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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.
Economics A-level: Labour market supply and demand
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Economics A-level: Labour market supply and demand

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AQA Economics A-level (specification 7135, 7136) Includes: Determinants of labour demand, marginal productivity theory, elasticity of demand Determinants of labour supply Wage determination in perfect competition, monopsony markets etc. Role of trade unions and impacts on market structures National Minimum Wage, impact and evaluation Discrimination in the labour market - conditions and evaluation
AQA A-Level Psychology Notes (Papers 1, 2&3 Bundle)
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AQA A-Level Psychology Notes (Papers 1, 2&3 Bundle)

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From A-level specification 7181, 7182 (I achieved an A* in Psychology A-level in 2018, across all three papers. I prioritised revision on evaluation, necessary for accessing higher grade!) Here is a complete bundle of all my notes. INCLUDES: Introductory Topics in Psychology Social Influence Memory Attachment Psychopathology Psychology in Context Approaches Biopsychology Research Methods Issues and Options Issues and Debates Cognition and Development Eating Behaviour Forensic Psychology
AQA Economics A-Level: Macro Exemplar Essay Questions
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AQA Economics A-Level: Macro Exemplar Essay Questions

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AQA Economics A-level: specification 7135, 7136 I sat my Economics exam in summer 2018 and achieved A star (A) grades across all three papers. Here is a collection of some A* grade exemplar essays. Complete written essays included: • Discuss the possible contribution of supply-side reforms to achieving an improvement in the UK balance of trade in goods (25 marks) • Assess the importance of a floating exchange rate to a country trying to achieve macroeconomic stability [25 marks] • Explain how interdependence and uncertainty affect the behaviour of firms in oligopolistic markets? (15 marks) • ‘Increased protectionism could be damaging as the UK is placing much of its hopes for export success on the growing Chinese market’. Evaluate the view that the use of protectionism is inevitably damaging to economies (25 marks) • Explain three characteristics of recession (15 marks) • Discuss the view that monetary policy has been the most important factor behind the recovery of the UK economy in recent years (25 marks)
AQA Psychology A-Level Memory Bundle (A* Notes and Exemplar Essays)
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AQA Psychology A-Level Memory Bundle (A* Notes and Exemplar Essays)

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** AQA Psychology A-level: Memory** 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!) NOTES: The Multi-store model of memory - Atkinson and Shiffrin - detailed explanation of components and evaluation The Working Memory model - detailed explanation of central executive, visuo-spatial sketchpad, phonological loop and episodic buffer and evaluation Types of long-term memory (Tulving 1985) Procedural vs declarative memory, episodic vs semantic memory and evaluation Explanations for forgetting - interference theory and evaluation and retrieval failure and evaluation Eye witness testimony - impact of misleading information through leading questions, post-event discussion and evaluation of misleading information Effect of anxiety on EWT (positive and negative effect plus studies) and evaluation Improving the accuracy of EWT - The Cognitive Interview and evaluation EXAM QUESTIONS: 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)
AQA Psychology A-Level Cognition and Development Bundle (A* Notes and Exemplar Essays)
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AQA Psychology A-Level Cognition and Development Bundle (A* Notes and Exemplar Essays)

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AQA Psychology A-level: Cognition and Development From specification 7181, 7182 - Issues and options in Psychology - paper 3 (I achieved an A* in Psychology A-level in 2018, across all three papers. I prioritised revision on evaluation, necessary for accessing higher grade!) NOTES: Piaget’s theory of development, schemas, motivation to learn, assimilation/accomodation and evaluation 4 stages of intellectual development and evaluation of studies Vygotsky’s theory of development - language, zone of proximal development, scaffolding and evaluation Baillargeon and infant abilities - violation of expectation research (VOE), physical reasoning and evaluation Selman’s perspective-taking research, stages of perspective taking and evaluation Theory of mind - false belief tasks, eyes tasks, biological basis, role in ASD and evaluation Mirror neuron system - role of mirror neurons, relation to evolution, relation to ASD and evaluation EXAM QUESTIONS: Outline and evaluate Piaget’s theory of cognitive development (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Piaget’s stages of cognitive development (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development (16 marks) Discuss Baillargeon’s research into early infant abilities (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Selman’s stages of perspective-taking (16 marks) Outline and evaluate research into Theory of Mind (16 marks) Discuss research into the role of the mirror neuron system in social cognition (16 marks)
AQA Psychology A-Level: Attachment Bundle (A* Notes and Exemplar Essays)
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AQA Psychology A-Level: Attachment Bundle (A* Notes and Exemplar Essays)

