Psychology study guides
WJEC-A-LEVEL · A-Level (WJEC) · aligned to WJEC.
- WJEC A-Level Psychology Unit 1 Psychology: Past to Present: a deep dive on the five approaches
A deep-dive WJEC A-Level Psychology guide to Unit 1, Psychology: Past to Present. Covers the five approaches (biological, psychodynamic, behaviourist, cognitive and positive), the five-heading template WJEC uses, the classic studies, and how the AS Unit 1 paper is structured and marked.
📖 20 min readWJEC - WJEC A-Level Psychology Unit 2 Psychology: Using Psychological Concepts: a deep dive on debates, research methods and core studies
A deep-dive WJEC A-Level Psychology guide to Unit 2, Psychology: Using Psychological Concepts. Covers Section A contemporary debates, Section B research methods, the core studies of Milgram (1963) and Kohlberg (1968), and how the AS Unit 2 paper is structured and marked.
📖 18 min readWJEC - WJEC A-Level Psychology Unit 3 Psychology: Implications in the Real World: a deep dive on the behaviours and controversies
A deep-dive WJEC A-Level Psychology guide to Unit 3, Psychology: Implications in the Real World. Covers Section A behaviours (addiction, autism, bullying, criminality, schizophrenia, stress), Section B controversies, and how the A2 Unit 3 paper is structured and marked.
📖 20 min readWJEC - WJEC A-Level Psychology Unit 4 Psychology: Applied Research Methods: a deep dive on personal investigations and applied methods
A deep-dive WJEC A-Level Psychology guide to Unit 4, Psychology: Applied Research Methods. Covers Section A personal investigations and Section B applied research methods (brain scans, longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, reliability and validity, distributions and inferential tests), and how the A2 Unit 4 paper is structured and marked.
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