1. Tips for Top marks
PSYA 4

2. SECTION A KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL /PHYSIOLOGICAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL
EXPLANATIONS AND TREATMENTS

3. BIOLOGICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL
Section A
BIOLOGICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL
Genes
Biochemistry,
Neuro-anatomy
Treated with
Drugs,
ECT,
Psychosurgery
Psychodynamic,
behavioural,
cognitive,
cognitive-behavioural.
Treated by
Psychoanalysis,
CBT

4. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
Psychoanalysis
Cognitive behavioural therapy
Bringing unconscious conflicts into the conscious mind by
Free association
Dream analysis
Projective tests
Transference
Therapist interpretation
Changing patterns of negative thinking (Negative automatic thoughts – NATs) by
Challenging and replacing schemata
Using homework tasks and skills acquisition and rehearsal

5. Be clear about
Whether you are being asked to write about explanations or treatments or both.
Whether you are required to offer more than one.

6. VERY IMPORTANT
Relate anything you write regarding explanations or treatments to depression all the way through.