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Resitting on a gap year | Psychology Alevel

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Day 25/271 days until finishing my A-level resit

I’m baaaaack! So so sorry for the very long pause between updates. I’ve had a little mental health break from social media from the past couple of weeks for my sanity XD. Still have been revising everyday and making good progress.

Practiced some medical model flashcards

Did a few compare-style questions on some psychological perspectives

Recapped alternative explanation of mental illness

Visited the most lovely National Trust today so enjoy some pictures I took of the Manor House!

Snack of the day ~ flapjack

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Day 6/271 days until finishing my A-level resit

Chill day today! If anyone has some advice/recommendations on how to get motivated after academic rejection please let me know!

Started studying self-report methods

Some practice questions on Bandura (1961)

Didn’t get round to starting revising the biochemical model sadly :( but trying not to beat myself up about it.

Snack of the day ~ grapes

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Day 5/271 days until finishing my A-level resit

Rest day today! Over the past few weeks I’ve realised that I always get really tired by Sunday and am not that productive, so I’ve decided to make Sundays my official recharge and reset day for another week of study.

Started planning my ⋆˙⟡ gap yah ⋆˙⟡ by thinking of some counties I could travel to

Did some work on a demo of a song I’m working on currently

Caught up from sleep after a late night with my friends last night ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁

All rested for a full day of revision tomorrow :P

Snack of the day ~ biscoff biscuits

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Day 4/271 days until finishing my A-level resit

Suuuuuper productive day today! Caught up on all the work I’d missed at certain points in the past 2 weeks.

Finished all my work for tutoring next week

Completed my revision on the cognitive perspective

Finally perfected some knowledge on Moray (1959)

Even had time to meet up with a friend group before they head off to uni next week! Had some lovely vegetarian curry that my friend made me and found some conkers :)

Snack of the day ~ falafels and hummus

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Day 3/271 days until finishing my A-level resit

Pretty chill day today, met up with some friends tonight and was totally fascinated by some flowers they had in their living room :D

Did some essay plans for the evaluation of the cognitive perspective

Edited a 15 mark essay for my tutor next week

FINALLY finished off my Observational Methods Research essay!

I’m looking at trying some more study resources/methods. I’m currently using Quizlet and Notion a lot but I’d love some recommendations of other interesting resources!

Snack of the day ~ left over mac and cheese

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Day 2/271 days until finishing my A-level resit

Was planning to do a lot of work today but decided to try and see some friends before they go off to uni, but still got some stuff done! Currently trying to learn to not beat myself up over not studying for 12+ hours a day without breaks :P

Some Rosenhan (1973) questions in regards to social, individual and cultural diversity

Finished off an Observational Research Method essay

Flashcards on Simon and Chabris (1999)

Finding it hard being the only one not going to uni at the moment but I’m positive it'll get easier :)

Snack of the day ~ biscoff flapjack

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Officially day 1/271 days until finishing my A-level resit :)

Today has been a relatively productive day ~

Did some difficult exam qs on Rosenhan (1973)

Flashcards on the DSM + ICD

Practice essays for research methods

Just about to start on some Moray (1959) exam qs!

Hopefully will have more time to study tomorrow

Snack of the day ~ banana and chocolate muffin with biscoff biscuits