AQA A2 PSYCHOLOGY
STUDENT CONFERENCE
UNITS 3 AND 4
Opening new doors
in teaching and learning
A2 PSYCHOLOGY
AQA UNITS 3 AND 4
CODE 5828
CONFERENCE FOCUS
The aim of this student conference is to provide students with practical, engaging and motivating
revision for the AQA A2 Psychology examination. Throughout the day, students will work with
examiners and practitioners with a focus on improving their grades.
VENUES & DATES
OUTCOMES
London
Monday 29 February 2016
Develop key examination technique to tackle
the full range of questions
Manchester
Monday 07 March 2016
Reinforce your knowledge of Unit 3 and
4 topics: a flexible day with workshops
allowing students to choose sessions on the
topics relevant to them
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Mike Cardwell
Senior Lecturer, Bath Spa University,
author and experienced Chief Examiner
Mike Griffin
Outstanding A Level teacher, examiner and
popular A Level author
Jean-Marc Lawton
A Level author and experienced teacher of
Psychology
Gain first-hand guidance from a team of
top, Senior Examiners and subject experts:
a unique insight into how to improve your
grade
Enjoy a varied day of lively presentations:
fully interactive and focusing on bringing the
more challenging areas of Unit 3 and Unit 4
to life to improve examination performance
Receive clear guidance on how to move and
progress your grade: maximising your exam
potential
WHAT OUR DELEGATES SAID...
“ Great presenters, really knowledgeable and
engaging and resource packs are helpful. ”
Lichfield Cathedral School, March 2015
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PROGRAMME
TIME
PROGRAMME
TIME
Introduction and welcome
10.20 – 10.30am
2.00 – 2.35pm
The A2 rules of the game – Enhancing examination
performance in Units 3 and 4
• How to reach the highest grades in Units 3 and 4
• Insider tricks for producing effective AO2
• Worried about IDA (issues, debates and approaches)? –
don’t be
10.35 – 11.10am
Workshop 3 – Workshop 3 – How to effectively apply
your knowledge of EITHER Addictive Behaviour OR Media
Psychology to explain given scenarios
Research Methods – Improving outcomes
• Develop your knowledge of Research Methods to access the full
range of marks
• Apply your knowledge of Research Methods to key
psychological topics and scenarios
• Top tips from an experienced teacher and examiner on how to
boost your marks most effectively
11.10 – 11.45am
Morning Break
Submit your questions to win a prize
11.45 – 12.00pm
Workshop 1 – Enhancing AO2 Evaluation Skills in EITHER
Eating Behaviour OR Aggression
12.00 – 12.35pm
1A Eating Behaviour
• Psychological and biological
explanations of eating disorders
• The influence of evolution on food
preferences
• Develop your ability to select and shape
evaluative material appropriately to
access the full range of marks for eating
behaviour questions
• New approaches to elaborate answers
and develop depth
• Learn how to purely evaluate – avoid
including unnecessary AO1, descriptive
content
12.40 – 1.25pm
2B Schizophrenia
• Characteristics, key issues, explanations
and treatments for schizophrenia
• Best answers: Incorporate an appropriate
amount of AO1 material to maximise
performance and access the highest
marks
• How to avoid including unnecessary
AO2, evaluative content
Lunch
3B Media Psychology
• Using the two-sentence technique to
apply the models of persuasion
• Understanding media influences on
social behaviour
• Learn how to apply your psychological
knowledge of the media to fit specific
examples, cases and scenarios given in
the Unit 4 exam
Workshop 4 – Widening your knowledge and understanding
of the Issues, Debates and Approaches (IDA) in EITHER
Biological Rhythms OR Relationships
1B Aggression
• Explaining aggression – major theories
and the relevance to aggression in the
real world
• Aggression as an adaptive behaviour –
the evolutionary perspective
• Develop your ability to select and
shape evaluative material appropriately
to access the full range of marks for
aggression questions
• New approaches to elaborate answers
and develop depth
• Learn how to purely evaluate – avoid
including unnecessary AO1, descriptive
content
Workshop 2 – Maximising performance in AO1 Description
Questions in EITHER Phobic Disorders OR Schizophrenia
2A Phobic Disorders
• Characteristics, key issues, explanations
and treatments for phobias
• Best answers: Incorporate an appropriate
amount of AO1 material to maximise
performance and access the highest
marks
• How to avoid including unnecessary
AO2 evaluative content
3A The Psychology of Addictive
Behaviour
• Models of addictive behaviour,
vulnerability to addiction and reducing
addictive behaviour
• Learn how to apply your psychological
knowledge of addiction to fit specific
examples, cases and scenarios given in
the unit 4 exam
4A Biological Rhythms
• Understanding Biological Rhythms
• Explanations for sleep disorder
• How to create highly effective IDA
material in Unit 3 questions on
biological rhythms
• Examples of good and bad practice in
IDA responses
4B Relationships
• Explaining why relationships form and
why they form with some people rather
than others
• The breakdown of a relationship – what
happens when a relationship doesn’t
work?
• How to create highly effective IDA
material in Unit 3 questions on
relationships
• Examples of good and bad practice in
IDA responses
Workshop 5 – Gaining maximum marks for Shorter Answer
Questions by developing your understanding of EITHER Eating
Behaviour OR Depression
5A Eating Behaviour
• Psychological and biological
explanations of eating disorders
• Understanding how evolution influences
food preferences
• How to acquire all the marks available
for shorter answer questions on eating
behaviour and boost your overall grade
2.40 – 3.15pm
3.20 – 3.55pm
5B Depression
• Characteristics, key issues, explanations
and treatments for depression
• How to acquire all the marks available
for shorter answer questions on
depression and boost your overall grade
Final Top Tips and Ask the Expert
3.55 – 4.00pm
• The subject experts will answer any questions already
submitted and award a prize for the best question
Conference close
4.00pm
1.25 – 2.00pm
attend an optional workshop on gender
POSTAL BOOKING FORM
PAYMENT DETAILS
CODE 5828
I would like to provisionally reserve staff places and student places on the
Keynote Educational AQA A2 Psychology Student Conference Units 3 and 4 to be held in:
£25 per student plus VAT, one free teacher
place for every 10 student places, additional
teachers £35 plus VAT. Individual teachers £80
plus VAT.
 London on Monday 29 February 2016
CONFERENCE DETAILS
 Manchester on Monday 07 March 2016
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