Specification points
WJEC A-level Psychology A290QS
32 points in 3 topics, with WJEC's codes and titles.
Grade boundaries·WJEC command words
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C1 Component 1: Psychology: Past to Present
C2 Component 2: Psychology: Investigating Behaviour
- C2.1 Deciding on a research question
- C2.2 Methodologies
- C2.3 Location of research
- C2.4 Participants
- C2.5 Experimental design
- C2.6 Levels of measurement
- C2.7 Graphical representation
- C2.8 Descriptive statistics
- C2.9 Inferential statistics
- C2.10 Reliability
- C2.11 Validity
- C2.12 Ethics
- C2.13 The role of the scientific community in validating new knowledge
C3 Component 3: Psychology: Implications in the Real World
- C3.1 Addictive behaviours
- C3.2 Autistic spectrum behaviours
- C3.3 Bullying behaviours
- C3.4 Criminal behaviour
- C3.5 Schizophrenia
- C3.6 Stress
- C3.7 Controversy: Cultural bias
- C3.8 Controversy: Ethical costs of conducting research
- C3.9 Controversy: Non-human animals
- C3.10 Controversy: Scientific status
- C3.11 Controversy: Sexism