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AQA Psychology A-level: Attachment 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!) NOTES: Caregiver-infant interaction Attachment vs bond, features of attachment and importance of attachment Studies of early interaction and findings Reciprocity, Tronick et al (1979), and interactional synchrony, Condon and Ogston (1971) Attachment development Schaffer and Emerson longitudinal study and evaluation Stages of attachment and evaluation Attachment figures - Grossman (2002) and fathers as primary caregivers, and evaluation Animal studies Lorenz’s geese studies and evaluation - imprinting for survival and critical period Harlow’s monkey study and evaluation, including experiment variations and findings Explanations for attachment Learning theory - classical conditioning and operant conditioning (Skinner) - and evaluation Bowlby’s monotropic theory and evaluation - instinctive attachment, monotropy, internal working model etc. Types of attachment Ainsworth’s Strange Situation (1970) and evaluation of attachment types Causes of individual differences in attachment Cultural variations in attachment - Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg (1988) and evaluation Deprivation Bowlby’s theory of Maternal Deprivation and 44 thieves study, and evaluation Romanian orphan study - Rutter et al and evaluation Effects of institutionalisation, disinhibited attachment and evaluation Influence of early attachment Hazen and Shaver (1987) - study for internal working model Evidence for behaviour influenced by internal working model and evaluation ESSAY QUESTIONS 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)
AQA A-Level Psychology - Cognition and Development Exam Practice A* Exemplar Essays
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AQA A-Level Psychology - Cognition and Development Exam Practice A* Exemplar Essays

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AQA Psychology A-level: Cognition and Development From specification 7181, 7182 - Issues and options in Psychology - paper 3 (I achieved an A* in Psychology A-level in 2018, across all three papers. I prioritised revision on evaluation, necessary for accessing higher grade!) Here are my exam practice questions Includes: Outline and evaluate Piaget’s theory of cognitive development (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Piaget’s stages of cognitive development (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development (16 marks) Discuss Baillargeon’s research into early infant abilities (16 marks) Outline and evaluate Selman’s stages of perspective-taking (16 marks) Outline and evaluate research into Theory of Mind (16 marks) Discuss research into the role of the mirror neuron system in social cognition (16 marks)
AQA A-Level Psychology - Biopsychology Exam Practice A* Exemplar Essays
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AQA A-Level Psychology - Biopsychology Exam Practice A* Exemplar Essays

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AQA Psychology A-level: Biopsychology From specification 7181, 7182 - paper 2 (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 my exam practice questions Includes: Describe the structure of the nervous system, with reference to the central and peripheral nervous systems (16 marks) Describe the structure and role of the endocrine system, with reference to the flight or fight response (16 marks) Describe the role of neurons and the process of synaptic transmission (8 marks) Outline and evaluate research into the localisation of function (16 marks) Discuss research into hemispheric lateralisation and split-brain study (16 marks) Outline and evaluate research into brain plasticity (16 marks) Outline and evaluate research into functional recovery (16 marks) Outline and evaluate ways of studying the brain (16 marks) Outline and evaluate research into circadian rhythms (16 marks) Discuss research into infradian and/or ultradian rhythms (16 marks) Outline and evaluate research into endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers (16 marks)
AQA A-Level Psychology - Social Influence A* Exam Practice Exemplar Essays
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AQA A-Level Psychology - Social Influence A* Exam Practice Exemplar Essays

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AQA Psychology A-level: Social Influence From specification 7181, 7182 - paper 1 (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 my exam practice questions Includes: 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)
AQA A-level English Literature A: The Great Gatsby and Love Anthology Exemplar Essays
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AQA A-level English Literature A: The Great Gatsby and Love Anthology Exemplar Essays

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AQA English Literature A-level; Specification A (7711, 7712). Love through the ages; comparative set texts (Great Gatsby and Love poetry pre-1900) Includes example essays and teacher-assessed marks (all Band 5, 21-22/25) Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about unrequited love Compare how the writers of two texts you have studied present ideas about immorality in love Compare how the writers of two texts you have studied present ideas about truth and deception in love Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about romantic commitment Compare how the writers of two texts you have studied present ideas about conflict within relationships (Cross-poetry analysis) Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about loss of love
A-level English Lit; Tragedy linked to Othello, The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire
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A-level English Lit; Tragedy linked to Othello, The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire

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AQA English Literature A; Love through the ages (7711, 7712) - I sat my a-level exams in June 2018 and achieved an A grade in English Literature This resource includes a discussion of the theme of tragedy and how it relates to Othello, The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire. It considers The traditional Aristotelian tragic hero, and characteristics Gatsby as a tragic hero Othello as a tragic hero Blanche DuBois as a tragic heroine Critical evaluation of Blanche’s heroism
A Streetcar Named Desire Essay Plans; AQA English Literature
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A Streetcar Named Desire Essay Plans; AQA English Literature

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AQA English Literature A; Love through the ages (7711, 7712) Tennesse Williams -** A Streetcar Named Desire *I sat my A-levels in June 2018 and achieved an A grade in English Lit Includes essay plans for: Examine the view that ‘men in A Streetcar Named Desire are most despicable, it is the women who show nobility of character’. Examine the view that A Streetcar Named Desire fails because Blanche is unable to achieve true tragic dignity. Examine the role of deception in the action of A Streetcar Named Desire. Examine the view that in A Streetcar Named Desire, Stella symbolises the plight of women in 1940s American society, where life without the support of a man is inconceivable. Examine the view that 'We do not sympathise enough with Blanche to make this play truly tragic' Also includes templates for your own attempts at essay plans and practice questions!
AQA A-Level Psychology - Psychopathology A* Exam Practice Exemplar Essays
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AQA A-Level Psychology - Psychopathology A* Exam Practice Exemplar Essays

