Good luck!

Hey guys,

Good luck on the Paper 1

Top tips
- look at the number of marks and give that many ideas
- use the words/name in the question as much as possible.

I'm sure you will do great!

Paper 1

REVISION SESSION - tuesday afternoon - I will be here from 2.00 to 3.30 if you would like help preparing for P1. Happy to cover any element of P1

Here are essay plans for memory strategies and cultural variance in attachment.

essay plans p1

MUST WATCH FILM!

Hey guys,

The film I showed the UVI last year on social psychology is currently on iplayer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t6xzz/The_Wave/

Great film, must see, about the powers of conformity and legitimate authority

Important updates

Firstly, there are now essay plans for P2 essays on the blog.

Paper 1 retakes

Secondly, the exam board are discussing what models of working memory (there are a number) are acceptable. So to be safe I want to give you a simpler model.

Revision Session P1

Hi,

I'm going to be free for a revision session tomorrow lessons 4 & 5 (11.15 - 12.50).

If you would like to come can you tick 'need more help' below. if I don't hear from anyone I may not run it.

If you would like me to cover a particular topic can you comment below, especially if its Mrs P's stuff as I will have to look over it before the lesson.

Ms H

Revision sheets

Hey,

I've just added essay plans for definitions and psychopathology and reserach revision to the P2 page above.

LCU's

Hey

Just updating our LCU stats

150 LCU - 30%
200-300 LCU - 50%
over 300 - 80%

Likely essays for Unit 1

Unit 1
Jan 09	Expl of Attachment
June 09	Anxiety on EWT
Jan 10	Research into privation
June 10	Institutionalisation
Jan11	Working MM
Uni2
Jan	Bio approach to psychopathology
June 09	Explanations of why people obey  (10 mark on physiological treatments stress)
Jan 10	Definitions of mental illness
June 10	Research into immune system and stress
Jan 11	Psychodynamic approach

So these are the essays that have come up in the past papers. Thus I think its more likely that for P1 you will get

1) strategies for memory improvement
2) Day Care
3) types of attachment
4) cultural variations in attachment

for P2 I would say more likely  is

1) cogntive approach/treatments
2) psychological stress management strategies
3)Conformity
4) social change
5) independent behaviour
6) workplace stress
7) personality stress


Obviously you could get ANY essay, but I would be particularly sure you are confortable with these. Remember for Ao2 - state, explain, elaborate teh point e.g. The problem is that we can't determine cause and effect - this is because it could be that schizophrenia increases dopamine or it could be dopamine effects schizophrenia - the problem here is that we can't ethicially induce schizophrenia and thus have to rely on a correlation.

Wednesday practice exam

Hi,

If you are interested in taking a paper Wednesday in timed conditions (e.g. the one Mrs Philips gave you or the spec paper I gave you) please tick the 'interesting' box below. If you want to take a Paper 1 tomorrow please tick the 'need more help' (that way I will get some P1 papers photocopied.)

Thanks,

Ms H

Updating the school files

Hey,

So if you go to the school website http://www.solsch.org.uk/ you will see in the bottom left that you can now log on to get remote file access. When you click on this and put in your pass word. Click on user files and network areas and then network areas. You will find a Psychology file which has all of my documents (Powerpoints, Word, markschemes, papers etc.) I am in the process of updating this but most of the AS stuff is there (need to do the papers).

Enjoy :)

mistake on Marmot

Hi,

Just to say that in the Marmot study the increased risk of CHD in low control/grade workers was 2x not 4x.

Sorry!