Grade Booster Digital+ AQA A-Level Psychology

Course outline

Introduction

• How to Use Grade Booster
• The Structure of the Exam Papers
• Paper 1: Examiner Feedback and Lessons Learned
• Paper 2: Examiner Feedback and Lessons Learned
• Paper 2: Examiner Feedback and Lessons Learned

Developing Assessment Skills

• Command Word Challenge
• AO1 Skills - Knowledge
• AO2 Skills - Application
• AO3 Skills - Evaluation and Analysis
• Get the Right Balance

Nailing the Common Question Types

• Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions
• What is the Difference?
• How Can We Explain This?
• What Does it Do?

Writing Better Essays

• Unpick the Question and Plan!
• Structuring Evaluation
• What's the Problem?
• Building a Line of Argument
• Give Your Evaluation Points the Wow Factor
• Diamond Nine

All About Application

• Unlocking the Stem and Plan
• In the News
• Making Clear and Explicit Links
• Going Beyond the Stem
• Be the Examiner

Research Methods are Everywhere

• Knowledge Recap
• Putting Research methods into Conetext
• Design an Investigation
• Why Would it be Better?
• Dealing with Quantitative Data
• What Can We Do with Qualitative Data?
• Reliability and Validity

Core Topics Review

• Social Influence
• Memory
• Attachment
• Psychopathology
• Approaches in Psychology
• Biopsychology

Issues and Debates

• Knowledge Recap
• Illustrate the Issue or Debate
• What's the Debate?
• Debates Conveyor Belt
• Using the Debates to Compare Approaches

Optional Topics

• Relationships
• Gender
• Cognition and Development
• Schizophrenia
• Eating Behaviour
• Stress
• Forensics
• Addiction