It's Kitty Genovese All Over Again

Many newspapers are reporting today that passers by ignored a 78 year old man who lay helpless on the ground after being hit by a car in a 'hit and run' in Hatford, Conneticut in the United States  However, it appears that there were four calls made to the emergency services after all (see below).

Good Luck in your AS Psychology Exam (and some last minute tips!)

ALevelPsychology.co.uk would like to wish everyone who is sitting tomorrow's AS exam the best of luck. To help you along, I have compiled a list of exam tips:

Can You Help: Psychology Music

I am trying to put together a list of songs that are related to different topics in psychology.

E.g., Brain Damage by Pink Floyd relates well to Schizophrenia

Big Girls (you are beautiful) relates well to Eating Disorders

Zombie Eaters by Faith No More relates brilliantly to attachment

The songs can relate to any area of any A Level Psychology specification

If you would like to contribute to the list, which will be published on this site, please comment below

How to Write an A2 Psychology Essay

Dear Mr Walsh

I have a unit 4 AQA psychology exam next week and I find it difficult to write essays. I am not sure what to include and how to structure the answers. Pleeze can u help? Duncan

Hi Duncan

It really depends on the actual question you get. I will give you a basic guide to answering a question that asks you to discuss a theory. I hope it also gives you some ideas about answering other types of questions.

How should I structure my answer to an 18 mark AQA AS Psychology Specification A Question?

Here is how I would structure an answer to a question that asks you to outline and evaluate a theory or explanation. This is not the only way that these questions can be answered, this is only intended as a guide. The most important thing is that you remember to use commentary (after you have described something, explain what it means or how it relates to something else) and evaluation (what are the strengths and weaknesses? or what evidence is there for and against?) Commentary and evaluation should consitute twice as much of your essay as description - it is worth twice as many marks!