Edexcel Psychology for A Level Yr 2 Revision Guide

ERQs on AL papers Standard Describe and evaluate one subtopic. (Note that these are highly unlikely on Paper 3 where ERQs will be ‘review of studies’ and ‘issues and debates’, see below.) Example answers in our Year 1 Revision guide (pages 12–19). Context Context/scenario is given which must be addressed in your answer (i.e. answer applied to context). Prompt Context provided but no application required. Methods Research methods, may just be methods or applied to a subtopic. Key question Describe your key question and apply your psychological evidence. For A level, evaluation is required except for 8-mark discuss questions. Practical investigation Describe aims/procedure/findings/conclusions of your practical investigations. Evaluate strengths and weaknesses. Synoptic Questions include reference to more than one topic, i.e. social and cognitive, or psychology in general. I&D Involves one issue or debate often (but not always) in relation to a topic (e.g. clinical) or possibly subtopic (e.g. schizophrenia). Review of studies Paper 3, Section B – Questions combine two of the classic studies from topics 1–5 (e.g. Sherif and Rosenhan) with one of the eleven issues and debates. Check it The final two check it questions are ERQs (essays). The first is always labelled Standard and the second is one of the other categories described on the left. Many of the types of exam question on the left can be combined, e.g. I&D/Synoptic or I&D/Methods. Practice No athlete would dream of running a race without doing many practice runs of the right distance and within a set time.Always write exam answers in the allotted time – allow yourself about 12–15 minutes for an 8-mark essay.You should prepare beforehand and maybe even write a few notes, but then write the answer with the clock ticking. Make up your own We only have room for two ERQs on each spread in this book but you can adapt the ones throughout each chapter by changing the subtopic in the question. ERQ command terms 8 marks 16 marks (A level Papers 2 and 3 only) Discuss (with context) AO1 + AO2 (4 + 4) Evaluate (no context) AO1 + AO3 (6 + 10) Evaluate (no context) Assess (no context) AO1 + AO3 (4 + 4) Evaluate (with context) Assess (with context) To what extent (with context) AO1 + AO2 + AO3 (6 + 4 + 6) 12 marks 20 marks (A level only) Evaluate (no context) To what extent (no context) AO1 + AO3 (6 + 6) Evaluate (no context) Assess (no context) AO1 + AO3 (8 + 12) Evaluate (with context) AO1 + AO2 + AO3 (4 + 4 + 4) To what extent (with context) AO1 + AO2 + AO3 (8 + 4 + 8) 9