Complete Answers AQA Psychology Development Module

Subject: Psychology
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 16 - 18
Order Number: 19020

Complete Answers for AQA Psychology Development Module for AS

This guide provides students with a complete set of answers to all plausible questions. More importantly, it teaches them the skills of evaluating, focusing on the question, making an essay coherent, and targeting the right amount of AO1 and AO2 marks.

There is a complete list of answers for the A and B questions which demonstrate focusing on and answering the set question. AQA makes very clear the importance of answering the set question but students find it hard to grasp that they will only get marks for material relevant to the set question. Students' examination results will benefit from learning to focus on examination requirements.

For the main possible C-questions there is a four-part guide set out on four pages to make for easy copying. The first part draws on research into the writing process to explain and approach how to think out the essay. The contents are then given as a list - jotting down the topics to be included is a natural way to prepare an essay. The diagrammatic plan which follows is again a natural way to plan out an essay. The final part is an annotated model answer focusing in particular on how the essay is organised and how the parts connect into a coherent commentary. Evaluating is explained and standard pieces of evaluation and even standard sequences of evaluation are demonstrated. Targeting all 12 AO2 marks is emphasised to cure the common problem of excessive AO1.