A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of central executive, visuospatial sketchpad, phonological loop and episodic buffer. AO3 = Balance of strengths and limitations including Baddeley and Hitch’s dual task technique, counterpoint and contradictory evidence. Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with the AQA mark scheme, specification and approved textbooks. AO1: the role of the unconscious, the structure of the personality, defence mechanisms AO3: balanced evaluation including explanatory power, unfalsifiable concepts, and practical application value. Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with the AQA mark scheme, specification and approved textbooks. AO1: Free will, Malsow’s hierarchy of needs, the self, congruence and the role of conditions of worth AO3: Balanced evaluation including free will/determinism, scientific rigour, and practical application value. Approximately one page long to reflect the amount written by students under timed conditions

A grade answer, written in line with AQA Psychology mark scheme, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = description of Rutter’s English and Romanian Adoptee (ERA) study AO3 = balanced evaluation of studies including reliability, validity, lack of adult data and practical value Approximately one page long to reflect the amount that can be written by a student under exam conditions.

A grade answer, written using AQA Psychology mark scheme, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = description of studies by Lorenz and Harlow AO3 - balanced evaluation of the above studies including research support and critique Approximately one page long to reflect the amount that a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written using AQA Psychology mark scheme, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = description of meta-analysis by Van Ijzendoorn AO3 = balanced evaluation including discussion of genralisability, validity and imposed etic Approximately one page long to reflect the amount that can be written by a student under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of Ellis’s REBT and Beck’s CBT AO3: Balance of strengths and limitations relating to effeciveness and suitability of treatment Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of research into the positive and negative effects of anxiety on EWT accuracy AO3 = Balance of strengths and limitations Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of context reinstatement, report everything, recall form a different perspective and recall in a different order, enhanced cognitive interview AO3 = Balance of strengths and limitations including supporting research, conflicting research and practical implications Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Statistical Infrequency and Deviation from Social Norms AO3: Strengths and limitations relating to practical application of definition and cultural relativism. Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Systematic desensitisation including anxiety hierarchy, relaxation techniques, gradual exposure, counter conditioning and reciprocal inhibition AO3: Balance of strengths and limitations relating to effectiveness and suitability of treatment Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of abnormal neural structures e.g. the overactive worry circuit, including the OFC and caudate nucleus. Outline of the role of abnormal levels of neurotransmitters including dopamine and serotonin. AO3: Balance of strengths and limitations including supporting research evidence from PET scans and animal studies. Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of Ellis’s ABC model and Beck’s negative triad AO3: Balance of strengths and limitations including supporting research, counterpoint, contradictory research and practical application Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of SSRIs AO3: Balance of strengths and limitations relating to effeciveness and suitability of treatment Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of episodic, semantic and procedural LTM AO3 = Balance of strengths and limitations including case study, neuro-imaging evidence and application value. Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of encoding specificity principle, context dependent forgetting and state dependent forgetting AO3 = Balance of strengths and limitations including supporting research evidence , counterpoint, criticism and practical application of theory Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written by a teacher in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = research into the effect of leading questions and post event discussion on the accuracy of EWT AO3 = Balance of strengths and limitations including ecological validity, internal validity and practical application Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark schemes, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of proactive and retroactive interference AO3 = Balance of strengths and limitations including supporting research evidence, counterpoint, contradictory research evidence and practical application of theory Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions.

A grade answer written in line with AQA mark scheme, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = Outline of behaviourist assumptions including Pavlov and Skinner’s research AO3: Evaluation including use of scientific methods, animal studies, comparison to biological approach and practical application value Approximately one page long to reflect the amount a student can write under exam conditions

A grade answer written using AQA Psychology mark scheme, specification and approved textbooks. AO1 = description of theory AO3 = balanced evaluation including discussion of critical vs sensitive period, Lewis (1954) and practical application value. Approximately one page long to reflect the amount that can be written by a student under exam conditions.