Dear Qinye I agree, and John was my first psychology workshop leader, over 20 years ago. He is away at the moment, but I will let him answer this when he gets back on Monday.
Advice for new teachersDear Zeynap Please see this blog post for help with that. These are only approximations. https://thinkib.net/psychology/blog/66587/timing-is-everything
Paper 1 Writing samplesDefinitely sometimes and the student should look out for this, but thinking about the sample IAs we have here, I haven't linked any one of them to a particular perspective, I don't think.
Practical: Surveys/questionnairesHi Christine I will respond, because this question could easily be answered with just social penetration theory and Gottman's theory, or even just with Gottman's theory. The markscheme will accept either depth or breadth. (See John's answer...
P1C Measurement and CommunicationHI John, As I teach this new curriculum I am having a hard time understanding how students are to remember in detail all of these theories and ideas. Just in Communication itself there are 3 theories that they need to know. This...
P1C Measurement and CommunicationThank you, Bhavishya. Now that we have several samples up on the site, this is the next priority.
Culture inquiry plansHowever, most of the times a topic is linked to a theoretical perspective!
Practical: Surveys/questionnairesthank you Laura!
Practical: Surveys/questionnairesHi John, what should the average time and word count be for Paper 1 Section A, Section B, and Section C?
Paper 1 Writing samples
Laura
Site authorDear Narges Yes, for HM because the removal of a large part of his hippocampus influenced his memory. For Maguire, it is tricker, as it was the change in the use of the spatial memory over a number of years that influenced the hippocampus. So...
Paper 1: Section C