Achieving well in AQA A level Psychology: Paper 2

Date: Thursday 26 November 2020 – 4pm 

Code: 7871

About this webinar

Ensure your students are prepared on the key topics for their exam preparation with this focused one-hour webinar on AQA A Level Psychology Paper 2.

Led by senior examiner Jean-Marc, students will explore the best ways to revise key topics for the AQA Paper 2 and demonstrates how to translate those into excellent A level answers which can access the highest grades.

This interactive webinar will provide your students with:

Focus on key areas of Paper 2 topics, including:

• Biological rhythms
• Learning approaches
• The use of comparison to gain AO3 credit
• Answering application questions

BENEFITS OF THIS WEBINAR

• Gain a developed understanding of key areas of Paper 2 topics
• Explore what examiners are looking for in top level answers
• Focus on content essential to the formation of top-level answers on Biopsychology and Psychological approaches
• Take away strategies for creating answers that access to top-band marks
• Look at example responses showing what examiners look for and what to avoid

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

All students of AQA A level Psychology

4.00pm
Introduction and welcome

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4.05pm
Biopsychology: Focus on key topic areas

• Revising circadian biological rhythms
• Ultradian biological rhythms
• Infradian biological rhythms
• The role of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers

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4.20pm
Strategies for the formation of top level responses to application questions

• How to produce excellent answers – reaching the top mark band every time

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4.30pm
Student Activity

• Feedback on student responses

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4.35 pm Producing excellent exam answers on Psychological approaches

• Learning approaches – the key to revising these successfully
• Classical and operant conditioning
• Social learning theory: what makes a good answer on these

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4.50 pm  The use of comparison to gain AO3 credit

• Analysing, interpreting and evaluating scientific information, ideas and evidence, to make judgements and reach conclusions

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4.55pm Student Activity on short answer questions

• Assessing the quality of Paper 2 answers using comparison
• Final questions and answers