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Hi! These are my A-Level notes, essays and resources I used to sit the 2018 summer exams, in AQA Psychology, AQA Economics and AQA English Literature (achieving A*A*A). Hope you find these useful.

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Hi! These are my A-Level notes, essays and resources I used to sit the 2018 summer exams, in AQA Psychology, AQA Economics and AQA English Literature (achieving A*A*A). Hope you find these useful.
Supply and demand in competitive markets
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Supply and demand in competitive markets

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AQA Economics A-level (specification 7135, 7136) Includes: Theory of Demand - downward slope curve, exceptions to law of demand Price elasticity of demand and determinants Income elasticity of demand and determinants Cross elasticity of demand and determinants Theory of Supply Price elasticity of supply and determinants Market equilibrium and disequilibrium
Economic methodology and the economic problem
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Economic methodology and the economic problem

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For AQA Economics A-level (specification 7135, 7136) Specification points: 4.1.1.1 - 4.1.2.4 Includes: Economic methodology - positive and normative statements Economic problem - needs, wants, scarcity etc. Choice and opportunity cost Economic sectors and units Factors of production PPF graphs and explanations of shifts Consumer behaviour - utility theory, rationality, imperfect/asymmetric information Behavioural economic theory and economic policies - choice architecture, framing, nudges etc. Evaluation of behavioural economics
AQA Economics A-Level (A* Notes, Essay Examples and Plans)
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AQA Economics A-Level (A* Notes, Essay Examples and Plans)

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AQA Economics A-level: specification 7135, 7136 *I sat my Economics exam in summer 2018 and achieved A star grades across all three papers. Here is a bundle of all my content/theory notes and 25 mark essay examples and plans! Includes: Paper 1 - Micro Economic Problem and Methodology Supply and Demand Production, Costs and Revenue Market Structure Labour Market Income and Wealth Market Mechanism, Market Failure and Government Intervention Paper 2 - Macro Macroeconomic performance Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Economic Performance Financial Markets Fiscal and Supply Side International Economy Paper 3 - Synoptic Synoptic practice questions AND *A Example 25 mark essays and practice questions covering: ** Includes 25 mark essays: Assess whether you agree that governments should subsidize companies who are developing cars which run on clean fuels such as hydrogen (25 marks) Assess whether you agree that the government should give financial assistance to firms producing cars in the UK to increase their competitiveness (25 marks) Assess whether you agree that the implementation of pollution permits could play a role in reducing global warming (25 marks) Discuss the view that falling unemployment will inevitably lead to trade-offs with other macroeconomic policy objectives (25 marks) Evaluate policies that the government could use to reduce obesity, referring to classical solutions such as taxes, subsidies and regulations, and behavioural solutions such as nudges and default choice (25 marks) Using your knowledge of behavioural economics and neoclassical economics, evaluate the possible policies that could be used to reduce congestion in the UK’s cities. (25 marks) Evaluate the view that imposing a tax is the most effective government policy for reducing the market failure arising from overconsumption of unhealthy food and drink (25 marks) Using the extracts and your economic knowledge, assess whether you agree that fixing a maximum price for energy that is sold households is the best way of dealing with market failure in the UK energy industry (25 marks) Using the extracts and your economic knowledge, assess the view that inequality is ‘good for us all’ (25 marks) 9 and 15 mark essays: With the help of a diagram, explain how export subsidies may help promote economic growth in India (9 marks) Explain how government policies can reduce the natural rate of unemployment (15 marks) Explain why, in a free market, sugary drinks may be overconsumed (15 marks) Essay plan To what extent do you agree that expansionary monetary policy is always effective in creating economic growth? (25 marks)
Economics A-level: Market mechanism, market failure and government intervention
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Economics A-level: Market mechanism, market failure and government intervention

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AQA Economics A-level (specification 7135, 7136) Includes: Types of goods; public, quasi-public and private Allocation of resources - price mechanism; rationing, signaling, incentive, allocative functions Market failure - examples and eliminating failures Merit and demerit goods Positive and negative externalities in production and consumption Imperfect and asymmetric information Monopoly power Immobility of factors of production Government intervention - arguments for and against Methods of intervention; indirect taxes, subsidies, minimum/maximum price, regulation Cont. information provision, pollution permits etc. Supply-side intervention - free market vs interventionist policies (and evaluation) Government failure; causes, examples, overcoming government failure Competition policy; monopolies, mergers, public ownership Privatisation and evaluation Regulation and deregulation
AQA Economics A-level: Synoptic paper practice questions
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AQA Economics A-level: Synoptic paper practice questions

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AQA Economics A-level: Synoptic (paper 3) preparation questions, specification 7135, 7136 I achieved an A in my Economics a-level in 2018, across all three papers. This document is an example of potential synoptic content, practice exam questions* Based on brazil synoptic: Includes example 10 mark, 15 mark and 25 mark planned essay
Othello Critical Analysis (A-level English Literature)
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Othello Critical Analysis (A-level English Literature)

