Help in Study: Psychology — Memorising Studies Without Drowning

Psychology exams reward two things: clean definitions and named studies. Most students underprepare on the studies. The way to memorise studies is the same way actors memorise scripts — chunk them.

The four-card chunk

For each named study, make four flashcards:

• Aim
• Method (one sentence)
• Findings (one sentence)
• Critique (one sentence)

Twenty studies × 4 cards = 80 cards. That covers most of any psychology exam.

High-leverage studies

For most boards:

• Asch (conformity)
• Milgram (obedience)
• Loftus and Palmer (eyewitness testimony)
• Bowlby (attachment)
• Sperry (split-brain)
• Bandura (Bobo doll)
• Zimbardo (Stanford prison) — note ethical critique
• HM (memory)

Memorise these in the four-card format and you can answer most named-study questions across boards.

Use AI for the critique angle

A levels and IB reward critical evaluation. Use Mark My Answer on a sample answer to see how the AI critiques your evaluation paragraph.

What examiners actually want

Most psychology questions ask you to apply a study to a scenario. Memorising the four cards above is necessary. Knowing how to apply them is what gets you the A.