40 is fantastic!
How hard did you work in Psych to obtain that score? Any tips? What do you reckon I should be planning to do these holidays (5th-28th is when I'll do like 1-2 hours a day) for psychology? I don't have my book yet so I'll have to use someone else's notes to learn!
Thanks
I did work really hard but not as hard that I neglected my 1/2 subjects. My end of year exams I only lost a couple of marks on all, so I stayed pretty consistent.
I aimed for 40 the WHOLE year. I didn't want any lower, so at times when I felt drained and didn't want to study (despite it being my favourite subject) I stuck a sticky note on my desk and looked at that 40 for about 3 months before exams.
Side note: When results came out I couldn't look, so got my friend to and all I wanted to know was whether I got under or over. So so happy I reached my goal.
I believe I could have done better. I know i tried my damned hardest, but I know their were times where I slacked off because my cohort was weak. But unbelievably proud of my 40
(congrats to everyone else who got higher)
I did the homework my teacher set (learning activities mainly) and pre read the sections before class. For notes, my teacher had a PP on like, everything so they were my notes. I rarely made my own. Sometimes I made comparison tables eg. dimensional vs categorical approach to mental illness. (I had to think for a second there, wow).
I also listened to podcasts or watched clips on youtube based on my topic (Andrew Scott is great).
Tips: Learn it AT THAT TIME. Don't think 'oh, I'll learn it another day', 'I'll memorise that definition some other time' I know psych is becoming more about applying knowledge but quite a few of my SACs required definitions.
Personally, I probably looked at the study design 4 times during the year. 2 were before exams. That was my bad, and it wasn't until exam time that I was like 'crap, do I know that well enough, do I need that?' that it really became important how much the study design helps. This year I've put it at the front of each of my folders. My aim to work through it as I learn each AOS.
The psych homework I did during the summer holidays was creating a poster on the brain (might upload them to notes) and its functions as well as answered about 30 questions on the brain. I pretty much learnt the functions of the brain, where they were etc. because I was told our first SAC was going to be really early (I assumed 2nd week but it was about week 4. We went over everything about the brain at school, so by the end of the year the brain was down pat for me.
I didn't really hit me back then how important it was, but it shows that obtaining a 40 doesn't mean you have to get ahead. I never did apart from reading ahead. I stayed at my class' pace the whole year.
Another thing was I tried to apply it in everyday life. eg. before going to sleep I'd be like, okay, during REM sleep my brain waves are beta-like/saw tooth waves.
or I'd be like, when I see a spider my flight flight response activates, my sympathetic nervous system and HPA axis.
One thing I did was also look deeper into concepts. eg. Broca's aphasia, I'd google it, youtube it, out of cure interest, but it helped me understand it more because I connected it to those things (eg. girl who had Broca's aphasia on youtube had short deliberate speech, mainly consisted of content words and knew she had the disorder) Actually seeing it, rather than reading an example from the book helped me.
The only resources I had were the Grivas textbook. Again, didn't see the benefit of buying A+ notes back then or anything but it didn't affect me dramatically.
I was also the only year 11 in my class, so i didn't have 'friends' to get help from for about half a year, haha. By the end I made some great friends and we had study sessions during lunch and messaged each other on fb asking for help.
I'm sure there's lots to mention that aren't in my mind at the moment ( feels so long ago!) but if you have any other questions I'm happy to answer.
Feel free to PM me if you ever need help and I'll do my best! If you want some of my notes too then I'd be willing to send them
Enjoy psychology! It was by far my favourite subject (even in year 11 when all my friends say that it sucks) and I miss it!
This is just my own experience. Everyone has different ways of learning/studying so won't apply to everyone. Just my two cents
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