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Note from Marie
These are my predictions of the most likely areas to come up in the 2026 exams due to past paper analysis from 2017-2015. I have no inside knowledege from the exam board. I strongly advise you still revise everything.
Social Influence
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Asch and/ or variables
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Zimbardo conformity to social roles
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Resistance to social influence
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Social change
Shorter answer questions
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Zimbardo conformity to social roles
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Social change
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Memory
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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MSM
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WMM
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Cognitive Interview
Shorter answer questions
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Types of long term memory
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Effects of anxiety on EWT
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Attachment
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Stages of attachment
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Types of attachment (strange situation)
Shorter answer questions
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Stages of attachment
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Types of attachment (strange situation)
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Influence of early attachment
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Psychopathology
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Behavioural approach to treating phobias
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Cognitive appraoch to treating depression
Shorter answer questions
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Definitions of abnormality
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Characteristics of disorders
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Cognitive appraoch to treating depression
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Approaches
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Biological approach
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The influence of humanism on couselling psychology
Shorter answer questions
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Social learning theory
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Cognitive appraoch
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Biopsychology
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Infradian and/ or ultradian rhythms
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Fight or flight (maybe?)
Shorter answer questions
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Structure of the nervous system
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Localisation of function
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Research Methods
Feature most years
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Statistical tests
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Descriptive stats
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EVs, controls and validity
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Aims and hypotheses
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Sampling methods
Not been assessed recently
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Experimental design and counterbalancing
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Writing an ethics form
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Reliability
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Interviews
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Case studies
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Peer review
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Report writing
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Thematic analysis
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Graphs
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Issues and Debates
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Nature vs nurture
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Scientific emphasis on causal explanations
Shorter answer questions
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Ethical implications
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Gender bias
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Scientific emphasis on causal explanations
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Schizophrenia
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Reliability and validity
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Token economies
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Biological explanations
Shorter answer questions
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Biological explanations
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Drug therapies
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Relationships
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Equity theory
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Social exchange theory
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Parasocial relationships
Shorter answer questions
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Duck's model
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Equity theory
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Social exchange theory
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Aggression
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Media influences of aggression
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Desensitisation, disinhibition and priming
Shorter answer questions
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Ethological explanations
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Neural and / or hormonal explanations
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Forensic Psychology
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Eysenck's theory
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Offender profiling
Shorter answer questions
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Genetic and neural explanations
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Differential association theory
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Gender
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Atypical sex chromosones
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The effects of culture
Shorter answer questions
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Chromosones and hormones
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Kohlberg's theory
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Cognition and Development
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Piaget's theory of cognitive development (assimilation and accomodation)
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Selman's perspective taking
Shorter answer questions
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Baillergon VOE
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Theory of mind
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Addiction
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Cognitive theory of gambling
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Six stage model of behaviour change
Shorter answer questions
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Describing addiction
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Learning theory of addiction
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Neurochemistry of nicotine
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Stress
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Physiology
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Sources of stress: life changes
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Sources of stress: daily hassles
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Biofeedback
Shorter answer questions
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Measuring stress
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Stress inoculaton therapy
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Gender differences
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Eating Behaviours
Essays (8 or 16 markers)
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Success and failure of dieting
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Biological explanations of anorexia
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Biological explanations of obesity
Shorter answer questions
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Preferences: the role of learning
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Family explanations of anorexia
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