Topic outline

  • AO1 Knowledge and understanding


    Cambridge International AS & A Level Psychology 9990 (for examination from 2024)
    Skills Exercises - AO2 Application
  • Exercise 1: Applying psychology to scenarios

    • Activity 3: Explain in context

    • Learners should understand how context is essential to make an answer specific to the psychology being investigated.

      Give learners an everyday scenario to which they can apply their knowledge and understanding in order to make proposals.

      The outlines in Worksheet 3: Explain in context can be used or replaced with another scenario from everyday life.

      For each question learners choose the best answer which would be most in context.

      Use Worksheet 3: Explain in context answers to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each answer.

      As an extension activity, learners then add another potential contextual answer.