Introductory topics in Psychology exam tips

Exam tips

• Social influence Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to explain types of conformity including internalisation and compliance..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.

• Social influence Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to explain conformity using informational social influence, normative social influence and variables investigated by Asch..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.

• Social influence Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to explain obedience using agentic state, legitimacy of authority, Milgram's situational variables and the authoritarian personality..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.

• Social influence Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to explain resistance to social influence using social support and locus of control..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.

• Social influence Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to explain minority influence using consistency, commitment and flexibility..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.

• Memory Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to describe the multi-store model of memory, including sensory register, short-term memory and long-term memory..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.

• Memory Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to compare coding, capacity and duration in each store of the multi-store model..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.

• Memory Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to describe the working memory model, including the central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad and episodic buffer..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.

• Memory Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to explain forgetting using proactive interference, retroactive interference and retrieval failure from absence of cues..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.

• Memory Psychology exam tip 1

  Separate AO1 description from AO3 evaluation before writing the answer. Apply this to explain factors affecting eyewitness testimony, including leading questions, post-event discussion and anxiety..

  This keeps the answer specific to AQA Psychology and prevents unsupported opinion or study-name dumping.