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Othello AQA English Literature A; Love through the ages (7711, 7712) - I sat my A-levels in June 2018 and achieved an A grade in English Literature Here is a list of scholarly criticisms of Othello, great for using in essays to engage in wider debate (and achieve higher band answers). Includes: Commentary from Godfrey, Leavis, AC Bradley, Samuel Coleridge and various others Critical approaches; post-colonial, new historicist, feminist, marxist Analysis of Othello as a protagonist, themes of justice and revenge, marriage and women etc.
AQA Economics A-level: International Economy
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AQA Economics A-level: International Economy

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AQA Economics A-level: International Economy, specification 7135, 7136 I achieved an A in Economics A-level in 2018, across all three papers. These notes helped form an understanding of economic theory and a critical evaluation of it* Globalisation: characteristics and causes of globalisation Role of MNCs - benefits and drawbacks (evaluation) Costs and benefits of globalisation (evaluation) Trade: static vs dynamic gains, changing patterns of UK trade and World Trade Organisation (WTO) Theory of competitive advantage, assumption, sources, absolute advantage Specialisation and division of labour Trade in developing countries - advantages and risks UK membership of EU evaluation - arguments for and against Policies to improve trade in the long run vs short run and supply side policies Protectionism: graphs and evaluation of tariffs, quotas, export subsidies and dumping Arguments against protectionism The balance of payments and current account - components Factors influencing current account deficit and balance of payment deficit Impact of trade imbalances (evaluation) Policies to reduce deficit - expenditure-reducing and expenditure-switching Exchange rates - determinants, fluctuations, depreciations etc Exchange rate equilibrium, excess demand vs excess supply Effects of currency fluctuations on growth, inflation, employment etc. Benefits and limitations of weaker currency Evaluation of a devaluation - Marshall Lerner, J curve Currency systems, free-floating, managed floating and fixed (and evaluation of each) Global influence of currencies, brexit impact Benefits and drawbacks of currency unions Economic growth and development, indicators of development Objectives of development, barriers to development Private sector and development Role of trade/aid in development
AQA A-Level Psychology Paper 1 - A* Example Essays
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AQA A-Level Psychology Paper 1 - A* Example Essays

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AQA Psychology A-level: Attachment, Memory, Psychopathology and Social Influence From specification 7181, 7182 - Introductory topics in Psychology (I achieved an A* in Psychology A-level in 2018, across all three papers. I prioritised revision on evaluation, necessary for accessing higher grade!) -> These are FULL 16 mark example essays I created for revision, which helped me get my A*! Attachment: Discuss research into early infant-caregiver interaction (16 marks) Outline and evaluate research by Schaffer and Emerson into attachment (16 marks) Outline and evaluate research into the stages of attachment (16 marks) Outline and evaluate research the role of the father (16 marks) Outline and evaluate animal studies into attachment (16 marks) Outline and evaluate learning theory as an explanation for attachment (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Bowlby’s monotropic theory as an explanation for attachment (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’ research (16 marks) Outline and evaluate cultural variations of attachment (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation (16 marks) Discuss research into the effects of institutionalization (16 marks) / Outline and evaluate Rutter’s study of Romanian orphans (16 marks) Discuss research into the influence of early attachment (16 marks) Memory: Outline and evaluate the multi-store model of memory (16 marks) Outline and evaluate the working memory model (16 marks) Outline and evaluate the types of long-term memory (16 marks) Outline and evaluate interference theory as an explanation for forgetting (16 marks) Outline and evaluate retrieval failure as an explanation for forgetting (16 marks) Outline and evaluate the effect of misleading information on eye witness testimony (16 marks) Outline and evaluate the effect of anxiety on eye witness testimony (16 marks) Outline and evaluate the use of the cognitive interview in improving the accuracy of eye witness testimony (16 marks) Psychopathology: Outline and evaluate two ways of defining abnormality (16 marks) x2 Outline the characteristics of phobias (6 marks) Outline the characteristics of OCD (6 marks) Outline the characteristics of depression (6 marks) Discuss behavioural explanations for phobias (16 marks) Outline and evaluate the behavioural approach to treating phobias (16 marks) Outline and evaluate one or more biological explanation for obsessive-compulsive disorder (16 marks) x2 Discuss the biological approach for treating OCD (16 marks) Outline and evaluate one or more cognitive explanations for depression (16 marks) x2 Discuss the cognitive approach to treating depression (16 marks) Social Influence: Outline and evaluate explanations for conformity (16 marks) Discuss research by Asch into conformity (16 marks) Discuss research by Zimbardo into conformity (16 marks) Discuss research by Milgram into obedience (16 marks) Outline and evaluate the situational factors affecting obedience (16 marks) Outline and evaluate legitimacy of authority and the agentic state (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Adorno’s authoritarian personality (16 marks) Discuss social support as an explanation for the resistance to social influence (8 marks) Outline and evaluate Rotter’s LOC as an explanation for resistance to social influence (16 marks) Discuss research into minority influence and its implications on resistance of social influence (16 marks) Outline and evaluate social change and its implications on resistance to social influence (16 marks)