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Psychology subject report · May 2018

PsychologySubject report2018May 2018

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May 2018 extended essay reports Page 1 Psychology Overall grade boundaries Grade: E D C B A Mark range: 0-6 7-13 14-20 21-26 27-34 Range of Work There was a good range of topics investigated by candidates. However, there were some candidates that attempted to apply theories in a subjective manner to explain modern phenomenon such as the use of a specific social media platform, a conflict situation or the behaviour of a political personality. This was not an acceptable approach. Candidates must also remember that interviews, surveys and experiments are not allowed as part of the extended essay in psychology. There were some topics that tended to do poorly – these included essays on serial killers, genocide and origins of evil. In most cases, the essays were descriptive or did not focus on psychological research. Candidate performance against each criterion Criterion A: focus and method There were many strong questions. However, some questions were too broad - looking at nature versus nurture arguments or attempting to address all three levels of analysis (approaches). These questions were too
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Subject
Psychology
Document type
Subject report
Year
2018
Session
May 2018
Level
Not labelled in the archive
Paper
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Examination zone
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Language
English
File size
715 KB
Pages
3
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