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Biopsychology gap
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🔴 SRS overdue — Milgram's agency theory
8 min
🟡 Biopsychology: localisation of function (weakest topic)
15 min
🟣 16-mark timed essay: Issues & Debates
22 min
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Essay marked — 16-mark evaluate question
Social Influence · Paper 1 · 22 minutes taken
AO Balance Analysis
AO1 Knowledge
76%
AO2 Application
62%
AO3 Eval/Analysis
81%
PREDICTED · 13/16 · GRADE A
CC Tip: Add a real-world AO2 link — e.g. Milgram's findings applied to workplace compliance — for 14/16.
✓ Strong AO1 foundation — Milgram correctly cited
✓ AO3 evaluation present with Baumrind counter-argument
⚠ AO2 application lacks a specific real-world scenario
✗ No Issues & Debates link — missed synoptic marks
✗ Counter-argument not fully developed — 1 mark lost
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Milgram (1963) — Obedience to Authority
65% of participants continued to 450V. Agentic state theory explains obedience to legitimate authority. Evaluation: lacks ecological validity (artificial lab setting).
Ainsworth — Strange Situation
DUEMulti-store model (Atkinson & Shiffrin)
SOONCognitive approach — assumptions
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16-mark evaluate — Bowlby's attachment theory
AO1 → AO2 → AO3 chain builder · Paper 1
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Point (AO1)
Bowlby proposed monotropy — one primary attachment figure shapes internal working model.
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Evidence (AO1+AO2)
Hazen & Shaver (1987): IWM predicts adult romantic attachment style — applies theory to real-world relationships.
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Evaluate (AO3)
However, Rutter (1981) distinguishes deprivation from privation — limits universality of monotropy claim.
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Link (AO3 conclusion)
Overall, Bowlby's theory has strong empirical support but oversimplifies the attachment process.
Bowlby (1969) proposed that infants form a primary attachment bond — termed monotropy — which creates an internal working model (IWM) shaping future relationships. Evidence from Hazen & Shaver (1987) supports this; adults with secure childhood attachments reported more positive romantic relationships, directly applying Bowlby's IWM to real-world outcomes. However, Rutter (1981) challenged monotropy by distinguishing deprivation (loss of bond) from privation (absence of bond), suggesting Bowlby conflated two distinct phenomena…
Progress Report
AQA Psychology — Your academic profile
Week 7 of 14 · Exam: 18 days
Overall: Grade A boundary
4 Targeted Priorities
AO2 application is your biggest mark gain — 61% is below your AO1. Add a real-world scenario to every essay paragraph.
Research Methods (55%) — focus on statistical tests and operationalisation. 4–8 marks available per paper.
Synoptic linking (42%) is weakest — practice connecting Social Influence to Issues & Debates before Paper 3.
Counter-argument absent in 4 of last 6 essays — that's a band 2 ceiling. A* Hub has a drill for this.
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Command word decoder
Know exactly what each command word demands before you write a word.
Outline
AO1 only
Factual description. No evaluation. Use key terms.
Evaluate
AO1 + AO2 + AO3
Counter-argument required. Must conclude with a judgement.
Discuss
AO1 + AO3
Both sides. Balanced. No single dominant view.
Explain
AO1 + AO2
State the point AND link it to a specific example or context.
Assess
AO1 + AO3
Weigh evidence. Come to a supported conclusion.
Apply
AO2 only
Use the scenario given. Do not introduce new theory.
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Variables & Operationalisation
AQA 7182 — Every RM topic with mark-scheme worked examples
Practice Question · 2 marks
State an appropriate IV and DV for a study investigating whether listening to music improves memory recall.
MODEL ANSWER:IV — presence or absence of background music (operationalised as music vs. silence). DV — number of words correctly recalled from a 20-word list after 60 seconds.
✓ 2/2 marks
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Topic Progress
Variables & Operationalisation
92%Hypothesis writing
71%Sampling methods
64%Statistical tests (sign test)
43%Ethics in psychological research
88%Synoptic Connections Hub
Issues & Debates — selected
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3 Connections — Issues & Debates
→ Approaches in PsychologyEach approach takes a different position on free will vs determinism and nature vs nurture — core I&D debates. Cite Freud (psychodynamic) for soft determinism.
→ Social InfluenceMilgram's findings raise ethical concerns about deception — links to BPS guidelines in I&D. Agentic state connects to situational determinism.
→ BiopsychologyBrain localisation (Broca's area) supports the nature side of the nature/nurture debate — a direct I&D synoptic link for Paper 3.