the ‘Psychology Review’ in the library.
CGS Psychology Blog: Mrs Harris & Miss D'Cruz 