Psychology Ib
PSYCHOLOGY liam.o’leary.11@ucl.ac.uk In Psychology, you will only get penalised for NOT ASKING QUESTIONS.
Paper 1 = Core material 50% of final grade
Section A – 53 %
Section B – 47%
A – Knowledge & Comprehension
B – Evidence of critical thinking: application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation
C – Organisation (Structure)
Strategy:
20 mins + 5 mins planning for each of SAQs questions
50 mins for LAQ question CHOOSING and planning
10 mins for spellcheck
Paper 2 = 25% of final grade
Two 22 marks LAQs. 5 Optional topics are available, with 3 LAQs per topic.
Strategy 2 marks every 5 mins (44 marks in 120 mins)
Derren Brown programs for A-levels Psychology courses
Revision: do some memory exercises
Names remembering – emotional relevance. Boucheard did something on intelligence (therefore – Bouchard = intelligence). Be creative; make your own way to remember names.
Dates remembering – link them to birthdays and dates of the events you can remember.
How to apply this: Think about everyday attributions. Psychology is all around us! Look up ‘logical fallacies’ to improve your critical thinking skills for psychological study analysis.
Society < – > Individual (behaviour)
The Biological Level of Analysis
Complete definition of psychology:
Psychology is a knowledge field within the human sciences which “indirectly” analyses intangible mental processes via behavioural observation. These mental processes are dependent on biological factors (biological/nurture) and environmental factors (sociocultural/nature).
What does level of analysis (LOA) mean?
There are 3 levels of analyses: Biological, Cognitive and Sociocultural 1. Use a holistic approach (LOA-balanced argument) by suggesting that a phenomenon can be discussed from multiple factors from LOAs, avoiding reductionism. 2. Use an interactionist approach to show how biological aetiology (hormonal disequilibrium) alone can cause cognitive and sociocultural psychological symptoms. 3.
Paper 1 = Core material 50% of final grade
Section A – 53 %
Section B – 47%
A – Knowledge & Comprehension
B – Evidence of critical thinking: application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation
C – Organisation (Structure)
Strategy:
20 mins + 5 mins planning for each of SAQs questions
50 mins for LAQ question CHOOSING and planning
10 mins for spellcheck
Paper 2 = 25% of final grade
Two 22 marks LAQs. 5 Optional topics are available, with 3 LAQs per topic.
Strategy 2 marks every 5 mins (44 marks in 120 mins)
Derren Brown programs for A-levels Psychology courses
Revision: do some memory exercises
Names remembering – emotional relevance. Boucheard did something on intelligence (therefore – Bouchard = intelligence). Be creative; make your own way to remember names.
Dates remembering – link them to birthdays and dates of the events you can remember.
How to apply this: Think about everyday attributions. Psychology is all around us! Look up ‘logical fallacies’ to improve your critical thinking skills for psychological study analysis.
Society < – > Individual (behaviour)
The Biological Level of Analysis
Complete definition of psychology:
Psychology is a knowledge field within the human sciences which “indirectly” analyses intangible mental processes via behavioural observation. These mental processes are dependent on biological factors (biological/nurture) and environmental factors (sociocultural/nature).
What does level of analysis (LOA) mean?
There are 3 levels of analyses: Biological, Cognitive and Sociocultural 1. Use a holistic approach (LOA-balanced argument) by suggesting that a phenomenon can be discussed from multiple factors from LOAs, avoiding reductionism. 2. Use an interactionist approach to show how biological aetiology (hormonal disequilibrium) alone can cause cognitive and sociocultural psychological symptoms. 3.