Grade Booster 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

Advance Information Advice and Guidance

• Advance Information Advice and Guidance Paper 1
• Advance Information Advice and Guidance Paper 2
• Advance Information Advice and Guidance Paper 3

Preparing for Exams: Advanced Information Revision

This collection takes you through each of the topics on paper 1 and paper 2, and through Issues and Debates, exploring the advanced information areas in detail. You will develop your skills, confidence with the advanced information areas, and nail your revision with these intensive sessions.

• Attachment
• Memory
• Psychopathology
• Social Influence
• Approaches
• Biopsychology
• Issues and Debates

Exam Style Question Walkthroughs

In this section, we walk you through exam style questions from paper 1, 2 and 3. You will be coached on how to interpret the questions, how to understand mark schemes, and provided with some suggested answers to compare your own too.

• Paper 1: Exam question walkthrough
• Paper 2: Biopsychology Exam Questions
• Paper 2: Biopsychology Multiple Choice Questions
• Paper 2: Research Methods
• Paper 3: Issues and Debates