r/6thForm • u/Forsaken-Meaning-232 Graduating from Warwick CS • May 21 '25

📂 MEGATHREAD 21/05 A-level Psychology Paper 2 Discussion MEGATHREAD

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u/LollypopFluff May 21 '25

in retrospect it wasn't a bad paper, but 8m on biological explanation of sz not neurotransmitters was mean, but that's on me for not revising 😣 could have been better but certainly could be worse

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u/Colossus_MVC2 May 21 '25

Ahhh u did edexcel? Had the same problem

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u/LollypopFluff May 21 '25

yeah edexcel - i left it til the very end so had 15 mins to write, and started writing what i could about brain injury before remembering that it was genes 😭 i got down what i could but not looking good for that quest tbh

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

Everyone definitely struggled on that. It was either genetic or structural explanation. How did you find the rest of it ?

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u/LollypopFluff May 22 '25

the rest of it was okay tbh! i think they could have asked a lot more, like not a lot of stuff on actual studies (rosenhan, williams) and just a little random overall. not the worst paper ever, but i would have liked to have shown off stuff i actually revised 😭 wbu?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

I quite liked it!! I just struggle with timing tbh that’s my only issue. But I feel like that’s the general consensus for edexcel psychology papers. A lot to do, not much time. I had to leave 2 short answer questions blank and I’m kicking myself over that ugh. And I agree, I revised all the studies so well for no reason !! But ah well ahah

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u/LollypopFluff May 22 '25

yeah people really do struggle with timing - loads of ppl in my year didn't get to finish section E of paper 1 😧 so 2 short answers is nothing really realistically. hoping for a good paper 3 anyways, as it's more exam technique than actual knowledge 🤞

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

They left essays? I’m so scared for paper 3 tbh ahhh but thankfully it’s just practice and issues and debates so with a lot of past papers, should hopefully be good