The Exam
The external assessment comprises the exam, which is worth 100 marks (40 each on the material from units 1 and 3, and 20 from unit 2), and the Research Investigation, which is worth the equivalent of 25 exam marks (roughly 20% overall).
There will be a 2-and-a-half hour exam in late May/early June, with three sections, one on each unit. The section on unit 1 consists of two questions on each topic, which will be worth either 10 marks each, or 8 marks and 12 marks. Unit 2 (Investigating Behaviour) will be assessed with short answer questions, based around a research scenario. Unit 3 will combine one set of short answer questions and one essay question.
Past papers plus the SQA 'specimen paper' are available on the SQA website www.sqa.org.uk as are marking instructions. Please note that a few changes have been made to the content of the course starting with year 2009-10, so don't worry about unfamiliar questions in previous year's exams.
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