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AQA Psychology A-level: Psychopathology From specification 7181, 7182 - paper 1 (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 my practice exam questions Includes: 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)
AQA A-Level Psychology - Memory A* Exam Practice Exemplar Essays
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AQA A-Level Psychology - Memory A* Exam Practice Exemplar Essays

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AQA Psychology A-level: Memory From specification 7181, 7182 - paper 1 (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 my exam practice questions Includes: 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)
AQA A-Level Psychology: Attachment A* Exam Practice Exemplar Essays
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AQA A-Level Psychology: Attachment A* Exam Practice Exemplar Essays

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AQA Psychology A-level: Attachment From specification 7181, 7182 paper 1 (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 my example essay practice questions Includes: 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)
AQA A-Level Psychology - Eating Behaviour Exam Practice A* Exemplar Essays
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AQA A-Level Psychology - Eating Behaviour Exam Practice A* Exemplar Essays

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AQA Psychology A-level: Eating Behaviour From specification 7181, 7182 - Issues and options in Psychology - paper 3 (I achieved an A* in Psychology A-level in 2018, across all three papers. I prioritised revision on evaluation, necessary for accessing higher grade!) Here are my exam practice questions Includes: Outline and evaluate evolutionary explanations for food preferences (16 marks) Outline and evaluate the role of learning in food preferences (16 marks) Outline and evaluate neural and hormonal explanations for food preferences (16 marks) Outline and evaluate one or more biological explanation for anorexia nervosa (16 marks) Outline and evaluate one psychological explanation for anorexia nervosa (16 marks) Discuss social learning theory as an explanation for anorexia nervosa (16 marks) Discuss cognitive theory as an explanation for anorexia nervosa (16 marks) Outline and evaluate one or more biological explanation for obesity (16 marks) Outline and evaluate one or more psychological explanation for obesity (16 marks) Outline and evaluate explanations for the success or failure of dieting 16 marks)
AQA Psychology A-Level: Social Influence Bundle (A* Notes and Exemplar Essays)
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AQA Psychology A-Level: Social Influence Bundle (A* Notes and Exemplar Essays)

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AQA Psychology A-level: Social Influence From specification 7181, 7182 - Paper 1: Introductory topics in Psychology (I achieved an A* in Psycholology A-level in 2018, across all three papers) Includes a lot of evaluation! - AO3 needed for high marks! **NOTES: ** Types of conformity - compliance, identification and internalisation Explanations for conformity - normative and informational social influence Factors affecting conformity - group size, unanimity, task difficulty and relevant studies Evaluation of conformity (A03) Conformity to social roles - Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison experiment and evaluation Explanations for obedience - Agentic state and legitimacy of authority Situational variables: proximity, location and uniform Dispositional explanations - the Authoritarian personality and evaluation Resistance to social influence and social change Explanations for resistance - locus of control, social support and evaluation Role of minority influence - commitment, consistency and flexibility principles and evaluation Role of social influence in social change, Civil Rights, snowballing effect** EXAM QUESTIONS: 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)
AQA A-Level Psychology: Issues and Debates (A* Notes)
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AQA A-Level Psychology: Issues and Debates (A* Notes)

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AQA Psychology A-level: Issues and Debates From specification 7181, 7182 - Issues and options in Psychology - paper 3 (I achieved an A* in Psychology A-level in 2018, across all three papers. I prioritised revision on evaluation, necessary for accessing higher grade!) Includes: Gender and Culture Bias Free Will and Determinism Nature-Nurture Debate Holism and Reductionism Idiographic and Nomothetic Approach Ethical Implications of Research
Economics A-level: Market structures
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Economics A-level: Market structures

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AQA Economics A-level (specification 7135, 7136) Includes: Objectives of firms; profit, sales, survival, growth, stakeholders etc. Divorce of ownership from control Allocative, productive and ‘x’ efficiency Growth of firms; internal vs external, horizontal vs vertical vs lateral integration Mergers and takeovers (and evaluation) Perfect competition; conditions, evaluation and price determination Monopolistic competition; assumptions, evaluation, comparison with PC Oligopolistic markets - types of collusion, impact of collusion, evaluation Kinked demand curve Anti-competitiveness, natural/artificial barriers to entry Monopoly power, profit maximisation, barriers to entry, evaluation Analysing efficiency, social burden triangle Price discrimination, conditions and evaluation Contestable markets - conditions, market concentration, impact and determinants Consumer surplus - determinants, price elasticity Producer surplus - determinants Monopsony power and evaluation
A-level Economics: Production and Productivity
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A-level Economics: Production and Productivity

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AQA Economics A-level (specification 7135, 7136) Specification 4.1.4.1 to 4.1.4.8 Includes: Measuring productivity, impact of increased productivity Policies to improve productivity Specialisation and the division of labour - advantages and disadvantages Costs of production Law of diminishing returns, economies of scale, LRAC Revenue and profit - function of profit Technological change, creative destruction Economies and diseconomies of scale (and evaluations) Minimum efficient scale