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Labour-market case on Economic principles and issues across sections 3.1 and 3.2: which option best explains the economic mechanism in Synoptic economic principles and issues?.
- A.Organise the answer as definition, application, chain of analysis, evaluation and supported judgement.
- B.Write a definition-only answer because essay questions mainly reward recall.
- C.AO1 definition is the same as AO2 application.
- D.Give an unsupported judgement about AQA Economics assessment objectives without evidence, context or command-word focus.
Model answer
What a good answer should say
- Correct answer: Organise the answer as definition, application, chain of analysis, evaluation and supported judgement..
- It is correct because it links economic principles and issues across sections 3.1 and 3.2 to micro-macro links and keeps the reasoning within the evidence supplied by the question.
Explanation
Why this works
The reasoning should move from cause to transmission mechanism to consequence. Use a diagram, calculation or data point if it is relevant, then test the answer with Economics evaluation: size of effect, time period, elasticity or responsiveness, assumptions, and distribution of gains and losses.
This keeps the response specific to Synoptic microeconomic and macroeconomic reasoning rather than repeating a generic question template.
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