General Resources

General Resource Documents for Your Course

Generic Mark Scheme For 10-Mark Application Design a Study Question on Paper 2 Download Generic Mark Scheme For 10-Mark Application Design a Study Question on Paper 2

Generic Mark Scheme For 10-Mark Evaluation Essay Questions Download Generic Mark Scheme For 10-Mark Evaluation Essay Questions

Specimen Papers 1 & 2 and Mark Schemes for 2024

Digital Textbook Answers

Preparing for your AS Psychology Exams Download Preparing for your AS Psychology Exams

Additional Material to Extend Your Knowledge of Psychology

Optional Further Reading List Download Optional Further Reading List

Optional Films and TV Programmes Relating to Psychology Download Optional Films and TV Programmes Relating to Psychology

Interesting TED Talks for Psychology

READ – Important Information about Plagiarism Download READ – Important Information about Plagiarism

You might want to explore more efficient methods of note-taking (you should make notes when watching YouTube clips/online lectures etc.). The Cornell Method is believed to be very effective:

READ – The Cornell Note-taking System (Cornell University) Download READ – The Cornell Note-taking System (Cornell University)

EXPLORE – Canvas Guide

Useful Weblinks

For those interested in extra reading or interesting psych articles - have a look at this blog:

A useful resource (based on the old syllabus but with some of the current studies) - really good for Milgram; ideas on key issues like ecological validity; ethnocentrism; reductionism and so on:

EXPLORE – Behavioural Study of Obedience (Holah) Links to an external site.

Here are some useful links. When you look at them be sure the material is relevant to CAIE Psychology and be aware that not all core studies may be covered as some may be from the old (9698) version of the syllabus and some from the new syllabus (9990):

EXPLORE – Information, Activities & Questions (Psych Tutor) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Good Revision Website (SimplyPsychology) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Studying Psychology (Holah) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Glossary of Terminology for Psychology (Very Well Mind) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Glossary of Psychology Terms and Definitions (PsycholoGenie) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Online Student Community (The Student Room) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Psychology Revision (PMT) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Free Psychology (Psych Yogi) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – A Blog for Core Studies (Excelling Psychology) Links to an external site.

Standard deviation – you will not be asked to calculate one but you need to know what it is and why it is used/important:

READ – Finding Standard Deviation in a Statistical Sample (dummies) Links to an external site.

WATCH & COMPLETE QUIZ – Standard Deviation in Psychology (Study.com) Links to an external site.

Note that you will not have to do any calculations for the data analysis section of your exam and it is highly unlikely that any questions in the area will be worth more than a few marks. CAIE tends to concentrate on the core studies, general research methods and the approaches in the exams. On the following site – don't worry about the syllabus - choose AQA/OCR or use the search bar to look for the subject matter, e.g. correlations:

READ & COMPLETE QUIZ – Analysing Data (BBC) Links to an external site.

The following links are useful sites for revising the approaches:

EXPLORE – The Learning Approach (Psychology A Level) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – The Biological Approach (Very Well Mind) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – The Cognitive Approach (Psychologist World) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – The Social Approach (Simply Psychology) Links to an external site.

You may find the following websites useful for things like discussions on - nature vs nurture; quantitative vs qualitative; reductionism vs holism; determinism vs free will; etc. Bear in mind that they are not written for CAIE students but will have lots of general ideas, theories, research that are relevant to all A Level Psychology courses:

EXPLORE – Psychology Revision (tutor2u) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Psychology Revision (S-cool) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Psychology Revision (StudyWise) Links to an external site.

EXPLORE – Psychology Revision (Revise Psychology) Links to an external site.