A2 Psychology Assessment Schedule
13C/ps1 Week A will be Timed essays and week B will be Research essays
Types of Assessment Task you will be set:
Timed Essays – these are past exam questions which you will complete in exam conditions so that we can assess three things:
1)
Your understanding of the topic you have recently been set.
2)
Your ability to construct an essay under time pressure.
3)
The balance of AO1, AO2 and AO3 material needed for a top answer.
Research Essays – these are past exam questions which you will complete for home learning and these are designed to help you
learn and understand the material for a topic, so you cannot achieve a top grade by copying chunks from textbooks (this is
such a waste of time that you will be asked to repeat the task.)
Planning Tasks – these will be essay plans done in class in pairs and assessed by fellow students.
Your teacher will give you feedback on each essay on a special sheet with targets showing you how to improve next time. You
should copy those targets into the column below to help you identify any patterns that may develop.
Week Date
1A
Task
05
Sep
2B
12
Sep
3A
19
Sep
4B
26
Sep
Essay
Describe and Evaluate the Multi-store
model of memory (25 marks)
Essay
Discuss the view that psychology should
be regarded as a science. (25 marks)
Essay
Describe and evaluate alternatives to the
Multi-store model of memory (25 marks)
Target for improvement
Target
Grade
Grade
A2 Psychology Assessment Schedule
13C/ps1 Week A will be Timed essays and week B will be Research essays
5A
03
Oct
In Class Planning Task
Discuss Explanations of Forgetting (25
marks)
10 Oct
17 Oct
Essay
Discuss Explanations for Disorders of
Memory, eg Amnesia, Alzheimer’s disease
(25 marks)
Timed Review Test Research Methods
31 Oct
Half Term
Essay
(a) What is meant by the term ‘Cultural
bias? [3]
(b) Using psychological knowledge and
research findings, discuss the nature and
extent of cultural bias in psychology. [22]
6B
7A
8B
Timed Review Test – Research Methods
9A
07 Nov
10 B
11 A
12 B
Research Methods Essay –Discuss
Ethical Issues when using human
14 Nov participants in research in Psychology (15)
Essay
Discuss ways of dealing with Ethical issues
when using human participants in research
21
in psychology (15)
Nov
Research Methods Essay – Discuss
Ethical issues arising from two applications
28 Nov of psychology in the real world (15)
A2 Psychology Assessment Schedule
13C/ps1 Week A will be Timed essays and week B will be Research essays
13 A
14 B
15 A
05 Dec
Essay
Discuss the advantages of the use of the
scientific method in psychology (15)
Research Methods Essay - Discuss the
disadvantages of the use of the scientific
12 Dec method in psychology (15)
Revision
19 Dec
Christmas
9 Jan
Timed Review Test – Research Methods
PY1 10th Jan
16 B
17 A
18 B
19 A
20 B
21 A
22 B
16 Jan
PY2 17th Jan
PY3 19th Jan
23 Jan
30 Jan
6 Feb
PY4 27th Jan
Essay
Discuss aetiologies of schizophrenia (25)
Half Term
20 Feb Timed Essay Discuss aetiologies of
schizophrenia (25)
27 Feb
A2 Psychology Assessment Schedule
13C/ps1 Week A will be Timed essays and week B will be Research essays
23 A
24 B
25 A
26 B
27 A
5 Mar
Timed Essay
Discuss aetiologies of depression (25
12 Mar Research Essay
Describe and evaluate treatments for
depression (25)
Timed Essay
19 Mar Discuss issues of bias in diagnostic
systems (eg culture and gender) (25
marks)
26 Mar
Research Essay
Describe and evaluate theories of hypnosis
(25)
16 Apr
Timed Essay
Discuss the role of endogenous and
exogenous factors in bodily rhythms (25)
Research Essay
Critically discuss theories of sleep (25)
28 B
29 A
Research Essay Describe and evaluate
treatments for schizophrenia (25)
23 Apr
30 Apr
A2 Psychology Assessment Schedule
13C/ps1 Week A will be Timed essays and week B will be Research essays
Timed Essay
Critically discuss the nature of dreams (25)
30 B
7 May
31 A
32 B
Research Essay
Critically evaluate explanations for
disorders of sleep (25)
14
May
Timed Essay
Discuss the balance of genetic and
environmental influences on human
behaviour (25)
21
May
PY1 23 May
Research essay
(a) What is meant by the term ‘free will’?
[3]
(b) Using psychological knowledge and
research findings, discuss the statement:
‘Free will is an illusion. All human
behaviour is determined. [22]
33 A
28
May
Half Term
PY3 11 Jun
34 B
35 A
Revision
11 Jun
18 Jun
PY4 18 Jun
A2 Psychology Assessment Schedule
13C/ps1 Week A will be Timed essays and week B will be Research essays
36 B
37 A
38 B
39 A
25 Jun
Summer Hols