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Revision
The 8-week revision planner
All four Edexcel IAL Psychology exam dates for January 2027, plus a week-by-week revision plan that gets Unit 1 and Unit 2 done in time.
Exam skills
The one-page Milgram variations grid
Edexcel examiners say students keep confusing Milgram’s baseline study with his variations. Here is how to keep the rundown office block, telephonic instructions and ordinary man variations straight.
Exam skills
The command-word cheat sheet
Examiners keep saying the same thing: students make a point but never explain it. Here is the simple structure that turns one-mark answers into two-mark answers.
Exam skills
The working memory model diagram
Naming the four components is not enough. Here is how to describe the working memory model for full marks, with capacity, duration and the dual-task evidence.
Research methods
The chi-squared worked example and practice set
How to calculate chi-squared for Edexcel Psychology, find the degrees of freedom and read the critical value table correctly, with a full worked example.
Research methods
The Wilcoxon step-by-step card
A step-by-step guide to the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test for Edexcel IAL Unit 1: dropping zeros, ranking ties, finding T and reading the critical value table.
Exam skills
The 12-mark essay planning frame
Examiners say 12-mark essays are often unbalanced, light on evaluation and padded with introductions. Here is a 15-minute structure that fixes all three.
Research methods
The practical write-up checklist
Generic answers lose marks on practical investigation questions. Here is what to say about your sample, variables and controls so every answer is about your study.
For teachers
The DIRT lesson plan and student sheet
A one-lesson plan for teachers to turn mock exam results into real improvement, using directed improvement and reflection time (DIRT) and the latest examiner reports.
Revision
The key studies summary sheet
Everything you need on Raine et al. (1997) and Brendgen et al. (2005) for Edexcel biological psychology: aims, procedures, findings, conclusions and evaluation.
Revision
The SLT vs operant conditioning comparison table
Social learning theory and operant conditioning both involve reward, which is why students confuse them. Here is the clear difference, with Bandura and Skinner side by side.
Revision
The Unit 1 final checklist
Unit 1 is on Friday 8 January. Here is the final-week checklist: every topic to tick off, the studies to know cold and how to use the 90 minutes.
Revision
The Unit 2 final checklist
Unit 2 is on Tuesday 12 January. Here is how to use the weekend: a full checklist for biological psychology and learning theories, and a plan for the two hours.
For teachers
The spring-term planning template
A practical guide for psychology teachers planning the spring term: using mock data, mapping what is left of the specification and building in retrieval and practicals.