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REVISION EXPRESS
SPECIFICATIONAVAILABLE FREE FROM….
www.aqa.org.uk
REVISION
…a negative threat
…a process of recording, assimilating, understanding and applying
REVISION IS A SKILL!!
Self-sabotage – Where it all goes wrong
Wasting time (cups of tea, texting, tidying…)
Working too hard (exhaustion)
Postponing revision
The persuasive power of ‘friends’
Poor planning
Worrying about it rather than actually doing it
HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF YOUR REVISION? Break up a 2-hour session into 4
shorter sessions. These should be about 25 minutes
each Take a short planned break
between. Do something NICE during these
breaks This makes learning more efficient
AND more effective.
THEORIES OF AGGRESSION Basic Reasonable Good
Outline of SLT(100 words) ✓ ✓ ✓
Outline evaluation of SLT (200 words) including IDA
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Outline of deindividuation (100 words)
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Outline evaluation deindividuation (200 words) including IDA
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Description of SLT (200 words) ✓ ✓
Evaluation of SLT (400 words) including IDA
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Description of deindividuation (200 words) etc….
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One solid session
4 shorter sessionsYellow area shows the improvement.
This graph shows how much your brain can recall later.
It rises for about 10 minutes …and then falls.
HOW OFTEN SHOULD I REVISE?
If you re-revise again, after 1 week, then it falls even more slowly! (This is…even better still)
WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE
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METHOD OF LOCI
Bring to mind a familiar building or walk.Take a moment to conduct a mental walk through it
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THE SEROTONIN KITCHEN
ELABORATION
Elaboration makes material
more MEMORABLE
Posters, diagrams, discussions with friends, explaining it to the cat…
STRESS
Don’t… listen to fools
“No point going over your notes at this point, if you
don’t know it now, you never will.”
“They can’t ask the same
question two exams in a row”
I’m doomed
“Exams are a waste of time anyway, I’m
going to the University of Life like my dad did.”
“I don’t have enough time left…”
“I don’t have enough time left…”
1. For each topic, identify 2-3 key pieces of research.
2. Note the name of the person(s) associated with the research. Picture them written down, and repeat them 3 times to help you remember them.
3. Consider why this research was significant. Say this out loud so you can hear yourself saying why it was significant.
4. Repeat this for several topics – this gives you something concrete as a starting point.
5. If you have time, go back and learn a little more about each topic.
Building up your knowledgeDate of research
Name of researcher
Key findings Significance of findings
Evaluation
1981 Lyon et al. In schizophrenics, as dose of antipsychotic medication increased so density of brain tissue decreased.
Explains why there are enlarged ventricles –they are consequence of high levels of anti-psychotic medication.
Challenges the view that enlarged ventricles cause schizophrenia
Don’t…write letters to the examiner
Dear ExaminerI am sorry that my exam paper is such a mess. I had hoped to get a question on media violence so this question has thrown me quite a bit. Also, I haven’t been feeling very well and last week my dad said he would throw me out if I didn’t pass this exam. Could you please pass me even though I don’t really know very much? We have had lots of different psychology teachers at our school this term, and I think the one we have at the moment has an alcohol problem.
FAQs“Should I spend more time on my best question”
Not a good idea – try to spend the same amount of time on each question.
It is easier to get decent marks for all three questions than it is to get outstanding marks from just one of them.
Leave space in your answer book, you can go back if you have time and add some more.
FAQs“What should I do if I go blank in the exam”
Stay calm! Panic makes is harder to think clearly and to remember detail
Move on to something else rather than forcing the memory – it may come back later
If really stuck, jot down key words, make connections to jump start your memory
Close your eyes, de-stress for a couple of minutes.
FAQs“What if I finish early?”
Stay in the exam room – once you leave, you lose the opportunity to add more material and gain more marks
Use the time to review your answers and check to see if you have missed anything important
Uses the ‘what if I go blank strategies’ to recover ‘forgotten’ material
REVISION HOTLIST
Revise actively
Read lots of accounts
Be ‘multi-sensory’
Don’t gamble on topics
Work for realistic intervals and don’t mess up your bodily rhythms
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