AS core studies · CORE-01
Dement and Kleitman · sleep and dreams
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Psychology: topic tests
Start with a familiar application, practise independently, then try a new situation. Each available topic has three distinct tests.
Original topic practice. These tests combine newly authored topic sets with selected original lesson exercises. They are short practice sets, with suggested study times, rather than full exam papers. Written answers use self-review; only multiple-choice questions are automatically marked.
How difficulty and coverage are checked
Easy supports recall and familiar applications; Normal requires independent application; Difficult asks for transfer, comparison or justified evaluation. Each level has a different question set. Answers, worked reasoning and question-specific review criteria open after submission.
Long topics sample lessons across the topic. A topic test does not certify complete syllabus coverage. Questions with detected missing source material or incomplete answer guidance are held back. Topics without a complete three-level sequence remain visible as gaps.
The design uses official papers and marking guidance where available. Newly completed topics include subject-specific references; new syllabuses without past papers are labelled accordingly. Retrieval, explanation and spaced review are informed by learning research. This is not a paper-by-paper audit of every qualification, and the difficulty levels have not been calibrated with student results.
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AS core studies · CORE-02
Hassett et al. · monkey toy preferences
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AS core studies · CORE-03
Hölzel et al. · mindfulness and brain scans
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AS core studies · CORE-04
Andrade · doodling
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AS core studies · CORE-05
Baron-Cohen et al. · eyes test
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AS core studies · CORE-06
Pozzulo et al. · line-ups
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AS core studies · CORE-07
Bandura et al. · aggression
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AS core studies · CORE-08
Fagen et al. · elephant learning
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AS core studies · CORE-09
Saavedra and Silverman · button phobia
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AS core studies · CORE-10
Milgram · obedience
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AS core studies · CORE-11
Perry et al. · personal space
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AS core studies · CORE-12
Piliavin et al. · subway Samaritans
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AS research methods · RM-EXPERIMENTS
Experiments
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AS research methods · RM-SELF-REPORTS
Self-reports: questionnaires and interviews
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AS research methods · RM-CASE-STUDIES
Case studies
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AS research methods · RM-OBSERVATIONS
Observations
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AS research methods · RM-CORRELATIONS
Correlations
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AS research methods · RM-LONGITUDINAL
Longitudinal studies
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AS methodological concepts · MC-AIMS-HYPOTHESES
Aims and hypotheses
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AS methodological concepts · MC-VARIABLES
Variables and operational definitions
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AS methodological concepts · MC-CONTROLS
Control of variables
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AS methodological concepts · MC-DATA-TYPES
Types of data
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AS methodological concepts · MC-SAMPLING
Sampling of participants
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AS methodological concepts · MC-ETHICS
Ethics in human and animal research
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AS methodological concepts · MC-VALIDITY
Validity
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AS methodological concepts · MC-RELIABILITY
Reliability and replicability
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AS methodological concepts · MC-DATA-ANALYSIS
Data analysis and presentation
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A Level research methodology · AL-RCT
Randomised control trials
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A Level research methodology · AL-POSTAL-RATING
Postal questionnaires and rating scales
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A Level research methodology · AL-PSYCHOMETRIC
Psychometric tests
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A Level research methodology · AL-HYPOTHESES
Null and alternative hypotheses
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A Level research methodology · AL-VALIDITY
Validity, including temporal validity
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.1.1
1.1.1 Diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.1.2
1.1.2 Explanations of schizophrenia
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.1.3
1.1.3 Treatment and management of schizophrenia
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.2.1
1.2.1 Diagnostic criteria for mood disorders
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.2.2
1.2.2 Explanations of unipolar depressive disorder
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.2.3
1.2.3 Treatment and management of mood disorders
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.3.1
1.3.1 Diagnostic criteria for impulse-control disorders
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.3.2
1.3.2 Explanations of impulse-control disorders
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.3.3
1.3.3 Treatment and management of impulse-control disorders
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.4.1
