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📐 A-Level Psychology

Year 1 / AS Year 2 / A-Level All Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA)

Free A-Level Psychology revision notes. 6 topics across AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, and CCEA specifications.

🔀 Board Differences

Board specifications differ in assessment structure and emphasis. The core content is shared across boards; these are the genuine differences by board:

AQA: Three papers covering approaches, research methods and an issue/debates; includes questions on a compulsory research methods section.
Edexcel: Three exam papers plus a non-exam assessment (research report); foundations, applications and research methods.
OCR: Three components including a research methods paper; strong emphasis on applying psychological research.
WJEC: Welsh board; unitised structure covering approaches, methods and core areas of psychology.
CCEA: Northern Ireland's board; unitised assessment with content broadly mirroring other boards.

📊 Course Overview

A-Level Psychology covers 5 topic areas with 6 topics total across AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, and CCEA specifications.

Approaches (1 topic)

Memory (1 topic)

Psychopathology (1 topic)

Research (1 topic)

Social (2 topics)

⏱ Mock Exams (Timed Papers)