| Psychology | 1. Development and visual perception • Use QCE Psychology Unit 1 individual development contexts such as lifespan development, attachment, visual perception, brain function and evidence-based explanation.• For hard questions, require interpretation of supplied psychological evidence, a model/diagram sequence, or quantitative data before choosing the best conclusion.• Avoid diagnosis, self-disclosure, therapy recommendations or personal mental-health advice.2. Research methods in individual development • Use research questions, hypotheses, variables, sampling, ethical practice, evidence quality, validity, reliability and development-related data.• For hard questions, include method details and numeric data so the answer depends on both evidence and investigation quality.• Keep ethics focused on research practice and participant wellbeing rather than personal disclosure. | 1. Intelligence, disorders and emotion • Use intelligence, emotional responses, psychological disorder concepts and evidence-based explanations of individual behaviour at QCE Unit 2 level.• For hard questions, use neutral school-safe case data, competing explanations, or graph trends that require cautious interpretation.• Do not ask students to diagnose a person or recommend treatment.2. Student experiment in individual behaviour • Use student experiment design, operationalised variables, controls, repeated measures, data interpretation, ethical safeguards and valid conclusions.• For hard questions, require interpreting a graph or method sequence and identifying the most valid conclusion or limitation.• Prefer classroom-safe stimuli with no request for sensitive personal information. | 1. Memory, learning and thinking • Use QCE Unit 3 individual thinking contexts involving memory, learning, cognition, thinking and decision-making.• For hard questions, require comparison of evidence, a cognitive process model, or quantitative data interpretation.• Keep questions single-best-answer and evidence-based.2. Data test in individual thinking • Use QCE data-test style reasoning with psychological data, method details, variables, limitations and evidence-based conclusions.• For hard questions, include at least two data values and require a conclusion that respects validity or sampling limitations.• Do not accept graph questions without a structured graph payload. | 1. Social psychology, attitudes and interpersonal processes • Use social psychology, prosocial behaviour, interpersonal processes, attitudes, bystander intervention, social influence and evidence-based claims.• For hard questions, require applying a social psychology model to data or a structured process diagram.• Avoid opinion-only social questions; require psychological evidence.2. Cross-cultural psychology and investigation • Use cross-cultural psychology, cultural norms, community and social identity concepts, ethical evidence use and research investigation evaluation.• For hard questions, use cautious cultural comparison, sampling limits and data interpretation without stereotyping.• Keep wording neutral and avoid making claims about individual cultural groups beyond the supplied evidence. |
