I provide Psychology (AQA) and Politics (Edexcel) A-Level revision notes by topic, both of which I have an A* in. These notes helped me get it and they can help you too! Although the Politics notes are the 2008 specification, the examples are all up to date and relevant for an assessment of American politics. I'm currently studying at Durham and I achieved 3A* at A level in Biology, Politics, and Psychology.
I provide Psychology (AQA) and Politics (Edexcel) A-Level revision notes by topic, both of which I have an A* in. These notes helped me get it and they can help you too! Although the Politics notes are the 2008 specification, the examples are all up to date and relevant for an assessment of American politics. I'm currently studying at Durham and I achieved 3A* at A level in Biology, Politics, and Psychology.
These are all the topics covered in Paper three for the new psychology specification (obviously subject to the options I covered), Relationships, Eating, Addiction, and Issues in Psychology. Save 30% by buying them as one. I dropped just 3 marks in this paper, using only these notes.
These are all the topics covered in Paper two for the new psychology specification: research methods, approaches, and biopsychology. Save 30% by buying them as one!
These are all the topics covered in Paper one for the new psychology specification: memory, attachment, social influence, and psychopathology. Save 30% by buying them as one!
These are A* grade Paper One notes for social influence including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references. This is the additional content which is now covered in the A-level paper, along with the other notes.
These are A* grade Paper Two notes for Research Methods including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
These are A* grade Paper Two notes for Biopsychology including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
These are A* grade Paper Two notes for Approaches, including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
These are A* grade Paper Three notes for addiction including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
These are A* grade Paper Three notes for Issues, Debates, and Approaches including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
These are A* grade Paper Three notes for Relationships including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
These are A* grade Paper Three notes for Eating Behaviour including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
These are A* grade Paper One notes for attachment including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
These are A* grade Paper One notes for Psychopathology including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
Including: Definitions of abnormality, including deviation from social norms, failure to function adequately,
statistical infrequency and deviation from ideal mental health, The behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of phobias, depression and obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD), The behavioural approach to explaining and treating phobias: the two-process model, including classical and operant conditioning; systematic desensitisation, including relaxation and use of hierarchy; flooding. The cognitive approach to explaining and treating depression: Beck’s negative triad and Ellis’s ABC model; cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), including challenging irrational thoughts.The biological approach to explaining and treating OCD: genetic and neural explanations; drug therapy.
These are A* grade Paper One notes for Memory including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
Including: the multi store model, and the features of each store, types of long term memory, the working memory model, explanations for forgetting (proactive interference, retroactive interference, retrieval failure), factors affecting EWT (misleading information, leading questions, post event discussion and anxiety), and how we can use the cognitive interview to improve EWT.
These are A* grade Paper One notes for social influence including A01 and A03 equipped for 16 mark essays and short answer questions. Each essay topic is covered with 4 evaluation points in P-E-E style and references.
Including: conformity, variables affecting conformity, conformity to social roles, obedience, variables affecting obedience (both situational and dispositional), resistance to social influence, minority influence, and social change.