1.4.1 Diagnostic criteria for anxiety and fear-related disorders
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.4.2
1.4.2 Explanations of fear-related disorders
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.4.3
1.4.3 Treatment and management of anxiety and fear disorders
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.5.1
1.5.1 Diagnostic criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.5.2
1.5.2 Explanations of obsessive-compulsive disorder
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A Level specialist options · Clinical Psychology · OPTION-CL-1.5.3
1.5.3 Treatment and management of obsessive-compulsive disorder
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.1.1
2.1.1 Retail store design
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.1.2
2.1.2 Sound and consumer behaviour
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.1.3
2.1.3 Retail atmospherics
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.2.1
2.2.1 Environmental influences on consumers
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.2.2
2.2.2 Menu design psychology
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.2.3
2.2.3 Consumer behaviour and personal space
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.3.1
2.3.1 Consumer decision-making
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.3.2
2.3.2 Choice heuristics
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.3.3
2.3.3 Mistakes in decision-making
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.4.1
2.4.1 Packaging and positioning of a product
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.4.2
2.4.2 Selling the product
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.4.3
2.4.3 Buying the product
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.5.1
2.5.1 Types of advertising and advertising techniques
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.5.2
2.5.2 Advertising–consumer interaction
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A Level specialist options · Consumer Psychology · OPTION-CO-2.5.3
2.5.3 Brand awareness and recognition
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.1.1
3.1.1 Practitioner interpersonal skills
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.1.2
3.1.2 Practitioner diagnosis and style
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.1.3
3.1.3 Misusing health services
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.2.1
3.2.1 Types of non-adherence and reasons patients do not adhere
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.2.2
3.2.2 Measuring non-adherence
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.2.3
3.2.3 Improving adherence
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.3.1
3.3.1 Types and theories of pain
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.3.2
3.3.2 Measuring pain
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.3.3
3.3.3 Managing and controlling pain
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.4.1
3.4.1 Sources of stress
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.4.2
3.4.2 Measures of stress
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.4.3
3.4.3 Preventing and managing stress
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.5.1
3.5.1 Strategies for improving health
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.5.2
3.5.2 Health promotion in schools and worksites
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A Level specialist options · Health Psychology · OPTION-HE-3.5.3
3.5.3 Individual factors in changing health beliefs
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.1.1
4.1.1 Need theories of motivation
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.1.2
4.1.2 Cognitive theories of motivation
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.1.3
4.1.3 Motivators at work
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.2.1
4.2.1 Traditional and modern theories of leadership
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.2.2
4.2.2 Leadership style
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.2.3
4.2.3 Leaders and followers
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.3.1
4.3.1 Group development and decision-making
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.3.2
4.3.2 Individual and group performance
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.3.3
4.3.3 Conflict at work
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.4.1
4.4.1 Physical work conditions
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.4.2
4.4.2 Temporal conditions of work environments
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.4.3
4.4.3 Health and safety
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.5.1
4.5.1 Theories of job satisfaction
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.5.2
4.5.2 Measuring job satisfaction
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A Level specialist options · Organisational Psychology · OPTION-OR-4.5.3
4.5.3 Attitudes to work
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Representative assessment references
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- Mathematics · Cambridge 0580 · 2025 specimen
Method, answer form and multi-step reasoning.
- Mathematics B · Pearson 4MB1 · specification
The new topics 7–10 questions follow this qualification’s content boundaries.
- Biology · Cambridge 0610 · 2023 specimen marking
Scientific points and explanations must be correct in context.
- Computer Science · Cambridge 9618 · June 2024 marking
Trace steps and algorithm features need specific evidence.
- Business · Cambridge 9609 · June 2024 marking
Application, causal analysis and supported judgement are distinct demands.
- History · Cambridge 0470 · 2024 specimen marking
Explanation needs contextual evidence; judgement needs a supported conclusion.
- French · Cambridge 0520 · 2028 specimen marking
Writing separates communication, range and accuracy. This reference applies from 2028.
- Art & Design · Cambridge 0400 · 2027 syllabus
Practical work requires evidence of development and a visual outcome.