Year 11 Psychology

Year 11 Psychology

Welcome to our Year 11 Psychology revision hub. Here you can find details of the exam board & specification, when your mock exams will take place, what will be tested in the exam and how you should revise and prepare.

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Exam Board: AQA GCSE Psychology (8182)

Specification: Click here to access the exam board specification – click here

Mock Exam Details

Date: Friday 21 November (AM)

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Total Marks: 100 marks

What Will My Assessment Test My Knowledge On?

🧠 AQA GCSE Psychology – Paper 1: Cognition and Behaviour

1. Memory
   • The process of memory (encoding, storage, retrieval)
   • Structures of memory (multi-store model, sensory, STM, LTM)
   • Memory as an active process (Bartlett’s theory of reconstructive memory)
   • Factors affecting the accuracy of memory (e.g., interference, context)
2. Perception
   • Sensation and perception
   • Visual cues and constancies (depth, size, shape)
   • Gibson’s direct theory of perception
   • Gregory’s constructivist theory of perception
   • Factors affecting perception (culture, emotion, motivation)
3. Development
   • Early brain development
   • Piaget’s theory (schemas, stages, conservation, egocentrism)
   • Piaget’s theory and the role of education
   • Dweck’s mindset theory
   • Learning styles (including Willingham’s learning theory)
4. Research Methods
   • Experimental design and variables
   • Sampling methods
   • Ethical considerations
   • Types of data (quantitative and qualitative)
   • Descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode, range, tables, graphs)
   • Drawing conclusions and evaluating research

What Should I Do To Revise And Prepare For This Assessment?

🧠 1. Use Active Revision Techniques

• Flashcards for key terms and definitions
• Dual coding – create visuals to go with your notes
• Quizzes – test yourself or use online tools
• Explain to someone else – teaching a topic helps you understand it better

📝 2. Practise Exam Questions

• Use past paper questions from AQA
• Practise different styles:
  • AO1 – describing theories and studies
  • AO2 – applying knowledge to scenarios
  • AO3 – evaluating and analysing theories or studies
• Focus on 6-mark and 9-mark questions — plan, write, and self-mark or peer mark them

📊 3. Revise Research Methods Regularly

• Research Methods appears throughout the paper, not just in its own section
• Practise identifying variables, writing hypotheses, analysing graphs/tables, and calculating mean/mode/range

📆 4. Make a Plan

• Break your revision into chunks across weeks – don’t try to cram it all in one go!
• Use a revision timetable to balance topics
• Prioritise any areas you’re less confident with

Useful Revision Resources & Links

• • Online textbook
    👉 Use your login to access the textbook and associated quizzes and exams
  • AQA GCSE Psychology website
    👉 Use this to check exactly what you need to know — it’s your revision roadmap.
  • Seneca Learning – https://senecalearning.com
    👉Great for learning and testing yourself.